Found Deceased TX - Maliyah 'Tootie' Bass, 2, Houston, 22 Aug 2020 *arrests*

[YaYa_521]

How did the toy box break?
That is all.

I thought about this too. To be fair though, I had to make myself think critically. Maybe it's the actual toy packaging box that got broken somehow. A new box of blocks? I'll admit some of those take all I've got sometimes. And be darned if someone doesn't want the box after I kung fu it!

 

[YaYa_521]

I hate to even say this but LE saying "murder/foul play"does not exclude either the mother or the boyfriend. IMO. I hope not but still. UGH... F. IMO

Very true. It doesn't. Though I think I remember LE saying they suspect this was an abduction? Though I guess they could just be sayin' that, right? I'm off to find the link.

ETA - I'm mistaken. I can't find any articles that state LE said they suspect this was an abduction. I must be thinking of another case.

 

[LaborDayRN]

It’s not a real river. Especially not in that area. Houston bayous are all over the place and the water level changes based on the area. Where she went missing is suburban/city area and several blocks away from the bayou. I cannot see how she’d end up where she did naturally. But I guess the police are saying as much now.

If I'm understanding you correctly, there is no flow of water that could have carried her 15 - 18 miles away as in a river. Is that correct? Meaning she couldn't have accidentally fell in near the apartments and been carried to the location she was found.

 

[insearchoflight]

If I'm understanding you correctly, there is no flow of water that could have carried her 15 - 18 miles away as in a river. Is that correct? Meaning she couldn't have accidentally fell in near the apartments and been carried to the location she was found.

I think we can rule this out (accident). LE has specifically said they suspect foul play and are investigating it as a murder investigation. (Per press conference)

 

[Clair Louise]

I think we can rule this out (accident). LE has specifically said they suspect foul play and are investigating it as a murder investigation. (Per press conference)

Yes. They know the condition her poor wee body was in.

 

[KBB87]

If I'm understanding you correctly, there is no flow of water that could have carried her 15 - 18 miles away as in a river. Is that correct? Meaning she couldn't have accidentally fell in near the apartments and been carried to the location she was found.

I’m on the NW side of Houston so I can’t say for sure about water levels. There’s definitely water in those bayous, but the apartment she supposedly went missing from yesterday morning is several blocks away from the bayou.

Accidentally fell in, after walking blocks without anyone stopping her? That seems unlikely to me.

I’d defer to anyone more familiar to that area though.

 

[LadyL]

Yes. They know the condition her poor wee body was in.

they found her body??
reading backwards now

 

[LadyL]

well terrible news but I'm glad her body can be returned to those who love her and they can have a funeral

 

[YaYa_521]

Ita YaYa! The saddest thing is Tootie should have been safe playing like little kids love to do. We are living in such wicked times now.

I haven't seen anything that makes me believe her parents had any part in this so my heart breaks for them, and everyone who loves her. Their little baby girl was taken from them, and their lives won't ever be the same. Her mom will wrestle with guilt for the rest of her life.

But it's like you've said, it is humanly impossible to watch children every second of their lives.

Those who it's never happened to were just lucky because evil can rear its evil head anywhere at anytime...at any second. We live in a rural area so all five of our children often played outside growing up. Both my hubby, and I were very attentive, protective parents, but to say we watched them 24/7 would not be only impossible, but disengenious if we said we did. I know now we were lucky because predators can be, and are everywhere even in what is known as very safe areas/locations.

The parents may not have even been aware RSOs lived there. Not everyone checks to see. And it easily could be someone who isn't even a RSO. It could be one that hasn't been caught before. We will just have to wait, and see.

I do feel it's most likely someone who lives there or has visited frequently. They may have been watching Tootie for some time before seeing the opportunity to strike.

It reminds me of another case in Georgia. Sorry it was a few years ago so I've forgotten the little victim's name now, but iirc a teen boy who lived there lured her away from the playground right in front of her apartment she lived in. Her mom had just gone inside to get her little girl something to drink. However, he threw her body in a dumpster there because he had no transportation.

Since Tootie was taken 15 miles away this suspect may be older or at least of age where they have a vehicle to drive.

Now that the homicide investigators are on the scene they will review the footage of every vehicle leaving the area at the time she went missing so hopefully an arrest will happen soon.

