Sandra Cantu #2 4/09/09 - 4/15/09

[Tamikosmom]

Sgt. Sheneman tells Geraldo that they have been unable to develope a motive for the murder of Sandra Cantu.

I believe there was no motive because I contend Sandra's demise was not intended.

However ... what probably can never be proved ... others meant to be participants in the dispicable happenings that would follow the drugging and ... recordings of those dispicable happenings is what brings in the bucks when a child pornography ring is where it is at.

Janet

[Heart]

Wasn't worth turning my TV on, Geraldo is such a waste and why is Montel there? 

Where is Cobra?  I read/heard that Cobra was suppose to be on Geraldo this weekend.

Geraldo never mentioned it in the lead up to his show.

[cookie]

how will this all get explained the Mh's little daughter who used to play all the time with Sandra?
mommy killed your best friend?
how many innocent lives and family members will suffer because of MH's actions? not just Sandra's family, but her own...This still blows my mind thinking about it all...

MH is on suicide watch...

[cookie]

Wasn't worth turning my TV on, Geraldo is such a waste and why is Montel there? 

Where is Cobra?  I read/heard that Cobra was suppose to be on Geraldo this weekend.

Geraldo never mentioned it in the lead up to his show.

think that the pirates story and Sandra's story probably trumped Cobra...doesn't sound as if he would be on tonight...

[klaasend]

Wasn't worth turning my TV on, Geraldo is such a waste and why is Montel there? 

Geraldo is runing out of people that want to be his experts?

   

[Heart]

Huckaby on suicide watch

by TP staff and Associated Press


Melissa Huckaby, 28, a local minister's granddaughter, is on suicide watch in an observation cell at the San Joaquin County Jail in French Camp, sheriff's Deputy Les Garcia said this afternoon.

Huckaby, arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and killing 8-year-old Sandra Cantu, refuses to see visitors, Garcia said. Jail records did not indicate whether she had an attorney.

Huckaby graduated from West High School in 1998 and worked four four years as a checker at a Food for Less grocery store on Tracy Boulevard, just east of the mobile park, until she was fired sometime in 2004, said Matt Duncan, an assistant manager at the store now known as FoodMaxx.

"I wouldn't have anything bad to say about her, until now," he said. "I would've never suspected her to do something like this."

Huckaby was scheduled to appear in court next Friday to check in with a county mental health program as part of a three-year probation sentence for a petty theft to which she pleaded no contest. She told the Tracy Friday that someone else by the same name was facing charges for the attempted theft in November from a Target store.

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokeswoman Terry Thornton said Huckaby has no state prison record.

Meanwhile, about 500 mourners stopped by Fry Memorial Chapel today to pay their respects to Sandra. Visitors are allowed to go in, sit and watch a slideshow with dozens of family photos of Sandra, leave gifts, pray and sign a guestbook.

Visiting hours will continue 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday and Monday.

Sandra's memorial service at 1 p.m. Thursday is expected to draw thousands of people, with parking space for only 500. It will be at in the West High School gym and cafeteria, 1775 W. Lowell Road, in Tracy.

http://www.tracypress.com/pages/full_story?page_label=home&id=2304030-Huckaby+on+suicide+watch&article-Huckaby%20on%20suicide%20watch%20=&widget=push&instance=home_news_lead_story&open=&

[klaasend]

http://tracypress.com/

Huckaby on suicide watch
by TP staff and Associated Press
04.11.09 - 07:32 pm

Melissa Huckaby, 28, a local minister's granddaughter, is on suicide watch in an observation cell at the San Joaquin County Jail in French Camp, sheriff's Deputy Les Garcia said this afternoon.

Huckaby, arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and killing 8-year-old Sandra Cantu, refuses to see visitors, Garcia said. Jail records did not indicate whether she had an attorney.

Huckaby graduated from West High School in 1998 and worked four four years as a checker at a Food for Less grocery store on Tracy Boulevard, just east of the mobile park, until she was fired sometime in 2004, said Matt Duncan, an assistant manager at the store now known as FoodMaxx.

"I wouldn't have anything bad to say about her, until now," he said. "I would've never suspected her to do something like this."

Huckaby was scheduled to appear in court next Friday to check in with a county mental health program as part of a three-year probation sentence for a petty theft to which she pleaded no contest. She told the Tracy Friday that someone else by the same name was facing charges for the attempted theft in November from a Target store.

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokeswoman Terry Thornton said Huckaby has no state prison record.

Meanwhile, about 500 mourners stopped by Fry Memorial Chapel today to pay their respects to Sandra. Visitors are allowed to go in, sit and watch a slideshow with dozens of family photos of Sandra, leave gifts, pray and sign a guestbook.

Visiting hours will continue 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday and Monday.

Sandra's memorial service at 1 p.m. Thursday is expected to draw thousands of people, with parking space for only 500. It will be at in the West High School gym and cafeteria, 1775 W. Lowell Road, in Tracy.

[Heart]

how will this all get explained the Mh's little daughter who used to play all the time with Sandra?
mommy killed your best friend?
how many innocent lives and family members will suffer because of MH's actions? not just Sandra's family, but her own...This still blows my mind thinking about it all...

MH is on suicide watch...

I wonder where Melissa's little girl was during the time of the murder.

[cookie]

how will this all get explained the Mh's little daughter who used to play all the time with Sandra?
mommy killed your best friend?
how many innocent lives and family members will suffer because of MH's actions? not just Sandra's family, but her own...This still blows my mind thinking about it all...

