The babysitter charged with the murder of Aliahna Lemmon, who disappeared from an Indiana trailer park last week, bludgeoned the 9-year-old girl with a brick and then dismembered her with a hacksaw, according to a police affidavit.
Michael Plumadore admitted that he beat Aliahna to death, stuffed her body into trash bags and hid her in his freezer, according to an Allen County Sheriff's Department's affidavit obtained by the Associated Press.
He said he later chopped up her body, stuffed her remains into freezer bags and hid some at his trailer and some at a nearby business, according to the AP.
Plumadore appeared in court this morning for an initial hearing and is being held without bail or bond, police said.
The hearing lasted for only a couple minutes. Plumadore entered the courtroom in an orange jumpsuit, his hands and feet manacled. He was escorted by two Allen County police officers. There were additional officers in the courtroom for extra security.
Allen County Sheriff Ken Fries said the girl's body was found after 9 p.m. Monday night, and investigators believe she was killed on Friday, the same day she was reported missing.
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Watch Video The girl and her two sisters had been staying in the Northway mobile home park in Fort Wayne with Plumadore, 39, a neighbor and family friend, while their mother was sick.
Northway is home to 15 registered sex offenders, but Plumadore is not one of them, police say.
According to the girl's relatives, Plumadore was taking care of and living with Aliahna's grandfather, James E. Lemmon, until he died on Dec. 3, 2011, the AP reported. Plumadore was living in the grandfather's trailer at the time of Aliahna's death.
"[Plumadore] was a trusted family friend," Aliahna's stepgrandfather, David Story, told the AP.
Lemmon was 66 when he died, and had an extensive criminal record, including convictions for child molestation in 2006 and was a registered sex offender.
Plumadore reported the girl missing Friday night. Police said he told them that he last saw her early Friday morning, and when he first realized that she was no longer in his mobile home, he assumed that she had gone home to her mother.
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Fries did not say specifically where the girl's remains were found, but there was crime-scene tape around a dumpster and around Plumadore's home.
Plumadore was arrested after his third interview with police, Cpl. Jeremy Tinkel told ABCNews.com.
Fries said Plumadore has a criminal record in North Carolina and Florida. Plumadore's next hearing is scheduled for Dec. 30 at 9 a.m.
The tragic discovery came the same day that police announced that the FBI had joined the investigation and candlelight vigil was being held for Aliahna in Fort Wayne.
A page had been set up on Facebook for the missing girl called "Find Aliahna Marie Maroney Lemmon Missing from Fort Wayne, Indiana." On Sunday, the group posted, "Merry Christmas Aliahna where ever you are! We won't give up on you!"
"No kid should be missing Christmas!" the post read.
ABC News affiliate WPTA contributed to this report.
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