GARLAND COUNTY, Ark. — It's been eight months since Jessica Ellis' 20-year-old son Amir Ellis was kidnapped.
A few weeks after his disappearance Hot Springs police arrested three people that they believe were involved.
Jessica Ellis has been desperate to find her son Amir's remains and has hosted about a dozen searches with crowds of community members during the last eight months.
"Knowing that somebody hurt him, it's terrible. But not knowing where he is has been the hardest part, so this closure for me is what I need," said Ellis.
According to the Garland County Sheriff's Office, at around 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, officers were dispatched to an area off Hwy 7 North with reports of "possible human remains" in the area. When they arrived they met with the caller who took them to the spot where they were found.
Both the Garland County Criminal Investigation Division and the Garland County Coroner’s Office were called to the scene to collect the remains.
Ells said that she asked detectives if it could be Amir.
"What I wanted [detectives] to answer for me, once he went to see what was going on was what he felt. And so his words to me was that it's likely," Ellis said.
The remains were then sent to the Arkansas State Crime Lab to determine whether or not they were human remains and for DNA testing to identify them.
"I do want it to be Aimir, I don't want it to be Amir, because this is one part of it that I don't think I can do again," Ellis added.
Over the last eight months, the Ellis family has grieved Amir's disappearance, his possible murder, and court trials as they searched through the woods.
Now Jessica hopes her family can find closure before Christmas.
"There's no way we could ever search every single one and go as deep as we all need to so I just I'm so grateful and I'm just so hopeful that my baby is about to be back home," Ellis said.
No matter what, Ellis explained how she will always keep Amir's memory alive both in photos around the house and stories to his six-month-old son.
"[I'll tell him] how loved his dad was, and is. He's always going to be very relevant and a part of this family. Very relevant, whether here in the physical, or not," Ellis said.
Anyone with information regarding Amir's case is urged to reach out to the Garland County Sheriff's Office at (501) 622-3660.
The investigation into this incident remains ongoing and we will update with more information as soon as it becomes available.