Woman Charged In Connection With Death of Boy in Las Vegas Suitcase Seeks Change of Venue

Dawn Elaine Coleman/Indiana State Police

A woman charged in the death of a 5-year-old boy found in a “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” decorated suitcase in Indiana has pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge earlier this month.

Cairo Jordan’s mother, 37-year-old Dejuane Ludie Anderson, remains a fugitive, while her friend, Dawn Elaine Coleman, came to agreement on a plea deal and will be sentenced on November 21, the Louisville Courier-Journal reported.

Court documents say that the agreement calls for a sentence of 25 years in prison with five years of probation, WTHR reported. Coleman will also credit for time served since her arrest.

Cairo’s body was found in the distinctive hard shell suitcase in a wooded area of Washington County, Indiana, on April 16, 2022, but her remained unidentified for six months after the discovery, as CrimeOnline reported. They also identified Coleman and Anderson as suspects in the boy’s death.

Coleman was arrested in San Francisco on October 19, 2022, and charged with aiding, inducing or causing murder, neglect of a dependent resulting in death, and obstruction of justice. Anderson faces a murder charge along with neglect and obstruction charges.

Court document say Coleman told investigators they were living in Louisville, Kentucky, when she walked into a bedroom and found Anderson on top of the boy, who was face down on the mattress. “It was already done,” she reportedly told the investigators.

Coleman said she helped Anderson put Cairo’s body in the suitcase, and then they drove across the Ohio River into Indiana, where Coleman left the suitcase in the woods.

Dejuane Ludie Anderson. Left, Georgia Department of Motor Vehicles, and right, Louisville Metro Department of Corrections. Indiana State Police say the DMV photo is the most accurate, while the Louisville mug shot is the most recent.

The documents also said that Coleman and Anderson made several social media posts referring to Cairo as a “demon,” and Anderson reported said she had written a “book about living with a demonic child.”

Police in Washington County said that Cairo’s death was probably caused by vomiting and diarrhea, resulting in dehydration.

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