OH KASON & KYAIR THOMASS: Missing from Columbus, OH - 19 Dec 2022 - Age 5 months *Found Alive**GUILTY PLEA*

Ohio Amber Alert: Search continues for missing infant

Police asked anyone with any information regarding the case to call 911 immediately. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The search for a missing child who was inside a vehicle stolen Monday night contin…

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Ohio Amber Alert issued after twin babies disappear with car from parking lot​

Officers first got a call around 9:45 p.m. Monday at the Donatos Pizza at East 1st Avenue and North High Street. A mother had left her 5-month-old twin boys in a running car while she went into the store to pick up a delivery order. When she turned around and looked outside, her car was gone.

Bryant said during the press conference that the suspect, 24-year-old Nalah Tamiko Jackson, was a homeless woman inside the store identified by Donatos workers. Jackson left when the mother walked inside and before officers got to the scene at 9:52 p.m.

The two baby boys, Kason and Kyair Thomas, are Black with brown eyes and hair. Since the Amber Alert was issued, a CPD sergeant confirmed to NBC4 that Kyair was found at the Dayton airport, nearly an hour-and-a-half away from the Donatos where the twins disappeared. Kason was still missing as of Tuesday afternoon.

Mike Etter, Dayton Chief of Public Safety and Security Coordinator, shared more details about how Kyair was found. A traveler walking around 4:15 a.m. in the economy parking lot heard a baby crying and then found him in a car seat wrapped in a quilt. Butler Township medics checked the baby’s condition and held him while his parents arrived. Police were still canvassing the area for the other infant as of Tuesday morning.

Police faced delays in getting an Amber Alert issued for Kyair and Kason, according to Bryant. CPD first notified the Ohio State High Patrol and other agencies about the abduction around 10:30 p.m. It then requested an Amber Alert at 11:45 p.m., and a second time at 12:05 a.m.

The Amber Alert finally went out at 1:37 a.m. The delay stemmed from the stolen black 2010 Honda Accord’s lack of a license plate or vehicle identification number because it was newly purchased, Bryant said.

CPD has since checked at Jackson’s former addresses and three different homeless camps in the area. Court records showed Jackson previously faced charges including theft, receiving stolen property, interference with custody and endangering children.

The boys’ father, Lechez Thomas, spoke to NBC4 Tuesday afternoon about the abduction. He asked the public for help finding his son.

“I just need to know. I need them both,” Thomas said. “Try to speak up if you know anything and make sure the information is legit. Can’t keep doing these wild goose chases. I just want to hold my son, you know? … He’s just a baby, he didn’t do nothing to nobody.”

KASSON THOMASS: Missing from Columbus, OH - 19 Dec 2022 - Age 5 months

Officers first got a call around 9:45 p.m. Monday at the Donatos Pizza. A mother had left Kason and Kyair in a running car while she walked up to the store to pick up a delivery order. When she turned around and looked back, she saw the suspect...

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Indiana women who helped find missing Ohio infant get standing ovation

The women received a standing ovation led by Indianapolis police for their citizen sleuthing that led to the recovery of 5-month-old Kason Thomas.

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Sarah Nelson
Indianapolis Star
January 10, 2023

Two Indianapolis women were recognized by the city for their heroic efforts leading a suspected kidnapper into custody and racing against the clock to find a missing 5-month-old twin abducted from Columbus, Ohio.

On Monday night, the Indianapolis City-County Council commended cousins Shyann Delmar and Mecka Curry for helping police arrest kidnapping suspect Nalah T. Jackson and scouring the city to find infant Kason Thomas on the brink of an approaching, dangerous winter storm.

Top Indianapolis police officials said the cousins’ actions emulated community policing, and led the meeting attendees in a standing ovation for them.

“This is what that looks like,” said Deputy Chief Kendale Adams of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. “I’m proud of these two women. Were it not for their actions, I’m not sure that we would’ve saved that baby.”

 

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Ohio woman accused of kidnapping twin infants, spurring Amber Alert, faces federal charges

Nalah Jackson, 24, could face 20 years to life in prison if she’s found guilty, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio.

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Published: Jan. 20, 2023, 4:23 a.m.
By Cliff Pinckard, cleveland.com

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Columbus woman accused of stealing a vehicle with twin infants inside, spurring a frantic search before both were found safe, is now facing two federal counts of kidnapping a minor.

Nalah Jackson, 24, could face 20 years to life in prison if she’s found guilty, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio. A federal grand jury indicted Jackson on Thursday and the charges will supersede current state charges of kidnapping, U.S. Attorney Kenneth Parker said in a statement.

 

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Twins kidnapping suspect to remain in federal custody pending trial

A Columbus woman accused of stealing a car with 5-month-old twins inside last month will remain in jail pending a federal trial.

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Jordan Laird
The Columbus Dispatch
January 25, 2023

A Columbus woman accused of stealing a car with 5-month-old twins inside last month and setting off a national search will remain in jail pending a federal trial after she waived her right to a detention hearing Wednesday.

U.S. District Magistrate Judge Kimberly A. Jolson ordered Jackson to be held in federal custody until her trial on two counts of kidnapping a minor. If Jackson is convicted of the counts as charged, she faces a minimum of 20 years in prison and a maximum of life in prison on each count.

