Jahessye is about 3' 5" tall, 55 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes.
If you think you've seen her, or know something about her disappearance, call this special tipline:
623-930-HELP (4357). You can remain anonymous.
Silent Witness is offering $1,000, the family is offering $5,000 and
the Glendale Police Department is offering $10,000 for a total reward of
$16,000. In order to be eligible for the money, the call has to be made
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The family of missing Arizona 5-year-old Jahessye Shockley took to the
Arizona state capitol building on Monday to shine some attention on
their grievance that police aren't working hard enough to find her.
The
child's mother, Jerice Hunter, says authorities and the media are not
giving top priority to the case because the child is black, and due to
her own criminal history. During the demonstration, she, with about a
dozen family members and friends, held up signs with her child's picture
and pleaded for Governor Jan Brewer's attention.
Hunter has a record of child abuse from 2005, and USA today
reports that in court documents from 2006, she was "accused of
torturing her 7-year-old daughter and of causing corporal injuries to
three of her other children." The day after the mother reported her
daughter missing, Arizona State Child Protective Services took
three of her children, though the agency declines to give a reason.
Five-year-old
Jahessye has been missing since October 11th. Hunter told the media at
the capitol that the police department has been "totally uncooperative,
keeping her in the dark, and kept her children away from her," reports CBS affiliate KPHO.
A spokesperson for the Glendale Police Department claims they are
handling the case and the family just as they would any other missing
person.
Police have no real evidence, suspects, or potential
leads. They believe Jahessye wandered from her apartment while her
mother was out doing errands. Law enforcement officials say it is a
suspected kidnapping, since they found no trace of the girl after
searching a 3-mile radius around her family home.
"I feel like
they're covering me instead of my daughter because it's a juicy story
for them and they want to get ratings," Hunter said. "Because I wouldn't
speak to them initially, they decided they would draw me out by
demonizing me."
Police Sgt. Brent Coombs is reported to have said
that the department is aware of Hunter's criminal record, but that has
no effect on their search. He states the case is a No. 1 priority and
that investigators would not cease their work until Jahessye she is
home.
This really sounds like a race issue. And the cops dont seem to give a Damm about the baby. From what they say here it looks like she has done something to her baby something like the Lisa Irwin's case click
The only thing different is this story hit world news every were!
Jahessye Shockley's Family Claims Police Let Race, Mom's Criminal Past, Stand In Way Of Search
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