OH - Alishah Pointer, 22, kidnapped and tortured, North Randall, 3 Nov 2021 *7 Arrests, 2 Guilty*

[PommyMommy]

FBI searches for missing 22-year-old woman (news5cleveland.com)

The FBI and East Cleveland Police Department are asking for the public's help finding a missing woman.

• Alishah Pointer, 22, was last seen on Nov. 3 in North Randall.
• She was reported missing by family on Nov. 4.
• Authorities said reward money is available.

Missing 22-year-old East Cleveland woman last seen Nov. 3 (cleveland19.com)

Call the Cleveland Division of the FBI at 877-FBI-OHIO (877-324-6446) with your tips.

 

[Unalienable Rights]

EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio — The East Cleveland Police Department is investigating after locating the body of an unidentified woman Tuesday afternoon.

According to officials, police received a tip that the body of missing 22-year-old Alishah Pointer was located in the basement of a burned-out home in the 14500 block of Savannah Avenue in East Cleveland.

Police say that the body of a Black female was found, but officials are waiting for the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office to make a positive identification before confirming any additional details. "We are highly confident that is her [Pointer]," East Cleveland Police Chief Scott Gardner told 3News.

"Detectives have been working 18 hours a day since it was reported that Ms. Pointer was possibly abducted. The Cleveland Office of both the FBI and Secret Service have been instrumental from the onset of the investigation," said Gardner.



Police locate presumed body of Alishah Pointer in East Cleveland | wkyc.com

 

[PommyMommy]

Oh man, what in the world happened to this young lady?! The FBI and Secret Service since the onset of the investigation? Wow.

Body of missing 22-year-old East Cleveland woman possibly found in abandoned home (cleveland19.com)
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The FBI said Pointer was last seen on Nov. 4 at a home in Cleveland.

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East Cleveland Police Chief Scott Gardner said police got a tip around 3:51 p.m. that the body of Alishah Pointer was found in the basement of a burned-out house in the 14500 block of Savannah Avenue.

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[Deluy]

Very sad.

 

[Knox]

Oh man, what in the world happened to this young lady?! The FBI and Secret Service since the onset of the investigation? Wow.

Body of missing 22-year-old East Cleveland woman possibly found in abandoned home (cleveland19.com)
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The FBI said Pointer was last seen on Nov. 4 at a home in Cleveland.

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East Cleveland Police Chief Scott Gardner said police got a tip around 3:51 p.m. that the body of Alishah Pointer was found in the basement of a burned-out house in the 14500 block of Savannah Avenue.

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Search her name and missing in Facebook search bar. A post will pop up on a community page which answers your question

 

[PommyMommy]

Search her name and missing in Facebook search bar. A post will pop up on a community page which answers your question

Thank you, Knox. This is just awful, awful. 22 years old, fgs.

 

[Unalienable Rights]

Police looking for 2 suspects.

Missing East Cleveland woman, body found

Police Chief Scott Gardner said they’re looking for Hakeem Ali Shomo and Nathaniel Poke, who are wanted for the “horrific events that occurred to 22-year-old Alishah Pointer.”

Reward money is available for the arrest and conviction of both suspects. Gardner said they should be considered armed and dangerous.

“We continue to work on this case and are doing our best to bring justice to the family in this matter,” Gardner said.

 

[JerseyGirl]

https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/missing-persons/fbi-searches-for-missing-east-cleveland-woman

 

[PommyMommy]

NOV 10 updated NOV 11, 2021
E. Cleveland police: 3 in custody in Alishah Pointer case | wkyc.com
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Chief Scott Gardner announced on Wednesday that the department arrested Nathaniel Poke, one of the suspects sought in the woman's disappearance, which happened early last week. During a briefing, Gardner added that three suspects are in custody, with three still at large. One of the at-large suspects, Hakeem Ali Shomo, had previously been identified. Gardner says police are withholding the names of the other two suspects for now.

East Cleveland police arrested 17-year-old Destiny Mariah Unique Henderson on Tuesday. Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Juvenile records show that Henderson is facing 11 counts including murder, aggravated murder, and kidnapping in the events surrounding Pointer's disappearance and presumed death.

Portria Williams and Nathaniel Poke Jr. have also both been arrested, East Cleveland Police confirm.

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Family and friends tell 3News' Marisa Saenz that the Poke Jr. was Pointer's boyfriend.

