By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 16:20 EST, 4 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:25 EST, 4 November 2013 . The 10-year-old girl whose body was found stuffed in a trash can had been starved to death by her parents, it was revealed today. The victim, Emani Moss, was found on Saturday after her guilt-ridden father called 911 and said he was about to commit suicide. At the time, Eman Moss told officers that his daughter swallowed poison and he and his wife dumped the girl's body in the garbage and tried burning it in panic. Horrific: Police found the body inside this trash can and said that there was evidence that it had been burned . Horrific death: Both Eman (left) and Tiffany Moss have been charged with murder, cruelty to children in the first degree and concealing a body . Now police have concluded that the 10-year-old had not been given anything to eat for more than a week before her death. The . Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that the arrest warrant affidavit . says that the girl's father an stepmother Tiffany Moss 'caused the death . of the victim...by denying the victim enough food to live.' Investigators confirmed that the girl had not eaten since October 24. The . girl's father reportedly called police and told them that he was about . to kill himself because of the guilt he felt from his daughter's death. He was not forthcoming with the true reason for his guilt, however, claiming his daughter 'drank some kind of chemical'. 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. Disturbing call: The girl's father, pictured, told police he was suicidal and that his daughter was dead after drinking a chemical . 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 . Eman Moss told police 'he panicked and did not know what to do' after his daughter died. The . Atlanta Journal constitution says that he later told police that he put . Emani's body in the trash can in front of their Lawrenceville apartment . building and then tried burning the corpse. Officers . were on the scene Monday morning and WSBTV said that the girl's body . had yet to be removed from the garbage can, but they were waiting for . the medical examiner to arrive. Both Eman and Tiffany Moss face felony charges of murder, first-degree child cruelty and concealing a death.
Eman and Tiffany Moss were both arrested and face several felony charges in the girl's death .
First told police that Emani, 10, swallowed chemicals .
Investigators concluded she had not been fed since October 24 .
By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 16:20 EST, 4 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:25 EST, 4 November 2013 . The 10-year-old girl whose body was found stuffed in a trash can had been starved to death by her parents, it was revealed today. The victim, Emani Moss, was found on Saturday after her guilt-ridden father called 911 and said he was about to commit suicide. At the time, Eman Moss told officers that his daughter swallowed poison and he and his wife dumped the girl's body in the garbage and tried burning it in panic. Horrific: Police found the body inside this trash can and said that there was evidence that it had been burned . Horrific death: Both Eman (left) and Tiffany Moss have been charged with murder, cruelty to children in the first degree and concealing a body . Now police have concluded that the 10-year-old had not been given anything to eat for more than a week before her death. The . Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that the arrest warrant affidavit . says that the girl's father an stepmother Tiffany Moss 'caused the death . of the victim...by denying the victim enough food to live.' Investigators confirmed that the girl had not eaten since October 24. The . girl's father reportedly called police and told them that he was about . to kill himself because of the guilt he felt from his daughter's death. He was not forthcoming with the true reason for his guilt, however, claiming his daughter 'drank some kind of chemical'. 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. Disturbing call: The girl's father, pictured, told police he was suicidal and that his daughter was dead after drinking a chemical . 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 . Eman Moss told police 'he panicked and did not know what to do' after his daughter died. The . Atlanta Journal constitution says that he later told police that he put . Emani's body in the trash can in front of their Lawrenceville apartment . building and then tried burning the corpse. Officers . were on the scene Monday morning and WSBTV said that the girl's body . had yet to be removed from the garbage can, but they were waiting for . the medical examiner to arrive. Both Eman and Tiffany Moss face felony charges of murder, first-degree child cruelty and concealing a death.
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