CA - Ja'mari Madkins, 2, found deceased in Napa, killed in Oakland, 23 Dec 2022

[Lusitana]

This is such a sad, horrible tragedy.

 

[SpicyFruit]

Still nothing on this one today. No media updates, nothing from LE.

 

[cvaldez1975]

Still nothing on this one today. No media updates, nothing from LE.

i feel like there will be a lot of confidentiality because of the mother being a ST victim.

 

[PromotedPawn]

i feel like there will be a lot of confidentiality because of the mother being a ST victim.

Mom is also a minor victim. I agree, they will keep this hush hush until they have the facts straight. They are likely trying to find balance between treating her as a potential suspect and treating her as a victim. My opinion only, pure speculation.

 

[SpicyFruit]

Maybe we can hope for a huge break is the sex trafficking in that area. It's been an issue in Oakland for a while.

Oakland residents dismayed by influx of sex workers in quiet neighborhood

Enough is enough for one Oakland neighborhood where residents say they're tired of seeing prostitutes right in front of their homes.

www.cbsnews.com

Oakland documentary sheds light on the role of race in sex trafficking

In “Still I Rise,” three women take a deep look at the root causes of child exploitation.

oaklandside.org

 

[cvaldez1975]

Maybe we can hope for a huge break is the sex trafficking in that area. It's been an issue in Oakland for a while.

Oakland residents dismayed by influx of sex workers in quiet neighborhood

Enough is enough for one Oakland neighborhood where residents say they're tired of seeing prostitutes right in front of their homes.

www.cbsnews.com

Oakland documentary sheds light on the role of race in sex trafficking

In “Still I Rise,” three women take a deep look at the root causes of child exploitation.

oaklandside.org

it has, for years and years. stockton (the other city they frequent) is the track too

but if celeste guap didnt break it open idk what will.

 

[SpicyFruit]

North Bay Man Charged as an Accessory In Death of Two-Year-Old Found Buried In Napa County Gets Released on Bail

There have been some new developments in the case of the murder of two-year-old Ja'mari Madkins, whose lifeless body was found buried in a shallow grave in Napa County back in December.

sfist.com

"the primary suspect in Ja'mari's death has been 22-year-old Keonte Harris of Antioch, who's been identified by investigators as the boy's mother's pimp. The boy's mother, who's being referred to in court documents as Jane Doe, was reportedly 17 years old at the time of Ja'mari's death, and investigators believe Harris was tasked with babysitting the toddler while the mother was being trafficked on International Boulevard in Oakland on December 7. (Doe had herself been reported missing out of Solano County days before, and allegedly was living out of Harris's car with her son.) It was during that babysitting time that Harris allegedly struck the child while trying to potty-train him, and the mother returned to the car to find him unconscious and limp."
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On March 9, 21-year-old Joel Saavedra was also charged with being an accessory after the fact, and Harris was subsequently charged with assault on a child causing death. Prosecutors believe that Harris, after assaulting and killing the boy and refusing to take him to a hospital, drove to his friend Saavedra's house in Fairfield, seeking help in disposing of the body.

The two then allegedly drove down Rockville Road into Napa County where the boy's body was found."

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Judge releases Bay Area man accused of helping bury body of 2-year-old boy

Joel Saavedra denies that he had anything to do with the attempt to cover up the death of 2-year-old Jamari Madkins, who was allegedly beaten to death by a man suspected of trafficking Jamari&#8217…

www.mercurynews.com

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“The defense sympathizes with Jane Doe and her situation. However, she has history of omitting and lying to police,” attorney Siera Promise Dugan wrote in a motion arguing for Saavedra’s release.

A court order signed by Judge James Cramer says Saavedra must stay at home while he’s on pretrial detention, and subjects him to electronic monitoring. He is allowed to leave his mother’s Solano County home to go to work — he’s employed at a local skilled nursing facility — as well as court. He’s been ordered to stay away from Doe and can be searched by police without a warrant, court records show."