Samuel Gizaw is an alleged teen killer from Washington State who has been charged with the murder of thirteen year old Jayda Woods-Johnson
According to police reports Samuel Gizaw was at the Alderwood Mall in Lynwood Washington and had a confrontation with a group of teenagers. Gizaw would allegedly pull out a gun and chased the group firing the gun at a teen who punched him however he would miss and the bullet would strike and kill thirteen year old Jayda Woods-Johnson
Samuel Gizaw would flee from the scene however he would later turn himself over to police accompanied by his parents
Samuel Gizaw has been charged with murder
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The teenager suspected of a deadly shooting at Alderwood Mall on July 3 now faces murder and firearms charges.
Snohomish County Prosecutors have charged 16-year-old Samuel Gizaw as an adult with first-degree murder with a firearm, second-degree murder with a firearm, first-degree assault with a firearm and juvenile in possession of a firearm.
According to charging documents obtained by FOX 13 News, Gizaw had gotten into an argument with five other teenage boys around 6:04 p.m. One of the boys told police Gizaw had made a “disrespectful comment” about a deceased person who was once associated with him, reportedly during a group phone call one year ago.
That boy punched Gizaw in the face during this mall confrontation, so Gizaw pulled out a handgun and chased him and the others down, according to court docs.
None of the other teens attacked him or had any weapons.
Gizaw shot at the teen who punched him and missed, instead shooting and killing 13-year-old Jayda Woods-Johnson, who was not involved in the fight, according to court docs.
Court records say Jayda was walking through the mall with her 11-year-old friend when she was hit by a bullet and fell to the ground. Her friend stayed with her, and other people at the mall attempted CPR on her.
An autopsy showed Jayda was shot in the back near her right shoulder. The bullet went through her right lung and heart, and emerged from the upper left area of her chest.
Police responded within a minute of the shooting and took over CPR on Jayda, and she later died from her injuries at Providence Hospital. Alderwood Mall was locked down for an hour while police looked for the suspect.
Gizaw’s parents later drove him, at his request, to the Mukilteo Police Department. They told detectives they had driven him and his friend to Alderwood Mall earlier in the day to see a movie. His father told detectives he did not know how his son had access to any weapons.
Prosecutors are requesting that his bail be raised to $2 million after discovering images on social media of Gizaw posing with firearms prior to the shooting at the mall.
The gun used to kill Jayda has still not been located.
Detectives say they have seen posts on social media in which an uninvolved individual boasts that police will not find the firearm, indicating arrangements were made to dispose of the evidence.
Alyssa Bustamante is a teen killer who would be convicted of the murder of nine year old Elizabeth Olson in 2009
According to court documents Alyssa Bustamante would lure Elizabeth Olson into the woods in St. Martins Missouri where she would stab the little girl to death before burying her body in a shallow grave. Bustamante was fifteen years old at the time of the murder
Alyssa Bustamante would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to life in prison. However the laws surround sentencing juveniles to life in prison would change since she has been incarcerated and now the teen killer is eligible for parole after serving fifteen years in prison
On Monday, July 8 2024, Alyssa Bustamante will go in front of the Missouri parole board and beg to be released. Due to the nature of the murder and Elizabeth Olson family strongly opposing her release chances are Bustamante will stay just where she is. Unfortunately for the Olson family they are going to have to keep facing this teen killer at every foreseeable parole date
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A Cole County woman who killed a 9-year-old when she was a teenager will get a chance at a release from prison on Monday.
The Missouri Parole Board at a hearing will consider releasing Alyssa Bustamante from prison or continuing the life sentence she received when she was a teenager. She is serving the sentence at Chillicothe Correctional Center in northern Missouri.
Bustamante pleaded guilty in 2012 to a reduced charge of second-degree murder and armed criminal action for killing 9-year-old Elizabeth Olten in 2009. Investigators say Bustamante wrote that stabbing Olten excited her. Searchers found Olten’s body buried in a shallow grave in St. Martins, where the two lived.
The plea deal at the time would have made Bustamante eligible for parole in 2044, but state lawmakers in 2021 made some juvenile offenders eligible for parole after serving 15 years in prison for any sentence lasting 15 years or longer. Only juvenile offenders in prison for first-degree murder do not receive the earlier parole eligibility. One of the sponsors of the legislation told ABC 17 News in 2021 that the changes were not made to help cases like Bustamante’s.
The six-person board will hold the hearing to decide whether Bustamante is eligible for release. The board’s website says that the panel discusses and reviews how she has fared in prison, her conduct and programs completed while there and “any other issues the Board thinks is relevant.” Victims and their families can attend the hearing and give a statement.
