JEHESSYE SHOCKLEY - 5 yo - Glendale AZ

Crews found no sign of a missing 5-year-old Glendale girl on Tuesday, their second day searching a landfill south of the Valley.

But police said the meticulous process to find the remains of Jhessye
Shockley, reported missing nearly four months ago, is becoming
smoother.

Crews are adjusting to the painstaking process, which is laden with
protocols and procedures, Glendale police spokeswoman Tracey Breeden
said.

Heavy-equipment operators first move trash to a search pad at the Butterfield Station Landfill in Mobile, Breeden said.

Then, dressed in boots and other protective gear and armed with
rakes, crews methodically work through piles of dug-up, compacted trash.

Nearly 50 people were involved in Tuesday’s search, personnel from
several agencies: the FBI; Glendale and Phoenix fire departments;
Glendale Police Department and police departments from Gilbert, Phoenix
and El Mirage, which are part of the Child Abduction Response Team.

“They’re still in great spirits,” Glendale police Sgt. Brent Coombs
said of the crews. “They want to be involved in the recovery effort.”

Jhessye’s mother reported her missing Oct. 11.

Police initially searched the south Glendale area and issued an Amber
Alert in hopes of finding the girl. Eventually, police said they no
longer expected to find her alive.

They believe her body was disposed in a Tempe trash bin and was taken to the Mobile landfill.

They have repeatedly said that Jhessye’s mother, Jerice Hunter, is the primary focus of their investigation.

Meanwhile, grandmother Shirley Johnson prays that police won’t find the 5-year-old in the landfill, but elsewhere and alive.

Still, Johnson, who has repeatedly said her daughter is not responsible for Jhessye’s disappearance, is grateful for the search.

Perhaps it will bring closure, she said.
http://tucsoncitizen.com/arizona-news/2012/02/07/glendale-girl-not-found-on-second-day-of-landfill-search/

I hope they find Jehessye soon so they can put her sorry ashat mother in jail for life. That mean POS deserves to be put away and punished for what she did to that poor child. Her other children will have nightmares and emotional problems the rest of their lives. Where do all the evil people come from?

Feb 8, 2012
PHOENIX – Authorities
searched a landfill south of Phoenix for a third day without finding a
missing Glendale girl's remains, but they had reason to be optimistic.


The Arizona Republic says authorities
sifting through trash Wednesday found mail and newspapers marked with
the same date that investigators believe 5-year-old Jhessye Shockley's
body was disposed in a Tempe trash bin.


Police believe the girl's body was disposed days before her mother reported her missing on Oct. 11.


The search at the Butterfield Station
Landfill in Mobile began Monday and involves officers from Glendale and
other law enforcement agencies.


The search team had to go through an amount
of trash that's at least 8 feet deep on previous days to get to the
letters and other items they believe correspond to their case.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/02/08/arizona-authorities-optimistic-after-landfill-search-for-missing-girl/#ixzz1lqhWBynq

PHOENIX — A weeklong search of a landfill south of Phoenix for a missing Glendale girl has so far come up empty, but Glendale police say they'll continue their quest on Monday.

Police spokeswoman Officer Tracey Breeden says officers
are optimistic they'll find the remains of 5-year-old Jhessye Shockley
in the Butterfield Station Landfill 50 miles south of Phoenix.

Breeden tells the Arizona Republic (http://bit.ly/ArPpGB
) that crews are getting the hang of sifting through piles of trash and
have found items from the day they believe Jhessye's body was dumped in
a Tempe trash bin.

Police have said the girl's mother, Jerice Hunter, is the primary focus of their investigation.

Hunter's attorney, Scott Maasen, has said that his client is not responsible for her daughter's disappearance.
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/8115507e89d74bd094f00341eead123c/AZ--Missing-Arizona-Girl/

The search continues for the body of Jhessye Shockley after it was temporarily halted when crews came upon skeletal remains Friday afternoon.

Glendale police took photos of the bones from the Butterfield Station Landfill and sent them to a forensic anthropologist who determined they were animal bones.

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is considering providing their cadaver dogs to assist in the search.

Glendale Police told us today they are extending their search schedule next week by adding another 90 minutes each day.

http://www.kpho.com/story/17015717/bones-found-during-search-for-missing-child

Police say the landfill search south of Phoenix for a missing Glendale child is nearing the halfway point.

