Saturday, May 23, 2009

MELISSA HUCKABY: KILLED SANDRA CANTU, POISONED OTHERS

Melissa Huckaby in a prior court appearance (Sandra Cantu in upper right) AP

Slaying suspect charged in 'Jane Doe' poisoning
Fri May 22, 2009 / CNN.COM/CRIME

(CNN) -- Melissa Huckaby, the former Sunday school teacher accused of kidnapping, raping and killing 8-year-old Sandra Cantu, will face additional charges that she tried to poison two people, including another 7-year-old girl.

A revised complaint against Huckaby, 28, of Tracy, California, was made public just hours before she was due back in court on Friday.

The new charges caused another delay in the murder case, CNN afiliate KRON reported.

The complaint charged that Huckaby "did willfully and unlawfully mingle a harmful substance with food or drink" with the intent to harm the child, identified only as "Jane M. Doe."

Another alleged poisoning victim was identified as Daniel Plowman, but no age or other information was immediately provided.

The latest charges also include one count of child abuse endangerment relating to the unidentified child, who was allegedly in Huckaby's "care and custody."


HOW MANY PEOPLE AND KIDS HAS MELISSA HUCKABY HARMED?
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DREW PETERSON: BODY FOUND, STACY PETERSON OR LISA STEBIC?


Chicago is on right side of map. Follow green line to center of map to reach Bolingbrook, and go a little farther down green line to Plainsfield, Illinois.
STACY PETERSON
Missing from Bolingbrook, Illinois, since October 28, 2007


LISA STEBIC
Missing from Plainfield, Illinois, since Monday, April 30, 2007

Illinois State Police investigate a site where badly decomposed body was found in Des Plaines River near Channahon, Ill. The remains were found by a cleanup crew working May 20 on the Des Plaines River. State police today said the remains were "severely deteriorated" and "mainly skeletal," adding that DNA testing may be needed for positive identification. (Tribune photo by Zbigniew Bzdak / May 21, 2009)

Will County officials transfer a body found along the Des Plaines River to an ambulance Wednesday.
(Michael R. Schmidt/Sun-Times Ne)

Body's identity unknown: Families of Lisa Stebic, Stacy Peterson among those awaiting DNA test results / Remains discovered Wednesday in Des Plaines River
By Erika Slife and Steve Schmadeke Tribune reporters / May 22, 2009

The families of two missing Will County women might have to wait up to two weeks to learn the identity of the human remains discovered Wednesday in the Des Plaines River.

DNA testing is being done on the partial skeletal remains, which consisted of a rib cage, spinal column, and partial left and right femur bones, according to Will County Coroner Patrick O'Neil, who said results likely won't be known for two weeks. But sources close to the investigation said the results could be returned as early as next week.

A preliminary autopsy performed Thursday could not determine whether the body was that of a man or woman, its race, or identity. The remains included shreds of jeans containing a small amount of money, and the person had been dead for several months or more. The coroner's office said it was unclear how the body parts were severed.
Stacy Peterson vanished from her Bolingbrook home in October 2007, and Lisa Stebic disappeared from her Plainfield home in April 2007. Both lived not far from where the remains were found.

"We know the identity is not going to be known until they do DNA testing," said Melanie Greenberg, a spokeswoman for Stebic's family. "We're cautiously hopeful that it might be Lisa. If it's not Lisa, our second wish is that it would be Stacy Peterson so that at least one of our families could get closure."

On Thursday, Illinois State Police continued searching for further evidence in the area where the body was found, along the river near Channahon just west of Interstate Highway 55.

WHAT WILL THE DNA PROVE? LISA STEBIC OR STACY PETERSON? WE ARE ALL WAITING...
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