Florida Police Chief 'Flabbergasted' That No One Reported 11-Year-Old Janiya Thomas Missing for More Than a Year,After their mother was confined for abnegation to acknowledgment questions about her daughter's whereabouts, Janiya Thomas' ancestors told board it had been added than a year aback they had endure apparent their sister. They aswell declared to board how their mother, Keishanna Thomas, would lock Janiya in a bath for up to a anniversary at a time and exhausted and bite her.
The Manatee County Sheriff's Appointment Adolescent Protective Investigations Division endure physically saw Janiya on June 9, 2014, according to a badge abode charging her mother with aggravated adolescent abuse.
One of Janiya's ancestors told board Saturday: "I don't apperceive area she is. One day we went to academy and came back, she was just gone."
The Manatee County Sheriff's Office's Adolescent Protective
Investigations assemblage entered Thomas' accommodation Friday at the Village at Cortez, 4880 51st St. W., to abolish her 5 accouchement over a adolescent corruption analysis apropos her 12-year-old son. Law administration could alone acquisition four of her accouchement and, if Thomas banned to altercate the abode of Janiya, she was arrested.
Two canicule later, ancestors of Keishanna Thomas alleged authorities to abode Thomas had alone a bound freezer off at their home Wednesday in the 5000 block of 21st Way East, Bradenton. Afterwards seeing account Janiya was missing, they became suspicious, bankrupt accessible the freezer and apparent a physique inside, badge said.
Bradenton badge are cat-and-mouse for the medical examiner to analyze the body, but say they accept it is Janiya. The Medical Examiner's Appointment has been clumsy to accomplish the dissection because the action all-important to thaw the physique has to be done in stages.
In accession to the aggravated adolescent corruption charge, Thomas has been answerable with adolescent corruption for allegedly hitting and punching her 12-year-old son afterwards he was bent annexation Sept. 23 at the Walmart Supercenter at 5315 Cortez Road. That analysis prompted the abatement of the accouchement Friday.
It was the 10th Adolescent Protective Services analysis aback 2003 apropos Thomas.
The sheriff's appointment arise Tuesday afternoon the Florida Department of Accouchement and Families would absolution letters ambidextrous with above-mentioned investigations ambidextrous with Thomas.
Keishanna Thomas charcoal in aegis in the Manatee County bastille afterwards bond, afterwards abnegation afresh Tuesday morning to acquaint a adjudicator what happened to her babe Janiya.
Children call abuse
After Thomas was arrested, if she banned to allocution with them, board Saturday interviewed three of her children, ages 15, 12 and 9, about Janiyah's whereabouts. None of them knew area Janiya was and said they hadn't apparent her in a continued time, according to the report.
One adolescent said Thomas would abuse Janiya for abuse herself by locking her in the bath for continued periods of time, about about a week. Bradenton Badge Lt. James Racky said Janiya had a medical action that afflicted her assimilation and bowel movements and could not consistently acquaint if she had to go to the bathroom.
The affinity told badge Janiya would accept to beddy-bye and eat in the bathroom, and Thomas would put a case in foreground of the aperture so she couldn't get out, according to the report. Janiya would try to bastard out sometimes, the adolescent said, so Thomas would beddy-bye in the foreground allowance so she could bolt her. If Janiya was bent cheating out, Thomas would abuse to exhausted her if she didn't acknowledgment to the bathroom, according to the report.
The adolescent said Janiya spent her birthdays bound in the bath and the added accouchement would accompany commons to her there. Thomas would exhausted Janiya with a belt or bite her as abuse for abuse herself, he said.
When badge asked the adolescent what his gut told him about area his sister was, he said, according to the report: "I anticipate she is asleep or something."
When was Janiya missing?
Prior to Friday, if Janiya was clearly arise missing, Bradenton badge had responded to her mother's accommodation 5 times aback August:
Aug. 15, badge were accomplished to letters of a agitation at the home and larboard 31 account later.
Aug. 27, badge were accomplished to acknowledge to letters of a adolescent botheration and larboard the home 59 account later.
Sept. 23, badge were accomplished alert and already Sept. 24, apropos the adventure with her 12-year-old son.
The Department of Accouchement and Families' Critical Adventure Rapid Response Team is alive with the sheriff's appointment Adolescent Protective Analysis Division to analysis all the data and above-mentioned captivation with the family.
Among the questions to be addressed: Did a breakdown in advice adjournment the babe getting arise missing?
About 1:30 p.m. Friday, Thomas appeared afore Circuit Adjudicator Scott Brownell and banned to acknowledgment questions about Janiya's whereabouts. He ordered her captivated in bastille on a antipathy of cloister charge.
Bradenton badge say they were not abreast Janiya was missing until about 8 p.m. Friday, according to Badge Arch Michael Radzilowski.
"We are searching at who knew what, if did they apperceive and what did they do about it," Radzilowski said. "The sheriff's appointment is searching into their conduct to see if there is anything."
Children are of the absolute importance, the arch said, adding: "We just can't accept our accouchement missing for added than a year and cipher apprehension anything.
"I'm not accusing anybody of bottomward the ball, but we are aggravating to actuate if somebody did bead the ball," Radzilowski said. "From the additional we were notified about it, we jumped on it with both feet."
Sheriff's appointment agent Dave Bristow said they will analysis their procedures as they do with any adolescent death.
Thomas charcoal silent
Thomas appeared Tuesday morning afore Circuit Adjudicator Diana Moreland to abode the antipathy charge.
"She is not traveling to be authoritative any statements at all," Assistant Public Defender Franklin Roberts said, adage it was her built-in appropriate not to say anything.
Moreland said already a antipathy of cloister adjustment has been enforced, there are few affidavit the law allows for it to be set aside, all of which beleaguer the Constitution.
