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AZ Endangered Missing Toddler: Jennifer Murillo Perez
07.18.09: Jennifer has been located safe. Suspect charged with kidnapping, molestation, child endangerment.
Original Post: July 18, 2009Last Updated: July 19, 2009View Sources
According to Jennifer’s mother, Minorva Murillo, she was doing laundry in the laundry room of a mobile home park near Ironwood Drive and Apache Trail while her children played outside nearby. It was approximately 11:30 p.m. Friday night. She heard Jennifer cry out and she ran outside to check on her. Jennifer was not with the other children, when asked where she was, the children said they did not know. Police were called and they searched door-to-door within the confines of the mobile home park. Pinal County Sheriff’s came to aide in the search. Bloodhounds have been used to search the area for Jennifer without results.
According to Police Chief Jerald Monahan:
“This young person has been missing for a long time now.”…”She was in an open area. Foul play hasn’t been ruled out.”1
Pictured to the left is the area where the children were playing at the time of Jennifer’s disappearance. Although, admittedly, not a very great place for children to be playing at 11:30 p.m. there are not too many places she could be hiding. I can’t imagine someone coming along and snatching her without at least one of the other children seeing it happen. I keep looking at that picture and I wonder if she is trapped behind or underneath that dumpster on the left. Surely searchers must have looked there. I suppose someone could have snatched Jennifer and took her somewhere without the kids seeing the abduction. The other alternative is the mother is lying about what happened to her daughter. However, I am sure police have verified that Jennifer was in fact outside playing with them at some point last night.
Victim: Jennifer Murillo Perez
Jennifer is a 2 1/2-year-old Hispanic female with brown hair and brown eyes. She is 2’5″ tall and weighs approximately 30lbs. Jennifer was last seen on Friday July 17, 2009 at 11:30 p.m. in the vicinity of the laundry room of a mobile home park near Ironwood Drive and Apache Trail. When last seen Jennifer was wearing a blue dress and pink sandals.2
Anyone with information about Jennifer’s disappearance is asked to call the Apache Junction Criminal Investigation Department at 480-982-8260.
July 19, 2009: 10:30 p.m. PST
There is more information regarding the alleged kidnapping and molestation suspect and how he was located. Jennifer’s mother went to the laundry room at about 10:30 p.m. Friday to put clothes in the washer and dryer. At that time she noticed a man hanging around the laundry room area talking on a cell phone. When Jennifer’s mother returned to the laundry room at 11:30 p.m. she no longer saw the man in the area. Holtz was at the mobile home park attending a party that night. He was asked to leave and that is when Jennifer’s mother saw him hanging around the laundry room. During the course of the investigation police suspected Holtz was the male spotted in the area. When shown a photograph of Holtz, Jennifer’s mother identified him as the male hanging around the laundry room. Police went to Holtz’ home located a mile away from the mobile home park and they located Jennifer in a back bedroom. Police say Holtz has given them no good or plausible reason for his actions. They have had contact with him in the past but not for such a serious offense. Holtz has been charged with kidnapping, molestation and child endangerment. There is no information about his arraignment. He is being held without bond in Pinal County Jail.3
July 19, 2009: 4:30 p.m. PST
Police announced today that the suspect, Alec Holtz, molested Jennifer while she was missing. She was taken to the hospital to be examined after she was located. I am guessing the examination revealed evidence of molestation. I doubt the suspect confessed to the molestation. I wonder if he drugged her. I am only saying that because when Jennifer was found police said she was in good spirits when they located her on Saturday. The news sources keep stating that Holtz is known to the family but not a relative. You just can’t trust anyone to be around your children nowadays.4
July 18, 2009: 10:30 p.m. PST
The identity of Jennifer’s alleged kidnapper has been released to the press. He is twenty-one-year-old Alec Holtz. There is no further information about this individual.
I checked the sex offender registry and he does not appear on it. I checked on MySpace and there is one Alec Holtz, age 21, who says he lives in Apache Junction, Arizona. There is no photograph. He says he is in a relationship but leaves his text number if you want to get to know him. The most disturbing part is he states he is a firefighter. It is disturbing to think that a firefighter would abduct a child. Of course, that is if the Alec Holtz on MySpace is the same Alec Holtz who is currently facing kidnapping charges.5
July 18, 2009: 6:30 p.m. PST
Jennifer was found late this afternoon unharmed in the home of a person known to the family but not a family member. The suspect was taken into custody. There is no further information at this time regarding the identify of the suspect.6 If there is further information I will be sure to post it here. Thank God, she was found safe.
