Crime News: Update on mysterious murder in Pomona, California
chest...@my-dejanews.com
Some background: Just after midnight last Friday, February 20, Denise
Williams returned to her modest house in this suburb east of Los Angeles
after running a 30-minute errand. The first thing she did was check on her
children. Her two youngest were still sound asleep, but the oldest,
Nicolette Hayes, lay on the floor of the same bedroom, stabbed to death.
Hayes was described as a nice and well-liked girl in her school, and was a
member of her church choir.
Police found no signs of forced entry and are left with a mystery: In the
half-hour the mother was gone, someone entered the house and murdered the
teenager as the other two children slept in the same room. A local
television station reported Monday that the victim had been raped, but a
police spokesman said on Sunday there were no signs of molestation. As to
suspects, news sources have reported conflicting details, but the mother has
been ruled out, and the spokesman said no suspects had been identified.
This update confirms the police have ruled out ALL the family members, though
it doesn't say WHY. They have also checked out sex offenders living in the
area, which suggests there was a sexual aspect to the murder. IMO, it was
probably a resident who lived nearby. Who else would know the girl was
there, that the mother had left and that they only had a half an hour to
accomplish the deed?
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Tuesday February 23 1:18 PM ET
Teen Killed: Family Members Not Suspects
POMONA, Calif., Posted 6:35 a.m. February 23, 1999 -- Police say family
members have been ruled out as suspects in the murder of 13-year-old
Nicolette Hayes.
The girl was found stabbed to death Saturday in her Pomona home. She was
apparently killed while her two younger siblings slept nearby.
On Monday, Detective Louie Hernandez said Nicolette's relatives are not
suspects, according to The Associated Press. He said investigators have
analyzed fingerprints and checked lists of convicted sex offenders in the
area. He declined to give further details.
Nicolette was found dead by her mother, Denise Williams, after the woman
returned to the house shortly after midnight, said the wire service. She had
been gone for several hours, leaving Nicolette in charge of the younger kids
who were unharmed.
Nicolette was described as a nice, quiet girl who belonged to a dance troupe
and had just joined a church choir.
Funeral arrangements were incomplete, but services will be held at Shield of
Faith Christian Center where Nicolette had just joined the choir, church
pastor, the Rev. Marty Alexander, told AP.
Anyone with information about the death is urged to call Pomona police
detectives at (909) 620-2095.
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-- Chester
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Volfie
That sounded like a good question until I began to think about it. At or about
midnight I have:
* Taken a night deposit to the bank
* Run out for bread and milk for the next day's breakfast and school lunches
* Taken food to my SO who was working a double shift
* Gone to help a relative who was locked out of the house
* Run to the local Kinkos (open 24-hrs a day)
Midnight errands are not usual, but they do happen, I guess. What I can't
understand is leaving three children at home alone to do it.
Volfie
"Money can buy a pretty good dog but it cannot buy the wag of his tail."
Chester1851
in the early morning, not late at night ;).
=^.^=@juno.com <=^.^=@juno.com> wrote in message
<36d52b93....@news.pacbell.net>...
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>who is out running errands at midnight...???
>i think the police sometimes say they rule out
>suspects to let them relax and spill something important..
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>On Tue, 23 Feb 1999 22:04:53 GMT, chest...@my-dejanews.com said :
Babyface
> >who is out running errands at midnight...???
>
Wanna bet she was out doing the wild thing? Chester posted an update that
she was gone for hours, not just the 30 minutes. But I *imagine* it's a
lot easier to tell cops you're out running errands than it is to tell them
you've been ....ahem.......*bizy*.
Babyface<---I'm not speaking from experience ......just in case anyone
(everyone) out there is warped
KLBKRN
In article <19990223184325...@ng154.aol.com>, vol...@aol.comPackQ1
(Volfie) writes:
>>who is out running errands at midnight...???
>
>That sounded like a good question until I began to think about it. At or
>about
>midnight I have:
>
>* Taken a night deposit to the bank
>* Run out for bread and milk for the next day's breakfast and school lunches
>* Taken food to my SO who was working a double shift
>* Gone to help a relative who was locked out of the house
>* Run to the local Kinkos (open 24-hrs a day)
>
Anyone who has ever worked an evening or night shift maybe...
~Katie
Volfie
>As one who studies the crime blotters, I can tell you that most crimes occur
>in the early morning, not late at night ;).
You might have to define that in actual hours. To me, "late at night" and
"early morning" are the same thing -- somewhere between midnight and 4 a.m. or
so...
MS
Parents of small children often grocery shop late at night/early in the
a.m., especially if they also work outside the home.
Mothra, well-washed but unfit since 1999