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Gardner says investigators believe that assailants kidnapped an East Cleveland resident and an acquaintance of Pointer in order to lure her from her residence. Police believe Pointer had information relating to a crime committed in Cleveland. He adds that the assailants tortured Pointer and took her to several locations, before finally killing her on Savanna Avenue.

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[PommyMommy]

NOV 12 updated NOV 13, 2021
Alishah Pointer update: 6 suspects in custody | wkyc.com
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Police tell 3News that Indya Pauldo, Anthony Bryant, Brittany Smith, Destiny Henderson, Portria Williams, and Nathaniel Poke, Jr. have all been arrested and charged in the torture and death of the 22-year-old East Cleveland resident. Henderson, Williams, Poke Jr. and Smith have all been in custody since at least Thursday, according to Police Chief Scott Gardner.

Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Juvenile records show that the 17-year-old Henderson is facing 11 counts including murder, aggravated murder, and kidnapping in the events surrounding Pointer's disappearance and presumed death.

Gardner told 3News that it is believed several members of the group, if not all, took part in kidnapping Pointer. Investigators think assailants kidnapped the East Cleveland resident after an acquaintance of Pointer's had lured her from her residence. Police believe Pointer had information relating to a homicide that took place in Cleveland on Nov. 2, possibly the shooting death of Aminjas Zion Shomo, a relative of Hakeem Ali Shomo, a suspect in this case.

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[PommyMommy]

NOV 12, 2021
Teen facing slew of charges in Alishah Pointer's death (news5cleveland.com)
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The 17-year-old girl, who is not being named because she is a minor, is facing 11 counts. She was arraigned in juvenile court on Nov. 10 in front of Judge Patrick Corrigan. With the representation of a public defender, the teen denied the allegations, the court document stated.

According to the complaint filed in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Juvenile Division, the 17-year-old is charged with the following:

• Count 1: Aggravated murder, with a 1-3 year firearm specification.
• Count 2, 6 and 9: Kidnapping, a first-degree felony, with a 1-3 firearm specification.
• Count 3: Murder, an unclassified felony, with a 1-3 firearm specification.
• Count 4 and 5: Felonious Assault, a second-degree felony, with a 1-3 firearm specification.
• Count 7 and 10: Aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony with a 1-3 firearm specification.
• Count 8 and 11: Petty theft, a first-degree misdemeanor

The complaint alleges that the 17-year-old girl used a gun during two kidnappings, one which happened on Glenmont Road in East Cleveland where investigators said two women were kidnapped, and the other, which involved Pointer.

East Cleveland police said those involved in her death first kidnapped one of Pointer’s friends from East Cleveland to lure Pointer from her North Randall home.

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[PommyMommy]

NOV 13, 2021
Six Arrested, One Sought in Missing Woman’s Murder | WNIR-FM
... East Cleveland Police released the names of the half-dozen individuals who had been taken into custody by Friday, while reporting they were still on the hunt for 18-year-old Hakeem Ali Shomo of Cleveland. ... East Cleveland Police believe that Pointer had been lured from her home, then kidnapped and taken to various locations to be tortured in an effort to get information from her about her boyfriend – suspected in the murder of one of Shomo’s relatives on November 2. ...

 

[PommyMommy]

NOV 18, 2021
Suspects in Pointer death indicted on agg. murder charges (news5cleveland.com)
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On Monday in East Cleveland Municipal Court, Nathaniel Poke Jr., Portria Williams, Brittany Smith and Anthony Bryant were each arraigned on one count of murder. That day, Williams was indicted on two counts of aggravated murder, kidnapping and having a weapon while under disability in connection with Pointer's disappearance and death.

On Thursday, Poke, Smith and Bryant joined Williams in being indicted on two counts of aggravated murder and one count of kidnapping.

... A 17-year-old girl faces aggravated murder, kidnapping and other charges in juvenile court. Records show her criminal history began when she was 14-years-old.

Police have not said what role each suspect allegedly played in Pointer's kidnapping, torture and murder.

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[PommyMommy]

NOV 19, 2021
Grand jury indicts 4 suspects in East Cleveland torture, murder of 22-year-old woman (cleveland19.com)
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They are now scheduled to be arraigned on Nov. 22 at 8:30 a.m. and remain held on a $2 million bond.

Two 17-year-old girls are also in custody and are being held at the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center.

The seventh suspect, Hakeem-Ali Shomo, 30, remains on the loose.

