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Police busy looking for men while female perp walked away
Submitted by Matt on Sat, 2009-04-11 19:13
From Jeremy S.: Remember all this: Girl Missing, Homes of 2 Men Searched? They even towed the cars of the two suspect men and wasted valuable time and resources looking for a male suspect. Maybe even two. This is what they got: Calif. Sunday school teacher booked in child death. Excerpt:
'TRACY, Calif. -A California Sunday school teacher was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and killing an 8-year-old girl whose body was stuffed into a suitcase found in an irrigation pond.
Melissa Huckaby, 28, was arrested at 11:55 p.m., about five hours after she drove herself to the station at the request of police, according to Tracy Police Sgt. Tony Sheneman.
"She gave enough information to us during the course of the interview that probable cause was there to arrest her," said Sheneman.
A massive search for the child, Sandra Cantu, included hundreds of volunteers and law enforcement officials. The search ended April 6 when farmworkers who were draining the irrigation pond to water fields found a suitcase.
Pictures of the girl with dark brown eyes and light brown hair were posted all over Tracy, a city of 78,000 about 60 miles east of San Francisco.
The slain girl's aunt, Angie Chavez, said in a phone interview with The Associated Press early Saturday that she was happy to learn of the arrest.'
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woman arrested on suspicion of murdering little girl
It will be interesting to see how this case plays out. I suspect that what will happen is what happens so often in these cases involving a female suspect. If it's determined that she's guilty of the killing she will be treated more leniently than a male in a similar situation. Just watch. There may be an effort on her part to implicate one or more males. The media will probably try to downplay the story, or present the woman as a victim of forces outside her control -- forces that drove her to commit this act. I expect lenient treatment for Casey Anthony in Florida, too. I hope it turns out that I'm wrong.