MH is on suicide watch...

I wonder where Melissa's little girl was during the time of the murder.

I wondered the same thing...this story is so strange!


nite all ....Happy Easter....

[MuffyBee]

Good night Cookie. 

[klaasend]

Nite Cookie  - Happy Easter to you as well.

[Tamikosmom]

THE EASTER STORY - THE GRAVE COULD NOT HOLD HIM

HE IS RISEN - HE IS RISEN INDEED!!

Luke 24: 1-8

1-3  At the crack of dawn on Sunday, the women came to the tomb carrying the burial spices they had prepared. They found the entrance stone rolled back from the tomb, so they walked in. But once inside, they couldn't find the body of the Master Jesus.
 
4-8  They were puzzled, wondering what to make of this. Then, out of nowhere it seemed, two men, light cascading over them, stood there. The women were awestruck and bowed down in worship. The men said, "Why are you looking for the Living One in a cemetery? He is not here, but raised up. Remember how he told you when you were still back in Galilee that he had to be handed over to sinners, be killed on a cross, and in three days rise up?" Then they remembered Jesus' words.

[Heart]

Motive a mystery in Cantu murder

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/east_bay&id=6756531

Police say they know the "who" in the mystery over Sandra Cantu's disappearance, but do not yet know "why." Melissa Huckaby is facing charges in the Tracy 8-year-old's kidnapping and murder.


  By Lisa Amin

TRACY, CA (KGO) -- Police say they know the "who" in the mystery over Sandra Cantu's disappearance, but do not yet know "why." Melissa Huckaby is facing charges in the Tracy 8-year-old's kidnapping and murder.

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Police spoke to the public in front of the mobile home park Saturday morning. It is the same mobile home park where the suspect lives and where the victim was last seen alive.

Investigators say they are sure Huckaby is behind the murder of 8-year-old Sandra Cantu. She is accused of kidnapping and killing Sandra just moments after a surveillance system recorded the little girl skipping through her neighborhood.

"Finding out one, that it's a woman that was responsible for Sandra's kidnapping and murder, and then finding out it's a member of the community is another blow. Finding out it was someone that Sandra's family knew is a double blow," said Tracy Police Sgt. Tony Sheneman Saturday morning.

Often times Melissa Huckaby's 5-year-old daughter played with Sandra. The suspect, who teaches Sunday school at nearby Clover Road Baptist Church, lives with her grandparents just five doors down from Sandra.

Huckaby's grandfather Lane Lawless is the church's pastor. His home and a church have been searched several times. Just one day after Sandra's body was found in a suitcase two miles from the mobile home park, he and his wife told reporters they had nothing to do with Sandra's disappearance or death.

"She was the sweetest little thing and it just breaks our heart to think that anyone would take such a tiny little thing and abuse her and murder her," said Connie Lawless, Huckaby's mother.

Police will not say if the Lawless' knew anything about what their granddaughter is accused of, or if the murder even took place inside their own home. But, a close friend of the family told ABC 7 she was sure the Lawless' are innocent.

"They are honest, decent people. So, they knew nothing about it," said Mary Jones. "They know nothing more than the rest of the community does."

While the Lawless' may be innocent, police say they are sure Melissa Huckaby is not. The 28-year-old told a local newspaper the suitcase Sandra was found in looked like hers, which had been stolen. But, she never reported it to police.

Huckaby's inconsistent statements are the reason investigators now believe they have the right person and the only one responsible in custody.

Huckaby was on suicide watch at the San Joaquin county jail Saturday evening and is expected to be arraigned on Tuesday. She is being held without bail.

Public Grieving Place:
Fry Memorial Chapel
550 South Central Avenue
Tracy, CA
Hours: 10-4 on Saturday, Sunday and Monday

Public Service for Sandra Cantu:
Thursday, April 16, 2009
1 p.m. - People are asked to arrive early since there will be limited parking
Merrill F. West High School
1775 West Lowell Avenue
Tracy, CA

The reward for information leading to an arrest in Sandra's case has risen to over $30,000.

Anyone with information is urged to call the Tracy Police at: 1-209-831-6TIP


    * RAW VIDEO: Huckaby transported to jail
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=6755980

[JessStar]

Sgt. Shenemen said there was no doubt in the detectives mind after the interview last night that she committed the crime.

Geraldo asked if the Sgt. thought it was premeditated and he would not comment
would not comment on confession
said they have a motive through interviewing her and they think they know why she would do something like this.

Reporter said Mellisa was on close watch right now, was on some kind of probation so she has a mental health history. (can you be on mental probation?)

I think that is all you may have missed.  I had to rewind to get this up to the first commercial.

I'm a little confused.  Did you mean to say the Sgt HAS a motive and thinks he knows why?

[Heart]

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[JessStar]

Good nite everyone.  And Happy Easter! 

[klaasend]

Good nite everyone.  And Happy Easter! 

Nite JessStar - Happy Easter to you too!

[Wyks]

It appears that Fred L Williams has lived here or lives here now:

2289 Ogden Sannazor Dr
Tracy Ca

[klaasend]

It appears that Fred L Williams has lived here or lives here now:

2289 Ogden Sannazor Dr
Tracy Ca

Yes, Blink did a post on that.

http://blinkoncrime.com/2009/04/09/sandra-cantu-casenew-developments/

[momoftwins]

Thank you Brandi for the twinkie Avatar. Goodnight everyone, and Happy Easter.  Praying for Sandra's Family, and Little Haleigh.