- Deborah Stocks and Tim Vetscher, Apache Junction Toddler Goes Missing with Mother Nearby, ABC15.com, Last Accessed: July 18, 2009. [↩]
- Missing Poster: JENNIFER MURILLO PEREZ, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Last Accessed: July 18, 2009. [↩]
- Mike Sakal, A.J. Man Arrested in Kidnapping, East Valley Tribune, Last Accessed: July 19, 2009. [↩]
- Deborah Stocks, Tim Vetscher and Brent Roulier, PD: Kidnapped Apache Junction Child Molested by 21-Year-Old, ABC15.com, Last Accessed: July 19, 2009. [↩]
- Possible Alec Holtz MySpace Page, MySpace.com, Last Accessed: July 18, 2009. [↩]
- Deborah Stocks and Tim Vetscher, Missing Apache Junction Girl Found Safe, Suspect Arrested, ABC15.com, Last Accessed: July 18, 2009. [↩]
TX Missing Child – Kendrick Jackson
Kendrick Jackson's father, Roderick Fountain, has been charged with his murder.
Three-year-old Kendrick Jackson has been missing from his father’s Houston, Texas apartment since 9:30 a.m. Friday. This is not the first time that Kendrick has been reported missing. The first time was during Hurricane Katrina when he was separated from his family during that tragedy, but this time it is a different type of disappearance.
According to Kendrick’s father, Roderick Fountain, Kendrick was watching television and he was doing some household chores. Following is a quote from Roderick Fountain about how he discovered his son missing:
He was watching TV; I was doing the house chores, washing, father Roderick Fountain said. Come back down and notice the door was kinda cracked, and he was gone. Unlocked the door and slipped out.
I am thinking from the above quote that possibly Roderick Fountain went to the laundry room outside of the apartment and left his son inside the apartment, locking the door behind him. Perhaps Kendrick noticed his father was gone and went to search for him. This seems to me what may have happened to this little guy.
According to a news report yesterday, a woman came forward stating that she had seen Kendrick on I believe Friday morning standing at a bus stop across the street from his home. She said she was stuck in traffic, noticed the boy but did not know that he was missing. She realized when she came home from work and watched the news that the boy she had seen at the bus stop, with an adult male, fit Kendrick’s description. According to further news reports regarding this sighting, apparently the adult male standing with Kendrick at that bus stop does not fit the description of Roderick Fountain.
As of today, the FBI has joined the case. Kendrick’s mother and father were questioned last night, and further questioning was conducted this morning at the police station.
I watched a video of Kendrick’s father. He looks visibly shaken and cried at the beginning of the interview.
I ran a check of sex offenders in the area and there is one sex offender who lives about one half block from the home of Kendrick’s father. I hope Kendrick did not run into him when he left the apartment.
The last time Kendrick was seen he was wearing a white t-shirt and pajama shorts with pictures of baseballs and footballs on them. Kendrick is a black male with brown eyes and black hair; 3′ tall weighing 30 lbs.
Click2Houston.com is reporting that police have halted the search for Kendrick at this time. They believe that he is no longer in the area. They will resume the search after they evaluate leads. Family members were administered lie detector tests. Police declined to state which family members were administered lie detector tests.
Father Arrested
Apparently the tears meant guilty.
KHOU.com is reporting this afternoon that Roderick Fountain, father of Kendrick Jackson has been arrested on a misdemeanor warrant of filing a false police report in the disappearance of his 3-year-old son Kendrick Jackson.
Roderick Fountain reported his son missing on Friday morning at approximately 11 a.m.
Police have determined that Mr. Fountain was in the area of Sheldon Road and Interstate 10 during the early morning hours of Friday, April 7 between 2 and 5:50 a.m.
Texas Equusearch has set up a command post at the First Assembly Church of God in that area to continue the search.
Meanwhile, the boy’s father, Roderick Fountain, faces an upgraded charge of felony injury to a child. Authorities say Fountain hit 3-year-old Jackson on or around April 5. He reported him missing on April 7.
Police also stated in their news conference that Mr. Fountain has changed his story 4 – 5 times, and has also tried to convince others to lie to investigators.
