LA - Ahlittia North, 6, abducted & murdered, Harvey, 13 July 2013

[SilkySifaka]

News conf about to begin

Live link

http://www.wwltv.com/news/live-video

It isn't giving me anything just a notice that it will resume shortly but its past 4

 

[Not a Belle]

It should start shortly. 3 pm central time.

 

[fhc]

It isn't giving me anything just a notice that it will resume shortly but its past 4

must be delayed

on now

 

[Ladylub]

try here http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news...girl/-/9853400/20997194/-/rfumap/-/index.html

 

[bessie]

Starting now.

 

[carbuff]

It isn't giving me anything just a notice that it will resume shortly but its past 4

It just started -- I think they may be running a bit late.

 

[Helenstreet]

http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news...girl/-/9853400/20997194/-/rfumap/-/index.html

 

[carbuff]

Sheriff Norton's speaking

Correction: Normand. I heard it wrong the first time.

 

[wfgodot]

Thanks in advance to all providing presser snippets.

 

[Helenstreet]

Omg.....

 

[SilkySifaka]

3x3 feet pool of blood in abandoned 4plex with a number of diff rounds of shell casings

 

[ctkid]

Found 2X3 diameter pool of blood. With 22 cal and 40 cal casings, as well as one live 40 cal live round.

 

[ctkid]

Heard gun shots 10:00 - 10:30, the night of July 12th. Friday night.

 

[ctkid]

Kids went to bed about 1:00 a.m. 8:00 on the 13th, she was missing as well as a toothbrush.

 

[bessie]

Now this is a press conference! The amount of information being revealed is unusual.

 

[ctkid]

Matthew Flugence nephew of the step father. He use to baby sit the girl. Blood was of little girl.

I missed something there.

Found her body disposed of the garbage can. The garbage can had been previously searched.

 

[bessie]

Sheriff Norton's speaking

Just FYI, he is Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand.

 

[SilkySifaka]

Arrest warrants issued for Flugence

 

[bessie]

Preparing arrest warrants for murder and the sexual battery on the 11 year old. Any information on Flugence's whereabouts should be reported to FBI or JPSO.

He could go on for two more hours describing all of the twists and turns in this case.

 

[carbuff]

My notes:

Speaker is Sheriff Normand -- sorry, had it spelled wrong the first time.

When they started searching, about seven units down, behind 2836 Destrahan Avenue -- they found a pool of blood in early search. Also several casings and a live bullet.

They found people who had heard gunshots 10-10:30 Friday night before the report. Video of entire family shopping at grocery store at 10:38. Adults went to bed around 1am, kids earlier. Around 8, noticed toothbrush missing and couldn't find daughter.

Police were trying to locate the gunshot victim at the same time. Running DNA samples.

On July 15, after a series of interviews, we began to look at an individual in relation to a sexual assault charge against "a girl in the neighborhood."

We knew at that point in time that there was a connection between Flugence and the girl.

About 10:30 last night the results of testing, DNA confirms that the blood came from a female daughter of Lisa Hill, meaning Ahlittia. Returned to that address and resumed searching. The particular garbage can she was found in we know for a fact that on Saturday and Sunday that garbage can had actually been searched.

They had coordinated with garbage company to bring the garbage to a separate area of the landfill so they could do secondary searches of Saturday and Tuesday pickups.

Unanswered question: at what point was the body disposed of?

We know from multiple sources that MF was in the area of those crime scenes multiple times Thursday Friday and Saturday.

Interviewed Russell F the brother, 21. They are satisfied that Russell had information that he hadn't volunteered. He revealed some information that may implicate MF. We are in the process of procuring arrest warrants for MF for murder as well as for teh sexual battery on the 11-year-old. Asking public to contact the JPSO if information.

Russell has been arrested and charged with obstruction of justice and is in jail.

I think he said they're looking at a number of sexual assault charges.