All Access Digital offer for just 99 cents! She has been transferred to the Valley State Prison for Women in Chowchilla. A judge was considering the family's request on Friday, but there was no word on when he would rule. The pathology report revealed that the smudge on the rolling pin matched Sandra's blood. Melissa Huckaby was a bipolar Sunday school teacher who raped (via rolling pin) and murdered 8 year old Sandra Cantu in 2009. A kitchen cloth fashioned into a noose was found inside the suitcase containing Sandra Cantu's body, and a medical examination suggested the girl may have previously suffered sexual abuse, according to a grand jury transcript. Melissa Huckaby’s parents did not see any signs that their 29-year-old daughter could kidnap and kill a child, they said in a live interview Friday on NBC’s “Today.” Her aunt, Joni Hughes, told Lauer that she spoke with her niece after the sentencing, and that Huckaby cried “a lot.”. Contact Sophia Kazmi at 925-847-2122.
On April 6, 2009, farmworkers draining an irrigation pond found a suitcase.
On the night of April 10, 2009, a crying Huckaby broke down and told police Sandra death’s was an accident.
They are trying to stop the San Joaquin County coroner from releasing that part of the investigation. Other circumstantial evidence — including items found at the church where Huckaby taught Sunday school and where her grandfather was the pastor — eventually made her Tracy police’s prime suspect.
Melissa Huckaby (born February 23, 1981) is a former Sunday school teacher who pleaded guilty to the murder of Sandra Cantu. Sandra disappeared March 27, 2009. In the case of Melissa Huckaby, what is unusual is that this is a woman who abused a young girl, she did not have a male accomplice that she was trying to please, and the abuse resulted in death. The cause of death was determined to be "homicidal asphyxiation." Information about your device and internet connection, including your IP address, Browsing and search activity while using Verizon Media websites and apps. HuffPost is part of Verizon Media. It was not something that was done in a hurry. She took medication for bipolar disorder that managed to suppress it for some time. Born in Orange County, California, Huckaby is the granddaughter of Clifford Lawless, pastor of Clover Road Baptist Church, in Tracy, California. According to the pathologist's report, Sandra Cantu had been strangled with a torn piece of cloth that had been knotted into "a noose." The document is nearly 2,000 pages and contain disturbing details of the investigation into the kidnap and murder of eight-year-old Sandra Cantu of Tracy.
She was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and killing the child. Glass Fire explodes in size and has now burned over 36,000 acres in wine country. Her body was discovered ten days later inside a suitcase in a nearby irrigation pond. See the transcripts here. Ten days later, the girl’s body was found stuffed in a black suitcase in an irrigation pond about two miles from the mobile home park where she and Huckaby lived.
She is the granddaughter of Clifford Lawless, former pastor of Clover Road Baptist Church in Tracy, California. By 2009, Melissa was a single mother to Madison Huckaby, whom she taught Sunday school.
"What else do they possibly need, since we know the public does not want nor need to know any more." Deadlywomen Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. 2 Small Earthquakes Shake Northeast of San Jose: USGS, San Jose Police Investigating Two Separate Homicides Hours Apart, Copyright © 2020 NBC Universal Inc. All rights reserved. The records also reveal Cantu's sister, Miranda Chavez, spent the night at the home of her sister's killer, Melissa Huckaby, after 8-year-old Cantu disappeared. Cantu's body was found inside a piece of luggage sunken in an irrigation pond a couple of miles north of the Tracy mobile home park where she lived.
“She feels so terrible for what she’s done,” Hughes said. https://deadlywomen.fandom.com/wiki/Melissa_Huckaby?oldid=6053.
We and our partners will store and/or access information on your device through the use of cookies and similar technologies, to display personalised ads and content, for ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. Huckaby has since been diagnosed bipolar schizophrenic. CLICK HERE TO TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS. “There was no warning signs. Melissa Huckaby’s parents speak out for first…, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window), Bay Area wildfires: Cooler, less windy weather may help fight against Glass Fire, Melissa Huckaby’s parents speak out for first time on NBC’s ‘Today’. Huckaby was originally charged with murder and rape, but rape charge was eventually dropped in the plea deal.
Melissa's grandfather was a Baptist minister. Some of Sandra's injuries were also consistent with a silver rolling pin with a bent handle and bloody smudge found inside the church. The details surrounding the claim remain unknown.