FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Police said a decomposing body found outside a trash bin Wednesday night in Fort Lauderdale has been identified as a missing 13-year-old girl.

Neica Gibbs had been reported missing since June 29. That's when her grandmother and legal guardian, Barbara Queer, said she was supposed to be spending the night with her aunt, Linda Pendegrass.

Police said Gibbs' body was found wrapped in a blue tarp next to the trash bin, located in the 2700 block of Southwest Sixth Drive -- the same street where Gibbs was supposed to be staying when she disappeared three weeks ago.

Lorraine Bogges was cleaning up the trash left on the ground outside the bin when she discovered Gibbs' decomposing body.

A purple teddy bear marked the spot Thursday where Gibbs' body was found.

Friends of Gibbs told Local 10 they were curious about a hole underneath Pendegrass' trailer. They said the hole was small and not wide, leading them to believe someone put the body under the trailer and moved it when the body started to stink.

Neighbors reported smelling a foul odor, but police said nobody ever notified them about it.

Police said they are investigating several leads, including Gibbs' MySpace.com page, which was last updated Tuesday.

The heading on Gibbs' page reads: "UM GONE N BITCH I AINT NEVA COMMING HOME."

It was unclear who posted the message, but police said they were investigating.

Police on Thursday also responded to criticism that they didn't do more to find Gibbs.

"The family's been in consistent contact with us and we had no reason to believe that there was any foul play or the child was endangered," Fort Lauderdale police Sgt. Frank Sousa said.

Investigators said it was unclear how the girl died. An autopsy is scheduled.

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