Woman arrested after 4-year-old found dead in Atlanta

A 4-year-old boy was found dead Monday night inside a southwest Atlanta townhome after police conducted a welfare check prompted by concerns about the child. Jasmaine Smoak was arrested Tuesday in Wilkes County, more than 100 miles away, after investigators used license plate reader technology to locate her vehicle. She faces charges of second-degree cruelty to children and concealing the death of another. Authorities have not released the cause of death; police said Smoak is a friend of the child’s mother.