Nationwide search for mother of San Jose boy, John "Little Zion" Doe, found dead near Las Vegas
CBSN
Authorities have identified a body found near a highway outside Las Vegas ten days ago as that of a missing boy from San Jose, California. His mother is now wanted for his murder, and there's a nationwide search for her, CBS San Francisco reports.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police said Monday the body was identified as that of seven-year-old Liam Husted, who was last seen traveling by car with his mother, Samantha Moreno Rodriguez. The boy had come to be known as John "Little Zion" Doe.Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.