(Thats a conservative total, too, compiled in 1987.). A week after our call for a county investigation last year, Mrquez successfully pressed the City Council to also call for a county investigation. There will be a small,. He spoke to everybody and listened to their troubles, recalled Felder, who wrote a series of books with Mason. Samantha Johnson, 31, told investigators that her 8-year-old daughter Sophia Mason had been living in a shed behind the house the two shared with Johnsons boyfriend Dhante Jackson, according to a Merced Police Department (MPD) report obtained by the Merced Sun-Star. The next day, a sliding door was left open in the home, reports the Merced Sun-Star, and Johnson assumed her physically weakened daughter had gone out on her own. FRESNO, Calif. -- After a months-long manhunt, Dhante Jackson has been arrested on suspicion of killing 8-year-old Sophia Mason of Hayward in Merced, California earlier this year, police said. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. On Feb. 14, 1977, Gregory Brooks, 22, and his stepbrothers, Ralph Spencer, 14, Reeve Spencer, 16, and Raymond Spencer, 17, were killed in their . Fugitive Dhante Jackson arrested in connection to child murder case. The footballers were on separate night outs at Chinawhite Manchester in early April when Rashford rescued Lehmann upon her arrival at the venue. Jackson's body was discovered at West Tannacrieff on the afternoon of Sunday, February 27. The good news is that this year the board has two new supervisors, Lena Tam of Alameda and Elisa Mrquez of Hayward, who was on that citys council when police there received the missing persons report about Sophia. The court records of Genesee County and the files of the Batavia Advocate, kept in the Recorders office contain the history of the events that caused the erection of this monument. In documents from the Merced Police Department's investigation, obtained by our sister station ABC30 in Fresno, Johnson claimed she had not seen her child for weeks before the murder. JACKSON, MI -- A jury found LeAndrew Martin guilty of second-degree murder at the end of a week-long trial for a fatal 2022 shooting. The office of California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced he was finally tracked down and taken into custody in Newark, Calif. on Saturday. We told you last week that the spot near where the young man was found has been turned into a shrine. By contrast, in the 20th century, far and away the bloodiest period in history, state-sponsored slaughter of innocents averaged 5,300 victims worldwide per day 170 million in all. The death of Jackson Mason is still being treated as 'unexplained' by cops more than a week after his body was found. Michael Jackson 'murdered by Illuminati' who 'framed him for abuse Your login session has expired. It feels like it's been a long time coming, but I'm so glad they finally got him," said Mason's cousin Melanie Verlatti. [emailprotected]. Look after your family and give them strength. Jackson was in a relationship with the young victim's mother, 30-year-old Samantha Johnson, who was arrested in March and has pleaded not guilty to murder and child abuse, prosecutors said.. At one point, the internal documents show, a teacher and a social worker reported grave concerns over what they considered signs of abuse. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. Fighting ignorance since 1973. Be the first one to comment on this story. His doctor, Conrad Murray, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for administering the drug that killed him. The Thriller hitmaker was tried on child sex abuse charges in 2004-2005 - but he was acquitted on every charge.