"Unless one of the area is raised, I accept to abide to accomplish it," Moreland said.
Thomas was ordered to arise afresh afore Moreland at 8 a.m. Thursday for addition audition on the antipathy of cloister order.
The Manatee County Sheriff's Appointment Adolescent Protective Investigations Division endure physically saw Janiya on June 9, 2014, according to a badge abode charging her mother with aggravated adolescent abuse.One of Janiya's ancestors told board Saturday: "I don't apperceive area she is. One day we went to academy and came back, she was just gone."
The Manatee County Sheriff's Office's Adolescent Protective
Investigations assemblage entered Thomas' accommodation Friday at the Village at Cortez, 4880 51st St. W., to abolish her 5 accouchement over a adolescent corruption analysis apropos her 12-year-old son. Law administration could alone acquisition four of her accouchement and, if Thomas banned to altercate the abode of Janiya, she was arrested.
Two canicule later, ancestors of Keishanna Thomas alleged authorities to abode Thomas had alone a bound freezer off at their home Wednesday in the 5000 block of 21st Way East, Bradenton. Afterwards seeing account Janiya was missing, they became suspicious, bankrupt accessible the freezer and apparent a physique inside, badge said.
Bradenton badge are cat-and-mouse for the medical examiner to analyze the body, but say they accept it is Janiya. The Medical Examiner's Appointment has been clumsy to accomplish the dissection because the action all-important to thaw the physique has to be done in stages.
In accession to the aggravated adolescent corruption charge, Thomas has been answerable with adolescent corruption for allegedly hitting and punching her 12-year-old son afterwards he was bent annexation Sept. 23 at the Walmart Supercenter at 5315 Cortez Road. That analysis prompted the abatement of the accouchement Friday.
It was the 10th Adolescent Protective Services analysis aback 2003 apropos Thomas.
The sheriff's appointment arise Tuesday afternoon the Florida Department of Accouchement and Families would absolution letters ambidextrous with above-mentioned investigations ambidextrous with Thomas.
Keishanna Thomas charcoal in aegis in the Manatee County bastille afterwards bond, afterwards abnegation afresh Tuesday morning to acquaint a adjudicator what happened to her babe Janiya.
Children call abuse
After Thomas was arrested, if she banned to allocution with them, board Saturday interviewed three of her children, ages 15, 12 and 9, about Janiyah's whereabouts. None of them knew area Janiya was and said they hadn't apparent her in a continued time, according to the report.
One adolescent said Thomas would abuse Janiya for abuse herself by locking her in the bath for continued periods of time, about about a week. Bradenton Badge Lt. James Racky said Janiya had a medical action that afflicted her assimilation and bowel movements and could not consistently acquaint if she had to go to the bathroom.
The affinity told badge Janiya would accept to beddy-bye and eat in the bathroom, and Thomas would put a case in foreground of the aperture so she couldn't get out, according to the report. Janiya would try to bastard out sometimes, the adolescent said, so Thomas would beddy-bye in the foreground allowance so she could bolt her. If Janiya was bent cheating out, Thomas would abuse to exhausted her if she didn't acknowledgment to the bathroom, according to the report.
The adolescent said Janiya spent her birthdays bound in the bath and the added accouchement would accompany commons to her there. Thomas would exhausted Janiya with a belt or bite her as abuse for abuse herself, he said.
When badge asked the adolescent what his gut told him about area his sister was, he said, according to the report: "I anticipate she is asleep or something."
When was Janiya missing?
Prior to Friday, if Janiya was clearly arise missing, Bradenton badge had responded to her mother's accommodation 5 times aback August:
Aug. 15, badge were accomplished to letters of a agitation at the home and larboard 31 account later.
Aug. 27, badge were accomplished to acknowledge to letters of a adolescent botheration and larboard the home 59 account later.
Sept. 23, badge were accomplished alert and already Sept. 24, apropos the adventure with her 12-year-old son.
The Department of Accouchement and Families' Critical Adventure Rapid Response Team is alive with the sheriff's appointment Adolescent Protective Analysis Division to analysis all the data and above-mentioned captivation with the family.
Among the questions to be addressed: Did a breakdown in advice adjournment the babe getting arise missing?
About 1:30 p.m. Friday, Thomas appeared afore Circuit Adjudicator Scott Brownell and banned to acknowledgment questions about Janiya's whereabouts. He ordered her captivated in bastille on a antipathy of cloister charge.
Bradenton badge say they were not abreast Janiya was missing until about 8 p.m. Friday, according to Badge Arch Michael Radzilowski.
"We are searching at who knew what, if did they apperceive and what did they do about it," Radzilowski said. "The sheriff's appointment is searching into their conduct to see if there is anything."
Children are of the absolute importance, the arch said, adding: "We just can't accept our accouchement missing for added than a year and cipher apprehension anything.
"I'm not accusing anybody of bottomward the ball, but we are aggravating to actuate if somebody did bead the ball," Radzilowski said. "From the additional we were notified about it, we jumped on it with both feet."
Sheriff's appointment agent Dave Bristow said they will analysis their procedures as they do with any adolescent death.
Thomas charcoal silent
Thomas appeared Tuesday morning afore Circuit Adjudicator Diana Moreland to abode the antipathy charge.
"She is not traveling to be authoritative any statements at all," Assistant Public Defender Franklin Roberts said, adage it was her built-in appropriate not to say anything.
Moreland said already a antipathy of cloister adjustment has been enforced, there are few affidavit the law allows for it to be set aside, all of which beleaguer the Constitution.
"Unless one of the area is raised, I accept to abide to accomplish it," Moreland said.
Thomas was ordered to arise afresh afore Moreland at 8 a.m. Thursday for addition audition on the antipathy of cloister order.
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