DNA tested for missing S.C. toddler

COLUMBIA, S.C., Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Results of testing on DNA evidence in the case of missing Columbia, S.C., toddler Amir Jennings are in, say police, who had yet to divulge what they reveal.

State Law Enforcement Division agents have tested samples collected from the crashed car belonging to the boy's 22-year-old mother, Zinah Jennings, in December after police discovered "stains consistent with bloodstains." DNA samples from Jennings also were tested for identification purposes.

"I have not seen the report," Columbia Police Chief Randy Scott told The (Columbia) State on Saturday. "SLED is finished with one portion of the preliminary results, and I will be briefed on those findings on Monday."

Amir Jennings was reported missing in December; however, the 18-month-old boy's grandparents had not seen him since Nov. 29. Zinah Jennings was arrested in December when police arrived at the scene of her wrecked Dodge Neon, where she gave them contradicting reports of her son's whereabouts.

Zinah Jennings was charged with unlawful conduct toward a child on Dec. 29 and has been uncooperative in the search for her son. A request for a lower bond than the $150,000 set was recently denied. Jennings' attorney filed the request on the grounds that she is both pregnant and mentally ill.