If Jackson had opted to have the detention hearing, federal prosecutors would have argued that Jackson should remain in jail pretrial.

"That's based on the fact that each count carries up to life in prison and the counts as charged do contain acts of violence toward minor children," Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily K. Czerniejewski said at Jackson's first appearance in federal court last week.

Franklin County prosecutors are expected to dismiss Jackson's local kidnapping charges (a person can only be tried for a crime once).

 

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Ky'air Thomas Died Month After Kidnapping: Police

An infant has died a month after police recovered him and his twin brother from an alleged kidnapper.

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“She’s doing really bad right now,” Booker told WSYX of her niece, the boys’ mother. “While I wasn’t exactly right there when it happened, my kids were there.”

She said that the boys’ mother was feeding the babies and one of them started choking on the milk.

“She immediately called 911, trying to do chest compression and CPR things to get the baby back at that time,” she said. “It was just like an accident that happened from feeding the babies and that was it.”

She defended her niece.

“She loves her babies,” Booker said. “I don’t want people to judge her like they did last time. I just want that to be known. I’m like in a state of shock for real. I’m devastated.”

Jackson has pleaded guilty in her Indiana case to spitting on a sheriff’s deputy during her arrest.

Asked her name in a hearing late last month, she reportedly asked, “Are you talking to me as a person or a slave?”

“I’m speaking to you as a person,” the judge said.

Jackson reportedly gave her name as “Josphis Hunt.”

The judge asked if she understood her rights.

“No… yes… no… I’m pleading guilty,” Jackson reportedly said. “Just go ahead and sentence me.”

The judge reportedly ended the hearing because Jackson kept cursing.

 

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Coroner: Death of former Ohio AMBER Alert infant unexplained

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An autopsy has concluded that the death of one of two Ohio twin boys who became the center of a statewide AMBER Alert that garnered nationwide attention last year was due to “sudden unexplained infant death” that involved an “unsafe sleep environment.”

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3/11/2023

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An autopsy has concluded that the death of one of two Ohio twin boys who became the center of a statewide AMBER Alert that garnered nationwide attention last year was due to “sudden unexplained infant death” that involved an “unsafe sleep environment.”

The Franklin County Coroner’s Office on Friday cited “no evidence of trauma, foul play, abuse, or neglect” in the Jan. 28 death of the 6-month-old Columbus boy.

The office said the child had been placed face-down on an adult bed with excess bedding and pillows, which it called an unsafe sleep environment, after being fed and was left unsupervised, but it could not be determined whether such “significant conditions” played a role in his death.

The coroner’s office said young infants have limited neck muscle strength to reposition their airway which can lead to a form of oxygen deprivation, but the office couldn’t confirm or exclude “a contributory component of mechanical or obstructive asphyxia” so the manner of the child’s death “is best ruled as undetermined.”

“The cause of death is ruled sudden unexplained infant death with other significant conditions including unsafe sleep environment; post-prandial infant placed facedown, unsupervised, on an adult bed, surrounded by excess pillows and blankets,” the coroner’s office said.

 

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Federal trial for Columbus AMBER Alert suspect pushed back as defense seeks mental health records

Jackson was originally said to appear in court for the federal charges on March 20, this date has been pushed back over six months.

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By WHIO Staff
March 15, 2023 at 4:37 pm EDT

COLUMBUS — New court documents show that the federal trial for a Columbus woman at the center of an AMBER Alert in December has been pushed back.

A federal grand jury indicted Nalah Jackson in January on two counts of kidnapping of a minor.

Jackson was originally said to appear in court for the federal charges on March 20. This date has been pushed back over six months to Oct. 10.

The trial was delayed after the defense requested additional time to investigate “factual allegations” and determine if any pre-trial motions are necessary, as well as “seek mental health records from various locations in multiple states.”

 

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Nalah Jackson, Columbus twins kidnapping suspect, denied release from jail before trial

Nalah T. Jackson’s federal public defender argued in court that Jackson could be safely released to a sober living home in Chillicothe pending trial.

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Jordan Laird
The Columbus Dispatch
May 26, 2023

A federal magistrate judge has denied a request by a homeless woman to be released pending her October trial on charges that she stole a Columbus mother's car and kidnapped twin infant boys inside in December, launching a four-day search before both children were recovered.

Nalah T. Jackson’s federal public defender argued Friday morning in U.S. District Court in Columbus that the 24-year-old could be safely released to Cheryl’s House of Hope, a sober living home in Chillicothe, pending trial.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Preston Deavers agreed with the federal prosecutors that Jackson is a danger to the community and poses a flight risk. Deavers ordered Jackson to remain incarcerated until her trial, which is currently scheduled for Oct. 10.

 

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Columbus woman pleads guilty to kidnapping infant twins

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A Columbus woman pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to two counts of kidnapping a minor.

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Columbus woman pleads guilty to kidnapping infant twins​

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A Columbus woman pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to two counts of kidnapping a minor.

As part of the plea, parties involved in the case have recommended a sentence of 20 years in prison for Nalah T. Jackson, 25.

“There is no greater responsibility than protecting our youth,” said U.S. Attorney Kenneth L. Parker. “This community watched in horror as Nalah Jackson preyed on two vulnerable babies. Today, she admitted her crime and agreed to spend 20 years in prison for her actions.”