Deceased/Not Found TX - Malakai, newborn, mom passed out in mud, Port Isabel, 16 Mar 2022 *Parents Arrested*

[imstilla.grandma]

A multi-agency search for a missing baby out of Port Isabel ended with no sign of the infant.

Authorities searched a private property near Long Island Village for nearly three hours on Thursday.

Police have been looking for baby "Malakai" since last Friday; the newborn is believed to be dead.
Search for missing baby resuming Friday

His parents, Zachary De La Rosa and Susanne Pierce, remain behind bars.

De La Rosa is charged with injury to child, while Pierce faces charges of injury to a child and abuse of a corpse.

The search for the baby will resume Friday.
Cameron County authorities refocus search area for missing newborn





The parents, Zachary D. De La Rosa and Susanne J. Pierce, were arrested last week on injury to a child and abuse of a corpse charges.

Cameron County Precinct 1 Constable Norman Esquivel Jr. said authorities are concentrating their search east of Long Island Village – a gated community in Port Isabel where the parents lived.

Esquivel said residents told authorities that the couple was often seen in the area.

According to court documents, Pierce told investigators she took her “deceased newborn” wrapped up in a blue blanket to the old causeway to see the dolphins and pelicans.

Cameron County authorities refocus search area for missing newborn

 

[JurassicParker]

What is wrong with people? That poor baby.

 

[tlcya]

"Information was received that a child had possibly been born" to the couple and "the reporting party had received conflicting stories about the child's welfare," according to the press release.

Investigators then determined that "the birth of a child had occurred and shortly after birth, the child's whereabouts were unknown.” They state that the search for the child is "still ongoing."
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Pierce allegedly told investigators that she had brought their dead baby for a walk “all over the town.” She allegedly said she brought him, covered in a blanket and under her shirt, to a cemetery and to “see the dolphins and pelicans.” She allegedly said she then got stuck in some mud before also passing out; according to the affidavit, she said that, when she regained consciousness, the baby was gone. She noted that the water was rising at that point.
Mom Allegedly Brought Dead Newborn 'All Over Town' Before Passing Out In The Mud | Oxygen Official Site

 

[tlcya]

PORT ISABEL, Texas (ValleyCenrtal) — The Cameron County Constables Office continued its search for a missing baby Thursday afternoon into Friday morning.

The parents Zachary D. Delarosa and Susanne J. Pierce have been arrested and have been charged with injury to a child and abuse of a corpse.
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Drones and K-9 units are being used to search the area near Long Island Village. State agencies are also using boats to search the water.
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“After tomorrow if we don’t really find anything in the area we are going to focus our attention to other parts of this investigation,” Esquivel said. “It includes cell phone data, pictures, photos, videos through their social media we’re going to search through laptops that we recovered.”
Authorities call off weekend search for baby, ‘close to finding evidence’ | KVEO-TV

 

[JurassicParker]

So the mother was under the influence of something or suffers from severe mental illness that causes delusions? Was the baby possibly born stillborn and she just couldn't mentally deal and that's why she "took her dead baby for a walk around town?" Although, in some way she had to have understood the infant was dead because she went to a cemetery, right? What weird comments she made.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

So the mother was under the influence of something or suffers from severe mental illness that causes delusions? Was the baby possibly born stillborn and she just couldn't mentally deal and that's why she "took her dead baby for a walk around town?" Although, in some way she had to have understood the infant was dead because she went to a cemetery, right? What weird comments she made.

I think I’ll choose door #2:
Was the baby possibly born stillborn and she just couldn't mentally deal and that's why she "took her dead baby for a walk around town?

 

[Laughing]

How is home birth viewed in Texas legally? In this part of Texas?

Gated community implies adequate resources to me. Did this Mom receive pre-natal care?

Wondering.

jmho ymmv lrr

 

[TxLady2]

I'm not sure, but I think it is pretty rare, I don't know of anyone who has opted for a home birth. I am aware that there are midwives in the state, though. I would never have risked it, and good thing.... I ended up having a c-section with my last son.
This whole story the mom has told just sounds off to me. I think if she were in a hospital, she would not have been allowed to walk out with the baby, they would have taken it within minutes after birth if there were no signs of life.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

I hope the hospital would not have taken the baby within minutes if there were no signs of life. People need to grieve by holding the baby, maybe dressing the baby, etc. It would make it so much worse to take the baby before they were ready.

However since these parents were arrested, and based on the abuse allegations, my assumption was both "parents" were in an influenced state-of- mind. JMO.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

PORT ISABEL, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Police reports obtained by ValleyCentral offered new details in the disappearance of a newborn baby, and the arrest of his two parents .

EXCLUSIVE: Photo of missing baby boy shared with a friend who urged parents to call 911 before death

Zachary D. De La Rosa and Susanne J. Pierce were charged with injury to a child and admitted to authorities to playing a part in their newborn’s death . Pierce was also charged with abuse of a corpse.

A search for the newborn is ongoing with Cameron County Constable Precinct 1, Child Protective Services, Texas Rangers, Texas Parks and Wildlife, and Border Patrol canine unit contributing.

On March 16, a reporting party contacted authorities for a welfare concern for a newborn child.

