Mother Arrested Again for Daughter’s Disappearance: Police Believe Girl’s Body is in a Landfill
Jerice Hunter is the mother of 5-year old Jhessye Shockley, a little girl who has been missing since last year. Police arrested Hunter again on suspicion of first-degree murder and child abuse in the case of her missing daughter this week. Hunter and her daughter lived in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale when the crime took place.
Hunter has been indicted by a grand jury in her daughter’s disappearance. Shockley’s body hasn’t been found, but authorities believe they have enough evidence to charge the mother for the crime.
“The indictment is not evidence,” said Scott Maasen, Hunter’s lawyer. “There is no body in this case. Cases without finding bodies are very difficult cases.”
County Attorney Bill Montgomery is determined to move forward with the case, claiming that he has successfully prosecuted cases like this one before.
“We now have the opportunity to seek justice for Jhessye and uncover the truth behind her disappearance,” Montgomery said.
Police are arguing that Shockley’s body was long gone by the time the mother called 911 to report her daughter missing. She said that her daughter had been left with her older siblings while she ran an errand. Police could not find the little girl’s body.
Glendale Police Chief Debora Black said that she believes that the girl’s body is likely at the bottom of a landfill in the town. She and 280 officers went through 9,500 tons of trash to find the girl’s body, but to no avail.
“They worked tirelessly to accomplish two goals: to find Jhessye and to hold the person responsible for her disappearance accountable,” Black said. “We are confident with the indictment and arrest, we will achieve our second goal of securing justice for Jhessye.”
Police say that the Jhessye’s siblings said that her mother abused her and kept her in the closet.
Wow!
Some people Don’t Need Kids.Some of our people been tampered with themselves so this strange behaviour is learned Behaviour h**o & alot of our Women Especially have been Molested! This is why we see all these Blackmen with Broke Wrists & StudBroads??? We need to be made Whole & Repaired!!!! Only God can make this Happen the Secret is Inside Us!
Ish muhammad ummm yeah there are several girls out there that have been. Molested or touched Inappropriate ways does not mean that they have problems honey I myself have been Molested and I have two kids an I’m the best mother an the only parent they can count on so plz don’t pass judgment on nothing you know nothing about or have a PhD in thanks
She feel deep down inside she did to so put her behind the wall for life and never let her out let your die behind them walls for taking that babies life she should had took her own life to tell the truth for your child still a long time to live which hers was about over.
Crooked cops framed her ~ Look up the corrupt law enforcement in that area and you’ll understand she been set up
You are so right Charles. I live in AZ and have been watching the news about this. She was set up. She was kidnapped by the feds. The reason they know she is in a land field is because they put her there.
Im still n awe of da title “arrested again n daughtas disappearance “.. if they had suspicions n da first place shud have never let her go Gil she was cleared, ur right Charles things r not clear here!!!
There are some real crazy evil people in this world. I just don’t understand how people can live with themselves after commiting such terrible acts especially against there own child. So tired of hearing these sad stories of people doing these things to innocent women and kids. Rather she was set up or not it still doesn’t bring the baby back. We need to pray this evil away from our loved one’s, we need to pray this evil away from our homes and our neighborhoods we simply need to to pray, ther’s nothing else left to do.