Police spent countless hours searching for 5-year-old Nevaeh Buchanan before they made a gruesome discovery: Nevaeh's body.
Nevaeh went missing May 25,
after she was seen riding her scooter in her apartment building's parking lot.
Her body was found in a shallow grave and now investigators know the cause of death.
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Sadly, investigators say it only took one of those tips to find Neveah. On June 4, 2009, cops say two fisherman, a father and son, discovered Nevaeh's body on the banks of the River Raisin in Raisinville Township, Mich. Police say the cause of death was asphyxiation and that Neveah was either burried alive or held down in the dirt and unable to breathe.