Found Safe NV - Jondrew Lachaux & Kellie Phillips in custody kids safe!

[Indy Anna]

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Patty wouldn't describe conditions inside the home, other injuries to the children, where the 3-year-old's body was found or how she died. He said police removed items from the property, but he declined to specify them.

Investigators believe the child had been dead for several days, and the teen and her baby remained in the house with the corpse until Wednesday, Patty said.

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/l...ouple-Death-Injury-Children-LA-298679921.html

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I can't help but wonder why the 17-year-old didn't call LE about the child who died while in her care, but LE doesn't say how the child died.

The article states that the youngest children were left with the teen. That's not exactly true. The children supposedly with the parents are said to range in age from 1 to 9 years old, so there is another child younger than the 3-year-old who died. So, why leave the 3-year-old with the teen (who was challenged enough caring for an infant) but take along the 1-year-old? Did the parents think that an infant and 1-year-old were too much for a teen to care for? If so, why not take the 3-year-old on the trip while leaving behind an 8- or 9-year-old, who are more independent than a toddler, if you can't take all of the children with you?

Possibilities I'm thinking of:

1.) The 3-year-old was already severely ill, maybe suffered abuse, and parents feared being charged (whether or not they were responsible) -- especially the dad because of his past.

2.) The 1-year-old was (gulp) already deceased when the family left. Could some of the items removed from the property have been found outside the home? Clothing, perhaps?

 

[Hejlena]

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Patty wouldn't describe conditions inside the home, other injuries to the children, where the 3-year-old's body was found or how she died. He said police removed items from the property, but he declined to specify them.

Investigators believe the child had been dead for several days, and the teen and her baby remained in the house with the corpse until Wednesday, Patty said.

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/l...ouple-Death-Injury-Children-LA-298679921.html

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I can't help but wonder why the 17-year-old didn't call LE about the child who died while in her care, but LE doesn't say how the child died.

The article states that the youngest children were left with the teen. That's not exactly true. The children supposedly with the parents are said to range in age from 1 to 9 years old, so there is another child younger than the 3-year-old who died. So, why leave the 3-year-old with the teen (who was challenged enough caring for an infant) but take along the 1-year-old? Did the parents think that an infant and 1-year-old were too much for a teen to care for? If so, why not take the 3-year-old on the trip while leaving behind an 8- or 9-year-old, who are more independent than a toddler, if you can't take all of the children with you?

Possibilities I'm thinking of:

1.) The 3-year-old was already severely ill, maybe suffered abuse, and parents feared being charged (whether or not they were responsible) -- especially the dad because of his past.

2.) The 1-year-old was (gulp) already deceased when the family left. Could some of the items removed from the property have been found outside the home? Clothing, perhaps?

Yep. I'm thinking number 2. Imo, someone else hurt that three year old baby and left the 17 year old holding the bag.

 

[LaborDayRN]

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Patty wouldn't describe conditions inside the home, other injuries to the children, where the 3-year-old's body was found or how she died. He said police removed items from the property, but he declined to specify them.

Investigators believe the child had been dead for several days, and the teen and her baby remained in the house with the corpse until Wednesday, Patty said.

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/l...ouple-Death-Injury-Children-LA-298679921.html

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I can't help but wonder why the 17-year-old didn't call LE about the child who died while in her care, but LE doesn't say how the child died.

The article states that the youngest children were left with the teen. That's not exactly true. The children supposedly with the parents are said to range in age from 1 to 9 years old, so there is another child younger than the 3-year-old who died. So, why leave the 3-year-old with the teen (who was challenged enough caring for an infant) but take along the 1-year-old? Did the parents think that an infant and 1-year-old were too much for a teen to care for? If so, why not take the 3-year-old on the trip while leaving behind an 8- or 9-year-old, who are more independent than a toddler, if you can't take all of the children with you?

Possibilities I'm thinking of:

1.) The 3-year-old was already severely ill, maybe suffered abuse, and parents feared being charged (whether or not they were responsible) -- especially the dad because of his past.