Jmho

Ty for sharing your thoughts and your family's experience. It's easy for me to get caught up in judging others for what appears to me to be a stupid/irresponsible act on their parts. I have to then remind myself that I, too, made many mistakes and/or acted irresponsibly plenty of times. I remember this one time (at band camp) when I quickly ran out of the bathroom during bubble bath time to get that darned pamper/sock/toy/towel/cup of coffee/phone/etc.

No one is perfect. No one. Ever.

 

[YaYa_521]

Iirc, LE did say Tootie was abducted. They had to have their reasons then to believe an abduction occured.

They may already have a POI.

It should be rather easy to track down which vehicles left around the time she was abducted by looking at the camera footage.

I'm sure after she was reported missing LE checked all vehicles coming in, and out after then.

Jmho

RBBM
THIS is where I read that LE suspects abduction. Do you remember where you read/heard that comment?

 

[YaYa_521]

I’ve been all over the place with what I think about this one, but it does sound like they suspect an abduction.

I agree that not everyone knows about RSO’s living close by. I didn’t even know you could check until we had lived in our house probably 6 years! My kids were school age by the time I learned one lived 1 street over!

Poor baby Maliyah. Man I hope they find the monster who did this soon!

Can you even imagine how fluid RSOs are in apartment communities? Sheez, you'd have to check online almost daily to keep up with the ins and outs of new/old residents. Who does that? Besides, SOs aren't all registered.

 

[YaYa_521]

The first picture of her above the article looks like somebody put make up on her.
Look at that lipstick, she didn't do that to herself. It reminds me of the makeup on JonBenet.

With all due respect, I must say I almost find this offensive. I often put lipstick on my daughter while playing dress up, makeover, etc. There were also times when she'd ask at the most inopportune time (e.g., while cooking, paying bills, etc.). If at any one of those times I left with her to run errands or had a visitor stop by, the lipstick was there. It wasn't a thought beyond its innocence of a little girl wanting to wear lipstick like mommies do. This could very well be the case here. The photo appears to have been taken in a bathroom, not on a pageant stage.

 

[insearchoflight]

Can you even imagine how fluid RSOs are in apartment communities? Sheez, you'd have to check online almost daily to keep up with the ins and outs of new/old residents. Who does that? Besides, SOs aren't all registered.

It’s really sick. They are everywhere. I live next to a school and there are RSO within walking distance from me. You can’t avoid them. And like you said, they aren’t all registered. Thinking of the sweet little girl whose uncle abducted her, sexually abused and killed her while her parents were in the house she was abducted from. Ugh this world is so harsh

 

[insearchoflight]

With all due respect, I must say I find this almost offensive. I often put lipstick on my daughter while playing dress up, makeover, etc. There were also times when she'd ask at the most inopportune time (e.g., while cooking, paying bills, etc.). If at any one of those times I left with her to run errands or had a visitor stop by, the lipstick was there. It wasn't a thought beyond its innocence of a little girl wanting to wear lipstick like mommies do. This could very well be the case here. The photo appears to have been taken in a bathroom, not on a pageant stage.

Yeah! Huh? What is wrong with makeup?

 

[YaYa_521]

well terrible news but I'm glad her body can be returned to those who love her and they can have a funeral

Yes. Yes!! Because not having a body must be the most excruciating hurt for loved ones left behind.

 

[Ksprincess2]

It looks like one of the Instagram filters to me. Although you very well could be right.

I agree, it's a beautifying snapchat or instagram filter. My 2 year old loves to see herself on the snapchat filters so I have pictures like that of her on my phone but have never actually put makeup on her.

 

[Clair Louise]

I am not sure what a two year old would find to do in a playground by herself. Sitting on my hands again.

 

[KBB87]

I agree, it's a beautifying snapchat or instagram filter. My 2 year old loves to see herself on the snapchat filters so I have pictures like that of her on my phone but have never actually put makeup on her.

Seconding this. You literally angle your phone at your face (or your child’s) for a split second and that’s it. JonBenet, it is not, IMO.

 

[insearchoflight]

Seconding this. You literally angle your phone at your face (or your child’s) for a split second and that’s it. JonBenet, it is not, IMO.

Nothing wrong with jonbenet makeup either, IMO

 

[insearchoflight]

I am not sure what a two year old would find to do in a playground by herself. Sitting on my hands again.

According to reports, it was a little playground within the apartment complex and mom left for only a few minutes. We don’t have all the details yet. But if I had a little playground right outside I can see myself running inside real quick. I’m sure that’s a decision she will regret for the rest of her life. Until more information comes forward I have nothing but condolences for the family. It all depends upon the circumstances.