Family wants justice after 2-year-old found dead

A Marietta family is looking for answers after a two year old was found dead behind an apartment complex. Police say the child was reported missing from the Briggs at Powers Park Apartments last Friday and was found hours later. That complex located off Ridge Run Southeast. That's where we find Fox size. Annie map live in Marietta tonight with that story, Annie Courtney, we're talking about the case of two year old Messiah Harris. As of now, we don't know how he died, but police do believe his mother's boyfriend tried to cover the death up. I just want justice for my nephew. Loved ones of two year old Messiah Harris now grieve a life gone too soon. His life was precious and his loss has left a hole in our family's heart that can never be filled. Marietta Police say Messiah was under the care of his mother's boyfriend, 23 year old Darren Keith while she was at work last Friday. Investigators say Keith called 911 before two in the afternoon to report him missing from the Briggs at Powers Park apartment complex. We thought he was going to be retained. We didn't know it was going to be like this far. Like we didn't know. I just kept on praying and praying. Police report they found the child's body after seven that night in a wooded area behind the apartments. They accused Keith of lying to Cobb County 911 and to investigators about what happened. They think he placed Messiah's body in the woods and covered it with dirt and vegetation. But what we need now is to slow the investigation down and do our due diligence to ensure that if something was done incorrectly or improperly or to hurt him, that that individual be held accountable. Keith now faces charges of concealing a death and making false statements. Messiah's loved ones say they are trying to support his parents through this difficult time. They described the toddler as playful and smart for his age. He literally was like a little old man to us. Like he literally, if we was mad, he would make us happy. So it's like everywhere he went, he was a joy. He would talk to strangers. He didn't even know they would love him. And the family tells me they plan to bury Messiah a week from Saturday, which would have been his third birthday. They have set up a go fund me to help with burial expenses. We have that on our website, Fox five Atlanta dot com reporting live in Cobb County, Annie map Fox five News, Annie. Thanks.