MEMPHIS (BNO NEWS) — A Memphis, Tennessee mom who went missing from a local hotel in late January has been found dead under her bed, police said on Wednesday.

Sony Millbrook was first reported missing on January 27 after she failed to pick-up her children from school. Family members told officers that they checked the Budget Lodge hotel where she was staying and said she was not there.

Millbrook had been staying at room 222 and was last seen by a staff member at 7 a.m. local time on January 27. The employee told officers that the room had been locked out due to the lack of payment but said all of her personal belongings were still inside the apartment. “Officers contacted the Budget Lodge to verify this information via telephone,” a police statement read.

The case was initially assigned to the Missing Persons Bureau for follow-up investigation but, due to the nature of the incident, the case was reassigned to Homicide on February 3.

A day later, on February 4, a homicide investigator went to the Budget Lodge and spoke to two clerks and a security guard. He learned that Millbrook did not make a payment after January 26 and that her belongings were boxed up and that the room was released for rental. He also learned that, on January 27 and January 28, the family had been there and removed items from the room.

Homicide investigators then located Millbrook’s boyfriend, LaKeith Moody, and interrogated him during the course of the investigation and later charged him with a gun violation. He is currently in Mason being held on a federal gun charge, and remains a person of interest in the case.

On Monday, homicide investigators were called to room 222 of Budget Lodge where the body of a female had been located under the bed after a report of bad odor was reported in the room. The body was identified as Sony Millbrook and, according to police, it is apparent that she was the victim of a homicide. The cause of death was not immediately released.

The bed in which the victim was located is a metal box frame in which sets directly on the floor and the box springs and mattress sets inside the metal frame.

Room 222 had been rented approximately five times and cleaned by hotel staff numerous times since Millbrook went missing on January 27.