The father and stepmother of a 10-year-old girl found stuffed inside a garbage can at a suburban Atlanta apartment complex have been arrested and charged with murder.

Eman Moss called 911 early Saturday morning claiming his daughter Emani drank some type of chemical and was dead. Police instead found her charred body stuffed into an outdoor trash can.

Both Eman and mother Tiffany Moss were arrested in connection with the horrific murder of the young girl, Gwinnett County Police said.

Horrific death: Both Eman (left) and Tiffany Moss have been charged with murder, cruelty to children in the first degree and concealing a body

Grisly discovery: The body of a 10-year-old girl has been found inside this metal garbage can outside the Landmark at Coventry Pointe Apartments in an Atlanta suburb

Disturbing call: The girl’s father, pictured, told police he was suicidal and that his daughter was dead after drinking a chemical

Eman Moss called 911 at 3:43am Saturday claiming his daughter ‘drank some kind of chemical,’ he also said he was suicidal, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Though he initially said the girl’s body was inside the apartment beside him, officers responding to the scene found the deranged man outside his apartment, he then pointed to a trash can across the parking lot.

‘Once the officers took the lid off the trash can [and] saw the body, they put the lid back on,’ an official told WSB.

The grisly discovery remains somewhat of a mystery, as there is no evidence of a fire in the apartment or the immediate area, WSB reported.

Burned to death: Emani Moss was found burned to death, her father (left) and stepmother (right) are each charged with murder – leaving loved ones shocked

Relative Crystal Moss vented her sadness on Facebook, writing ‘God called home an angel..keep us in your prayers..R.I.P. Emani Moss, 10 years old..my heart is heavy.’

‘I can’t sleep…God..all I know to do is call on the name of Jesus,’ she added in a subsequent post.

Both suspects are sitting in Gwinnett County Detention center and are being held without bail.

A search of records did not reveal a scheduled court date.

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