2.) The 1-year-old was (gulp) already deceased when the family left. Could some of the items removed from the property have been found outside the home? Clothing, perhaps?

I wonder if the 3 year old may also be the 17 year old's child. I also wonder if the 17 year old may have told LE about the deceased 3 year old.

 

[los2188]

Nevada teen lived with dead girl, 3, in home; police search for parents, other kids

These undated photos released by the North Las Vegas Police Department show Jondrew Lachaux and Kellie Phillips.
Police and seeking the couple and five children who left a North Las Vegas home where a 3-year-old girl was found dead
and a 4-month-old girl was so badly neglected that she's hospitalized in critical condition. (AP Photo/North Las Vegas Police Department)

NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- Authorities Friday were looking to find a couple whose 3-year-old daughter was found dead in a North Las Vegas home with a badly malnourished baby and her teenage mother.

Investigators believe the child had been dead for several days, and the teen and her baby remained in the house with the corpse until Wednesday.

The couple, Kellie Cherie Phillips, 38, and Jondrew Megil Lachaux, a 39-year-old ex-convict, could be in the Los Angeles or Oakland, California, areas with five other children, North Las Vegas police Officer Aaron Patty said.

Phillips and Lachaux are confirmed to be the parents of the 3-year-old, and authorities believe the teen is the daughter of Phillips, authorities told KVVU-TV.

Patty told reporters that Phillips and Lachaux were sought for questioning, and that no Amber Alert or arrest warrant had been issued.

http://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2015/04/nevada_teen_lived_with_dead_gi.html#incart_related_stories

 

[JeannaT]

It seems possible they don't know the current condition of the children, although the fact that the teenage daughter apparently has no way to locate her parents doesn't look innocent.

 

[Tarahh1]

Fairly speechless on this one. My heart hurts already.

Looks like the two parents may be heading to California with 5 other children

From the article:"But he stressed that police were worried about the welfare of the five children -- a 9-year-old girl and four boys ranging in age from 1 to 8 years old -- who were believed to be with them. "



I sure hope they put an amber alert out for the car they are traveling in. The article below suggests that has not been done.


http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2015/04/nevada_teen_lived_with_dead_gi.html

 

[Ontario Mom]

These poor kids Why leave the 3 yr old with the sister but take all the other kids??

I hope they find this family FAST and those other kids are okay.

 

[JeannaT]

I'm betting they're going to find the 5 with them to be in acceptable health. Reading between the lines it sounds like for whatever reason, Mom Dad and 5 of the kids abandoned the home (sounds like that's code for stopped paying rent and left) to the 17 year old new mother and the 3 year old. I would imagine it's possible they were all in good health when the others inexplicably left.

Interesting that SWAT broke down the door. Sounds like they already knew what they would find?

 

[JeannaT]

These poor kids Why leave the 3 yr old with the sister but take all the other kids??

I hope they find this family FAST and those other kids are okay.

I wonder if they had a 7 passenger vehicle.

 

[wenwe4]

I wonder if this Mother left the home (and children) against her will.

Who would want to leave their 17 y/o pregnant daughter to fend for herself with a 3 y/o and the impending birth?

Was anyone with the 17 y/o when she gave birth? Did she go to a hospital or home birth?

Were her parents with her @ time of birth but left shortly thereafter?

Traveling with that many children must be expensive and exhausting. Do they have a significant amount of cash (gas, food, lodging) and large vehicle to haul all of them? Do they have extended family that would be able to house these many individuals? Are they hiding from LEO?

so many questions . . .

 

[tlcya]

Saturday, April 04, 2015 10:06PM
LAS VEGAS (KGO) --
Police in Nevada believe a couple wanted for questioning might be in Oakland after one of their children was found dead.

http://abc7news.com/news/las-vegas-couple-wanted-for-questioning-could-be-in-oakland/626249/

 

[wenwe4]

From the link tlcya links above:

"That case led police to another home where they found the couple's three-year-old daughter dead".

