11-21-2011, 05:28 PM
FOX
GLENDALE, Ariz. - Police said Monday they've arrested the mother of a missing 5-year-old Arizona girl on child abuse charges.
Jerice Hunter was arrested on child abuse charges "directly related to Jahessye," Glendale Police Sgt. Brent Coombs said. Jahessye Shockley has been missing since Oct. 11.
Coombs said Monday investigators don't believe they'll find the girl alive and that Hunter "is our No. 1 focus."
Hunter's apartment was surrounded by police tape Monday as investigators in white jumpsuits searched inside. Police declined to say what investigators were doing.
A polygraph test has been offered to Hunter on multiple occasions, but Hunter has not been cooperative, Coombs said.
GLENDALE, Ariz. - Police said Monday they've arrested the mother of a missing 5-year-old Arizona girl on child abuse charges.
Jerice Hunter was arrested on child abuse charges "directly related to Jahessye," Glendale Police Sgt. Brent Coombs said. Jahessye Shockley has been missing since Oct. 11.
Coombs said Monday investigators don't believe they'll find the girl alive and that Hunter "is our No. 1 focus."
Hunter's apartment was surrounded by police tape Monday as investigators in white jumpsuits searched inside. Police declined to say what investigators were doing.
A polygraph test has been offered to Hunter on multiple occasions, but Hunter has not been cooperative, Coombs said.