Glendale police spokesman Sgt. Brent Coombs says that so far, searchers
have combed through over 2,500 tons of trash searching for the body of
5-year-old Jhessye Shockley. Searchers plan to scour through 6,000 tons
of trash looking for Jhessye.

Coombs says detectives have not found any evidence so far that is directly linked to the child.

However, Coombs says searchers have recovered pieces of mail that
detectives think are from the same area where her body was left as well
as dates on documents that match the time that police believe she was
placed in a container in Tempe.

Coombs says that information tells detectives they're in the right landfill search area.

Police believe the girl's body was disposed of days before her mother reported her missing Oct. 11.

The landfill search in Mobile began Feb. 6.

http://ktar.com/6/1521717/Search-nears-halfway-point-for-missing-girl

GLENDALE, AZ - A birthday party was thrown for a missing 6-year-old
Glendale girl Sunday even though she has not been seen in more than half
a year.
A group of child abuse prevention advocates brought cake, balloons, and refreshments to Jhessye Shockley ’s memorial on in the corner of 45th and Glendale avenues.
The group used Jhessye’s 6th birthday as a way to acknowledge the start of National Child Abuse Prevention month in April.
The group Jessica’s Law Now told ABC15 they held the event for every victim and survivor of child abuse.
The
group takes their name from Jessica Lunsford, a 9-year-old Florida girl
killed by a sex offender. They want stricter laws to protect children
nationwide.
Police, friends, and family have searched for Jhessye practically every day since her disappearance in October.
The main search for her has moved to a landfill south of Phoenix . That's where detectives think Jhessye's body is.
Law
enforcement is investigating the possibility that her mother, Jerice
Hunter, killed Jhessye and then dumped her body in the trash.
Searchers have so far gone through more than 2,500 tons of trash, but there is still no sign of Jhessye.
The
people behind Sunday’s child abuse prevention event said they are
suspicious of Hunter. She refused to show up to the birthday event in
her daughter’s honor.
"This is what's sad; all the mothers we
work with, that we've been involved with, I've never seen any case where
right away they want to hide,” Jessica’s Law Now organizer Mark Palmer
said. “She should go to the police, take a lie detector test, clear
herself, and say, 'what can I do to find my daughter.' "
Statistics
from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services show nearly five
children die everyday in the country from child abuse. By raising
awareness of the issue, organizers from Jessica’s Law Now hope they can
save a few of those kids.


Read more: http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_west_valley/glendale/Dark-birthday-for-missing-Glendale-girl-Jhessye-Shockley#ixzz1qtF2pqtK

Something about this, I find macabre. The girl is presumed dead and these well-meaning advocates hold a "Birthday party"? I say this was a poor PR move. Yes, acknowledge her birthday, but it's no time to party.

advocates brought cake, balloons, and refreshments to Jhessye Shockley ’s memorial

Lemme guess, they all played Pin the Tail on the Donkey, busted open a pinata and got goodie bags with prizes to take home.
Somebody needs a lesson in meaningful PR.

I agree Tom. A big birthday bash does seem distasteful.

What's even more disgusting is Jehessye's POS mother is still free. Why isn't that murderer in jail. Her other children implicated her in the child's death. They must be scared. I hope they are in a safe place and don't have to go back to this woman.

when r they going to arrest this woman?

Glendale police have spent nearly $400,000 in the first eight weeks of a landfill search for a missing girl's remains.

For
10 weeks, police have raked through thousands of tons of trash at the
Butterfield Station Landfill south of Phoenix hoping to find 5-year-old
Jhessye Shockley's body.

Authorities say they have yet to find any evidence that's directly linked to the child.

Police believe the girl's body was disposed of days before her mother reported her missing Oct. 11.

The landfill search in Mobile began Feb. 6.

The
Arizona Republic says police have used funds from drug-investigation
seizures to cover $255,500 in equipment, fuel and other costs.

But
the newspaper says Glendale has paid out about $144,000 in overtime to
officers, firefighters and others assisting with the search.

http://www.kvoa.com/news/landfill-search-for-missing-ariz-girl-nears-400k/