A California grand jury has delivered a five count indictment of Melissa Huckaby; indicted for the kidnap, rape and murder of 8 year old Sandra Cantu. Back in April, Melissa Huckaby pled not guilty to killing the 8 year old who’s body had been found stuffed into a black suitcase and found in an irrigation pond near Huckaby’s home.
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As well as the Sandra Cantu indictment, Melissa Huckaby was indicted for attempting to drug a 7 year old girl and a 37 year old man. Authorities say that the 7 year old recovered but are unaware of what happened to the man.
The indictment includes kidnapping, lewd and lascivious acts with a minor, and rape with a foreign object. Melissa Huckaby could face the death penalty if convicted of these heinous crimes. The Melissa Huckaby indictment includes new charges that surfaced in April.
An 18 year old woman said that her 7 year old sister disappeared with Huckaby and came back drugged. From ABC News:
“Her speech was slurred … like she had a really bad lisp,” the woman said of her sister. “And she would cry a lot like something was wrong with her. She couldn’t stand up without help. She couldn’t walk. Every time she tried to walk, she would fall.”
“So they took her to the hospital, and the hospital told us that she had muscle relaxants in her system,” the teenager said.
The 18 year old alleges that Sandra Cantu may still be alive if authorities had taken her sister’s case more serious. Melissa Huckaby by all accounts was a decent individual, she lived with her grandparents and 5 year old; her grandfather was the pastor at a local church where Melissa Huckaby was a Sunday School teacher.
With Melissa Huckaby indicted, now comes another painful chapter to this story for the family; the trial. Perhaps this will help in the healing process for a family that has gone through something most of us can not even imagine. Melissa Huckaby’s trial date has not been set.
Melissa Huckaby
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