Olten’s mother, Patty Preiss, told ABC 17 News in a written statement that she and her husband would attend the parole hearing to “beg the parole board not to vote to let her out.” Preiss said she received an automated message from the state about the parole date setting on Mother’s Day.
“I will relive my pain for them if it means it could make any difference at all,” Preiss said. “There is very little I can do for my daughter now but show up.”
Lawmakers have tried to exclude juvenile offenders convicted of second-degree murder, like Bustamante, from receiving the earlier parole eligibility. The chambers passed the measure in SB 754 this year, which Gov. Mike Parson has not yet acted upon. Preiss said she hoped the governor might still act on the bill before the hearing, which she said would nullify Bustamante’s eligibility.
“I still hope maybe the governor can find time to sign the bill before Monday,” Preiss wrote. “After all, this was a bill that they told me they wanted to call ‘Elizabeth’s Law.'”
Anji Gandhi, Cole County’s current senior assistant prosecuting attorney, worked on the Bustamante case as it proceeded to the eventual plea. She said the family believed when the plea was worked out that Bustamante would not be eligible for parole for decades.
“It is frustrating that the family will have to face Alyssa Bustamante on Monday and re-open the gruesome facts of this case simply because the bill wasn’t signed in time to make the hearing a nullity,” Gandhi said.
The panel takes “approximately 8-12 weeks” to make a decision on parole eligibility. The panel may decide to grant an early release at a future date or be rescheduled for another hearing in one to five years.
The Missouri Board of Parole denied convicted Cole County killer Alyssa Bustamante an early release from prison.
Department of Corrections spokeswoman Karen Pojmann told ABC 17 News that Bustamante’s next hearing is expected to take place in 2029. Some advocates for keeping Bustamante in prison longer say a new state law should push that parole eligibility even further back.
Bustamante became eligible for an early release from her second-degree murder conviction when state lawmakers changed the rules for people convicted of crimes when they were teenagers. Bustamante pleaded guilty in 2012 to killing 9-year-old Elizabeth Olten in St. Martins. Bustamante was 15 years old when she killed Olten in 2009. The board held the parole hearing on July 8.
Olten’s stepfather, Gary Bemboom, was notified of the parole board’s decision last week
Bemboom said he’s hopeful Bustamante’s parole schedule will return to what it was before the 2021 change state lawmakers made for juvenile offenders. Senate Bill 754, signed on July 9 by Gov. Mike Parson, precludes those convicted of first- and second-degree murder from receiving parole eligibility after serving 15 years of their sentence. That would make Bustamante eligible for parole in 2044.
Bemboom said the parole hearing was “another day of grieving” for the family.
“All of the hurt and pain was thrown back in the family’s face,” Bemboom said in an email. “Bustamante described how and why she killed Elizabeth with details that weren’t allowed at her trial. It was a devastating day for all that were there.”
Cole County prosecutor Locke Thompson told ABC 17 News in a text message that he was glad to learn that the parole board denied her an early release. He said SB 754 may nullify the 2029 parole hearing when the law takes effect Aug. 28.
“I hope that the implementation of Senate Bill 754 next month pushes [any] future parole hearing far beyond 2029,” Thompson said.
Bustamante, now 30 years old, has been in custody since 2009.
Jarques Butler is an accused teen killer who has been charged with the murders of three people during a suspected robbery in Alabama
According to police reports Jarques Butler would enter Tienda Los Hermanos to rob the small grocery store and in the process would shoot Daniel Lopez, 20; Romero Lopez, 40, George Elijah Jr., 50. George Elijah Jr and Daniel Lopez would be pronounced dead at the scene with Romero Lopez passing away shortly after at the hospital
A large reward would be offered to find the person responsible for the triple murder and eventually Jarques Butler would be arrested and has been charged with multiple counts of capital murder. Since Butler is eighteen years old the death penalty could be on the table
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The Montgomery Police Department has charged an 18-year-old man with two counts of capital murder in a June 4 triple homicide at a local grocery that shook the community.
Police identified Jarques Butler as a suspect in the triple homicide that killed George Elijah, Jr., 50, Daniel Lopez, 20, and Romero Lopez, 43, all of Montgomery, MPD Maj. Saba Coleman confirmed. Officers have not clarified which men Butler is charged with killing.
“Montgomery police continue to do excellent work bringing those who commit the worst offenses in our city to justice.,” Mayor Steven Reed said. “This case is far from over, and I have faith our officers will bring everyone involved in this heinous crime to justice. We encourage anyone with information to come forward and assist MPD, regardless of your legal status. Your help is crucial in keeping our community safe.”