So the dead 3 year old was at another home? (that rules out decomp fumes on the teen & infant as I speculated previously)

Now I suspect the teen and infant were living on their own, and the 3 y/o was found at the couple's abandoned home.

 

[JanetElaine]

Saturday, April 04, 2015 10:06PM
LAS VEGAS (KGO) --
Police in Nevada believe a couple wanted for questioning might be in Oakland after one of their children was found dead.

http://abc7news.com/news/las-vegas-couple-wanted-for-questioning-could-be-in-oakland/626249/

A short story but lots of info in it that doesn't make this look any better. From the above link:

Detectives believe the dead child's parents, Kellie Phillips and Jondrew Lachaux might be on the run with five other children.

Nobody goes on the run with five kids under 9 and actually gets away. I believe those kids are in grave danger (and I think authorities think so as well). If they are all still alive....

Also it says cops went to check on the teen and infant, then that check led to the find of the deceased 3 year old in another house. In a case already confusing enough it would be nice to know which report to believe. (Sorry for being huffy).

 

[SCHMAE]

I'm feeling bad for the 17 yr old and maybe I should not . But , if she's a minor and has a child and her parents are not allowing or contributing anything to her to take care of her 4 month old baby, maybe it's not as much her fault as it might seem. I mean, I'm not trying to throw her a lifeline but just speculating she may not have had free will to take care of the baby and/ or never taught how to take care of a baby. Oh my

 

[JanetElaine]

From the link tlcya links above:

"That case led police to another home where they found the couple's three-year-old daughter dead".

So the dead 3 year old was at another home? (that rules out decomp fumes on the teen & infant as I speculated previously)

Now I suspect the teen and infant were living on their own, and the 3 y/o was found at the couple's abandoned home.

bbm If that report is correct you may very well be right. In that case the 3 year old may have died and that's when the parents took off with the other kids. Still wondering where the use of flashbang grenades fits in then... The parents or one of them must have a reputation, if you know what I mean.

 

[SCHMAE]

Something tells me they need to DNA the infant as well ......

 

[wenwe4]

bbm If that report is correct you may very well be right. In that case the 3 year old may have died and that's when the parents took off with the other kids. Still wondering where the use of flashbang grenades fits in then... The parents or one of them must have a reputation, if you know what I mean.

Reports have been that the family left the area many weeks or months ago, either prior to or shortly after the 4 month was born (maybe 2 months ago?) ETA: I think I read reports that the 3 y/o is believed to have passed within the past few days.

I am thinking there may be issues of violence or weapons charges in the Father's criminal history. I wonder if the Mother to all the children is a victim of domestic violence.

 

[MsMarple]

I'm feeling bad for the 17 yr old and maybe I should not . But , if she's a minor and has a child and her parents are not allowing or contributing anything to her to take care of her 4 month old baby, maybe it's not as much her fault as it might seem. I mean, I'm not trying to throw her a lifeline but just speculating she may not have had free will to take care of the baby and/ or never taught how to take care of a baby. Oh my

I hear you. What's concerning to me is that the infant is in the hospital because it was severely malnourished.

And this statement:

Patty said the 17-year-old is mother to the injured 4-month-old. It's believed Phillips is mother to the 17-year-old. The children who were in the home did not receive proper care and were malnourished, Patty said.

Read more: http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/2871...-with-child-death-investigation#ixzz3WSFoSTmd

It makes me think both kids were being starved. Speculating while we wait for more info, I'm worried that drugs are involved, especially since one article reported that a neighbor watched a SWAT team break into the house.

 

[mrsobrien]

Roll call:
Parents + 5 kids on the run.
17 year old daughter (in custody) + her 4 month old (hospitalized), her 3 year old sister (deceased).

Right?

 

[wenwe4]

From the fox link in MsMarple's post above - LEO have charged the 17 y/o in the death of the 3 y/o.

They think the parents left this home many months ago but may have traveled back and forth, but the report confirms the parents left the 3 y/o in the 17 y/o custody.