Hakeem Ali Shomo is wanted by East Cleveland police in connection with the disappearance and killing of Alishah Pointer.(East Cleveland police)

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According to East Cleveland Police Chief Scott Gardner, the assailants believed Pointer had information relative to a crime committed in Cleveland and they tortured her in an attempt to get this information.

Family members told 19 News the information was related to the murder of Aminjas Shomo, 19, in Slavic Village earlier this month.

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4 indicted for kidnapping and murder of Alishah Pointer | wkyc.com
All four defendants pleaded not guilty in front of Judge William L. Dawson on Monday in East Cleveland, with Dawson issuing a $2 million bond for each of the defendants. Two other suspects, Indya Pauldo and Destiny Henderson, are currently in the custody of the police. Charges against Henderson, who is 17-years-old, will be processed through juvenile court.

 

[PommyMommy]

NOV 21, 2021
Hakeem Ali-Shomo Sought in Alishah Pointer's Murder (lawandcrime.com)
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Ward 3 East Cleveland city councilman Ernest Smith said the home on Savannah Avenue was already set to be demolished, but authorities fast-tracked its destruction after Pointer died, according to WKYC. Alishah’s aunt Kathryn Pointer said she rallied the family to be at the demolition after getting a call about it. She wants to keep Alishah in the public spotlight.

NOV 22, 2021
East Cleveland woman murder: Sister speaks in court (fox8.com)
The sister of the 22-year-old woman, who authorities say was tortured and murdered in East Cleveland, spoke out Monday during arraignments for the suspects.

Aalyiah Pointer said she was speaking out on behalf of her family, asking to keep bond at $2 million or request no bond for the suspects in her sister Alishah Pointer‘s death.

“Most of these defendants being complete strangers woefully chose to be part of Alishah’s kidnapping, torture and murder.” “Aalyiah told the judge. “Not a single person had any sympathy, heart or mercy… She was taken too soon for no reason.”

$2 million bond for 4 suspects charged in East Cleveland torture, murder (cleveland19.com)
Four out of the seven suspects accused in the torture and murder of Alishah Pointer, 22, pleaded not guilty at their arraignment in Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Monday morning.

Portria Williams, Nathaniel Poke, Anthony Bryant and Brittany Smith were all indicted on the charges of aggravated murder and kidnapping.

Pointer’s family members said Smith and Polk were both trusted friends of the family.

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Their next court date is Nov. 30.

 

[LizzyE]

Hakeem-Ali Shomo, the last of seven suspects wanted in the torture and killing of 22-year-old Alishah Pointer, was captured just after midnight Sunday by police in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
Final suspect arrested in East Cleveland torture, murder case

 

[PommyMommy]

DEC 12, 2021
Final suspect wanted in death of Alishah Pointer arrested in Kentucky (news5cleveland.com)
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While Shomo's arrest marks the final arrest of the named and known suspects, another unnamed and unknown individual is believed to be involved in the incident.

Police have not said what role each suspect allegedly played in Alishah Pointer's kidnapping, torture and murder.

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[Marg from Oz]

That poor woman. What she must have gone through. MOO

 

[YaYa_521]

Cops say accused East Cleveland killer stayed with Kentucky woman he met online before capture
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Hakeem Ali-Shomo was on the run for about a month before being found 500 miles from the Cleveland area in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

“The suspect had met a woman online and had been allowed to stay with her for several days until it was learned that he was wanted for murder,” Hopkinsville Police spokesperson Michael Atkins told 19 News.

https://twitter.com/JimNelsonTV/sta...-kentucky-woman-he-met-online-before-capture/

 

[PommyMommy]

DEC 22, 2021
$2M bond set for final suspect arrested in East Cleveland torture, murder case
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Hakeem Ali Shomo, the final suspect arrested, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Court and is being held on a $2 million bond.

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The three other adult suspects, Portria Williams, Anthony Bryant and Brittany Smith, remain locked up at the Cuyahoga County Justice Center.

Two 17-year-old girls are also charged in connection with the murder and are being held at the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center.

All seven of the suspects are charged with aggravated murder and kidnapping.

Left to right, top to bottom: 17-year-old juvenile, Hakeem-Ali Shomo, Brittany Smith, Nathaniel Poke Jr., Portia Williams, Anthony Bryant, 17-year-old juvenile (Source: East Cleveland police)