The shootings happened after what leaders described as a robbery at a Troy Highway business called Tienda Los Hermanos. It was part of a string of at least five robberies targeting Latino businesses in the area that keep a large amount of cash on hand, said Felix Montelara, an advocate in the community.
At about 1:39 p.m. Tuesday, the police tried to make contact with Butler in the area of East Fifth Street, but he fled on foot. Officers as well as the Alabama Law Enforcement Aviation Unit located Butler and arrested him, Coleman said.
Butler is in the Montgomery jail without a bond. Police did not immediately release any other information.
Police in Tennessee have charged a seventeen year old teen killer with the murder of Trinity Bostic
According to police reports Trinity Bostic was reported missing in June 2024 and her body was discovered on July 3 2024 along a Tennessee road, Vietnam Veterans Boulevard and New Shackle Island Road, by a Tennessee Department Of Transportation worker
Police are releasing very few details regarding the investigation however they have stated that a seventeen year old has been charged with first degree murder. They have not yet released the name of the suspect due to his age however I would imagine once he is charged as an adult his name will be made public
Police in Hendersonville Tennessee is asking the public for any information they may have regarding the murder of Trinity Bostic
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Police in Tennessee have arrested a 17-year-old male in connection with the murder of a teen girl who went missing last month and whose remains were found July 3 along a busy Middle Tennessee road.
The Hendersonville Police Department arrested the 17-year-old male from Westmoreland, Tenn., who is currently being held in Sumner County Detention, police said Saturday in a news release. Police charged him with first-degree murder in the death of Trinity Bostic.
Bostic, 17, was reported missing in nearby Macon County on June 29. Her remains were found on July 3 in Hendersonville by a Tennessee Department of Transportation subcontract worker. The worker found her body while picking up trash along the road in a wood line near Vietnam Veterans Boulevard and New Shackle Island Road, police said.
Police have said they suspected foul play in the ongoing investigation. The death investigation is “essentially a homicide investigation,” Sgt. Nicholas Edwards told USA TODAY on Friday. The department did not provide any additional information about the arrest.
Bostic’s cause of death remains under investigation, pending an autopsy, police said.
The Hendersonville Police Department asks anyone with any information about the case to contact the department at (615) 822-1111 or the Hendersonville Crime Stoppers at (615) 594-4113. Tips may also be submitted using the P3 Tips Mobile Application.
Christian Gonzalez is a sixteen year old alleged teen killer who has been charged with the murder of four year old Octavia Aquino
According to police reports emergency personnel were called to an apartment in Evansville Indiana where they would find four year old Octavia Aquino unresponsive. The child’s mother Destiny Rhoades, 23, would tell emergency personnel that she found her daughter not breathing
Destiny Rhoades would tell officers that she confronted her boyfriend Christian Gonzalez regarding the bite mark on the child and he claimed it was from the cat. When she told him she had a camera setup in the living room Christian would change his story and admitted to biting the child
Officers would also notice a number of bruises on Octavia Aquino body
After an autopsy Destiny Rhoades would be arrested and charged with neglect of a dependent resulting in death. Christian Gonzalez has been arrested, charged as an adult with the murder of Octavia
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New charges have been placed on Destiny Rhoades following the death of her 4-year-old daughter Octavia Aquino.
According to a release from Evansville Police Department, Rhoades’ original charge of Neglect of a Dependent Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury has been changed to Neglect of a Dependent Resulting in Death.
The 16-year old offender and Rhoades’ boyfriend, Christian Gonzalez, has been waved to adult court and his original charge of Battery Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury has been changed to Murder. He has been transported to Vanderburgh County Confinement Center.
The cause of death is unknown at this time as an autopsy has been scheduled this week for the victim.
This is an ongoing investigation and we will continue to update as more information becomes available.
An Indiana teen has been charged with the murder of a four-year-old in Evansville.
Evansville Police say 16-year-old Christian T. Gonzalez of Fort Wayne, Indiana, who was arrested last week in connection to the death of 4-year-old Octavia Aquino, was waived from juvenile court and is now being charged with Murder. They say his 23-year-old girlfriend and the mother of the child, Destiny Rhoades, will also face the charge of Neglect of a Dependent Resulting in Death.
Aquino passed away over the weekend after she was found unresponsive in an apartment on Spring Valley Road late last week. When officers arrived to the apartment, they found the child to be “cold to the touch” and transported her to a hospital. Gonzalez and others were in the apartment while the mother was at work.
The 4-year-old child’s autopsy scheduled for late Monday.
Gonzalez was booked into the Vanderburgh County Jail on Monday afternoon.
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