According to an affidavit obtained by ValleyCentral, the reporting party was asked by De La Rosa’s mother to see if her son and wife were pregnant months prior. The reporting party was able to confirm that Pierce was indeed pregnant.

The reporting party then said they were contacted by De La Rosa last week to return some clothes belonging to a baby boy to Walmart. They questioned De La Rosa as to why the clothes needed to be returned, and De La Rosa told them his wife had a miscarriage. De La Rosa also told them that they held a private ceremony and that only two other people attended.

Friends close to the couple, a man and woman, were also contacted by the Cameron County Constable Office, according to the affidavit. The woman told authorities she was contacted by De La Rosa in a “panic voice” at 12 p.m. on March 8. De La Rosa told the woman that Pierce was bleeding because she was going to have a baby. The woman said she was unaware the couple were expecting and instructed him several times to call 911.

The woman said she received a second call from De La Rosa around 5 p.m. saying that the baby was born and it was a male.

The woman said she purchased clothes for the baby and delivered them to the couple, where she saw a healthy baby feeding from Pierce. The woman instructed them to take the baby to a doctor for a medical exam and Pierce told her she was planning on taking the baby, which they named Michael, to the Swiss embassy to obtain a Swiss birth certificate.

The woman said the following day she tried asking the couple on Facebook how the baby was doing, and they would “talk about other things.” The woman said she did receive a photo of the baby.

Later that day, De La Rosa wrote back to her and said the baby did not make it and had died.

On March 18, constables met with CPS investigators to follow up on a child custody case with De La Rosa and Pierce. Initially, the couple refused to open the door. After several attempts, they let the officers in where they saw Piece laying on a mattress in the living room next to eight puppies and two large dogs.

They also saw baby clothes and what appeared to be the same shoes the baby was wearing in the photo provided by the woman. Authorities asked De La Rosa where Michael was, to which he said he did not know a Michael.

Authorities followed up on the welfare concern for a newborn baby when they saw De La Rosa walking on the road. They asked him if he knew anything about a newborn baby, which he initially denied. Officers then showed him photos of the baby and De La Rosa said his name was “Malaki.”

De La Rosa then confirmed there was a newborn baby but said he wasn’t sure what Pierce had done with him. He said the baby had stopped breathing and he attempted to do CPR for two hours but was unsuccessful. He then said he passed out and when he woke up, Pierce and the baby were gone. He said Pierce did not return until the next morning and she did not have the baby.

De La Rosa stated that he felt it was his fault the baby died because he did not call EMS.

Officers made contact with Pierce who told them she took the dead baby and walked “all over the town,” including to the cemetery and old causeway to “see the dolphins and pelicans.” Pierce said she had the baby in a blue-colored blanket and had him under her shirt when she got stuck in the mud and passed out. She said when she woke up, the water started to rise and the baby was no longer with her.
Police report offers new details in newborn’s disappearance

 

[ChatteringBirds]

All of this is difficult to understand. Hopefully they find this baby quickly so an autopsy, including toxicology, can be done.

 

[amaraya]

Interesting info on moms fb page

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[katydid23]

Interesting info on moms fb page

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His FB page is very similar to hers. They both seemed kind of manic on Mar 18th---she posted about 50 posts in one day.

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[katydid23]

Interesting info on moms fb page

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So if you scroll down to Mar 18th, about 7:04 pm--it has a 18 min video called Shawn DeLaRosa was LIVE
click on the video---it is a cell video of the visit from police, asking about a child custody case

I think it is what this describes in the article above:
On March 18, constables met with CPS investigators to follow up on a child custody case with De La Rosa and Pierce. Initially, the couple refused to open the door. After several attempts, they let the officers in where they saw Piece laying on a mattress in the living room next to eight puppies and two large dogs.

They also saw baby clothes and what appeared to be the same shoes the baby was wearing in the photo provided by the woman. Authorities asked De La Rosa where Michael was, to which he said he did not know a Michael.

 

[katydid23]

click on the comments under that video---very interesting

 

[YaYa_521]

Friend of missing newborn’s parents speaks out
March 25, 2022
*Video at link shows a map of the area. The reporter highlights where De La Rosa and Pierce live and where LE is searching. (screenshots below) *

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CL is believed to be one of the last people to have seen baby Malakai alive. L. said she knew both parents because they had worked for her in the past. Though she does wish they would have called 911 after this child's apparent death, she said her friends would not have harmed a child.

https://www.newskudo.com/texas/port...riend-of-missing-newborn-s-parents-speaks-out

Baby Malakai (aka Michael)

*Screenshots from embedded video*

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[cvaldez1975]

MOO and speculation, these two are tweaked out of their minds and delivered at home because they knew baby would pop hot.

 

[swanniee11]

I have no words right now on this. SMH. ( Well, I do but not here, not now) IMO

 

[YaYa_521]

His FB page is very similar to hers. They both seemed kind of manic on Mar 18th---she posted about 50 posts in one day.

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This freak is steadily posting on his FB. According to him, he is the "Christ" and "she is New Jerusalem"...
Very interesting exchange under this post about passing his hair follicle test. IMO

 

[cvaldez1975]

it seems like the are out on bail