Jahessye Shockley Goes Missing

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What a doll's face. I hope everything turns out well and she is staying alive. I read briefly her mother is being questioned in her disappearance.

@ Miisrael,

It's looking like foul play on the parts. Here's an sad update.


Probable-cause statement details allegations of abuse

Roberts: Jhessye yet another reason we need reform

Hunter reported Jhessye missing Oct. 11, but the sister told police she hadn't seen her since mid-September.

On Monday, police arrested Hunter on suspicion of child abuse, and at press time, she was being held on $100,000 bond.

At an initial-appearance hearing Tuesday, Hunter's eyes widened when the commissioner told her she was the suspect in a homicide. Police have recommended only the child-abuse charge and said she is the focus of their investigation into Jhessye's disappearance.

But they have issued a warning: They don't expect to find the girl alive.

For much of Jhessye's life, her mother was in prison.

Hunter served 3½ years in California prison after she was convicted of abusing Jhessye's older siblings.

Jhessye lived with her mother's cousins in Arizona. "You couldn't help but love Jhessye," cousin Lisa Vance said.

She loved to joke, dress up and pose for pictures.

Last year, Hunter was released from prison and wanted Jhessye back. She called Phoenix police when the cousins initially resisted.

Hunter eventually moved to an apartment near 45th and Glendale avenues with Jhessye and three other daughters.

The cousins' concerns continued, leading them to call Child Protective Services last spring. Glendale police found no signs of abuse, but the department's report noted CPS would continue to work on the case.

But, according to the other children, now in foster care, Jhessye was abused.

In one instance, Hunter returned home to find Jhessye watching television with a neighbor boy, an older daughter reportedly told police. The daughter said Hunter called Jhessye a "ho" and took her into her bedroom, where the older girl said she heard Jhessye screaming and crying.

Police interviews with the other children, ages 6, 9 and 13, were included in the police probable-cause statement, which allowed officers to arrest Hunter.

The oldest said their mother would keep Jhessye in her bedroom closet, although the document was unclear about exactly when that occurred.

The girl said she would give Jhessye food and water when their mother left and then put her back in the closet so the 5-year-old wouldn't get into trouble, the document said.



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