Anniversary Shadows

Time doesn't erase the sorrow from the kidnapping of Juliani Cardenas by Jose Esteban Rodriguez. The first anniversary of this tragedy, an adult suicide and a child murdered, when the vehicle plunged into the Delta-Mendota Canal, is a tragic reminder that Juliani was denied the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.   

 I've deleted Amber Alerts posts more than a year old with the click of computer keys.  Death of innocents leaves anniversary shadows that haunt family and friends.

Jhessye Shockley, where are you?

I am saddened that Jhessye Shockley, a five-year old child, has been missing since October 11. To learn that she suffered abuse from her mother who pleaded for her safe return makes me resurrect this blog—at least for one more post.

Jerice Hunter, the mother of Jhessye Shockley, has been arrested for child abuse of her missing five-year old daughter. That’s step one, but Jhessye is still missing. No clues to what happened to her.

Jerice Hunter was incarcerated for four years after pleading no contest to corporal punishment for an October 5, 2005 arrest in California (Hooray for California!). She was released in May 2010 and eventually reunited with her children. Thanks to Glendale Police, a newborn and the older children have been placed in protective care.

Thirty days is a long time for a child to be missing. Authorities have little hope that Jhessye is alive. I offer prayers that she, or her abused body, will be found and the perpetrator(s) brought to justice.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57329009-504083/mother-of-missing-ariz-girl-jhessye-shockley-arrested-on-child-abuse-charges/

http://www.kpho.com/story/16004337/missing-girls-mom-gives-first-sit-down-interview