Texas Equusearch is concentrating their search on the wooded areas and waterways along Interstate 10 near Baytown, an area when Roderick Fountain was known to frequent. Texas Equusearch founder, Tim Miller feels that this search is now a recovery mission:
“Unfortunately, I think this is a recovery mission. There have been miracles before and we are hoping for that miracle, but this is not looking good at all,” Miller said.
The area that is being searched is large and the search is being aided with the use of a drone airplane. The drone flies over the area and sends back images to a computer. There has been an area of interest identified in one of the bodies of water; divers will search that area today.
Kendrick’s mother, Keyanna Jackson, is of the belief that Roderick Fountain is innocent of the charges against him.
“He wouldn’t do nothing to hurt his child – his own son he made. He wouldn’t do nothing,” Jackson said.
I have not seen any reports of Kendrick’s mother or other family members out searching for him. Perhaps investigators have asked them to stay away from the search area, but if the mother truly believes that someone has her son then I would think she would be out searching or at least passing out fliers. Keyanna’s mother, who raised Kendrick from birth up until a few months ago, says her niece is in ‘denial’ about Roderick Fountain.
Day 7 of Search
Today marks the seventh day of the search for missing 3-year-old Kendrick Jackson from Houston, TX.
Roderick Terrell Fountain, Kendrick’s father was supposed to appear in court yesterday to answer charges of filing a false police report and injury to a child. He asked for more time to retain an attorney so the hearing was postponed until May 8th.
Searchers are still concentrating in and near the San Jacinto River in East Harris County, TX . Also, investigators are searching Roderick Fountain’s Lexus for evidence.
CPS is seeking Roderick Fountain’s 8 other children for questioning. They have located and interviewed 3 of those children and indications are that those interviews have been very helpful to the investigation into the the disappearance of little Kendrick.
Searchers are now expanding their search efforts to include the Trinity River. They are interested in locating what was captured as an image floating on the river on a digital camera two days ago.
Search Scaled Back
KHOU.com is reporting this morning that Texas Equusearch is scaling back their search for 3-year-old Kendrick Jackson.
Tim Miller told reporters that they will be cleaning up the command center today and will only be using a handful of trained volunteers to search for the child. The handful of volunteers will include cadaver dog handlers and divers.
Kendrick Jackson’s father, Roderick Fountain, is in custody of charges of filing a false police report and injury to a child. He is the prime suspect in the disappearance of his son and he still continues to be uncooperative with investigators.
Roderick Fountain, father of missing child Kendrick Jackson, appeared in court today for a bond hearing. Bond was granted at $100,000. If Roderick Fountain can come up with 10% of that amount he could walk out of jail later today.
He is charged with injury to a child for allegedly striking Kendrick and leaving bruises. The other charge is filing a false police report. Investigators believe Roderick Fountain knows what happened to his son. So far, he has been uncooperative with the investigators in helping to locate his son. Roderick Fountain’s attorney indicated in court this afternoon that “his client is innocent and had nothing to do with the disappearance of his son.”
- June 18, 2009
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A Houston, Texas grand jury handed up an indictment for felony murder in the case of missing 3-year-old Kendrick Jackson. Prosecutors went to the grand jury on Thursday with new evidence. The indictment for felony murder alleges that Kendrick’s death happened during the commission of a felony – injury to a child. Roderick Fountain, already serving a ten year sentence for felon in possession of a firearm, will be transported to Houston to stand trial on the murder charge. If convicted Fountain could face a life sentence. Kendrick’s body still has not been found.
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April 18, 2009
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Roderick Fountain was never charged with the murder of his missing son, Kendrick Jackson back in April 2006. Kendrick has never been found. Roderick Fountain was sentenced to 15 years in prison for Felon in Possession of a Firearm, so he does sit in jail for something.
According to ABC.com, new information has come to light connecting Roderick Fountain to the murder of 3-year-old Kendrick Jackson. Prosecutors did not elaborate on what that new information is or how long it will take to file murder charges against Fountain. Unless a body is located winning the conviction will be difficult.
According to KTRK Legal Analyst Joel Androphy:
…To tie someone to the crime, someone would have to see him kill the boy, hurt the young boy, hide the body, someone’s going to have to overhear a conversation where he admitted something…
I hope Fountain shows enough compassion at this point to tell authorities where Kendrick’s body is so he can have a decent burial.
Brian Rogers, Houston Dad Charged with Killing Missing Boy, Houston Chronicle, Last Accessed: June 18, 2009.
