TX MALIYAH BASS: Missing from Houston, TX - 22 Aug 2020 - Age 2 *Found Deceased**GUILTY PLEAS*

HPD searching for missing 2-year-old girl last seen Saturday morning

The Houston Police Department asked for the public’s help locating a missing 2-year-old girl.

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HPD searching for missing 2-year-old girl last seen Saturday morning

The Houston Police Department asked for the public’s help locating a missing 2-year-old girl.

Maliyah Bass was last seen around 9:30 a.m. on Saturday in the 10600 block of Beechnut Street.

Bass is described as a Black female weighing 30 to 40 pounds and standing 3′ tall with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a multi-colored top and multi-colored shorts, carrying a pink and white pillowcase with a letter block inside, according to the Houston Police Department.

UPDATE: Regional AMBER Alert issued for Maliyah Bass; missing 2-year-old last seen in SW Houston

Maliyah, who goes by the nickname "Tootie," was last seen Saturday morning in the 10600 block Beechnut Street.

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Have you seen Maliyah? Missing 2-year-old girl last seen in SW Houston

The Houston Police Department needs your help finding 2-year-old Maliyah Bass.

Maliyah, who goes by the nickname "Tootie," was last seen Saturday morning in the 10600 block Beechnut Street.

She was wearing a multi-colored tank top with multi-colored shorts. She had a pink and white pillowcase with her that had letter blocks inside.

 

[GrandmaBear]

Yep. Combine that with her asking about "victim compensation" when her daughter had been "missing" less than 24 hours. And combine that with her laying on the ground and fake wailing when they found her body. This woman makes me literally sick and I would not hesitate to believe that she had a hand (or MORE than a hand) in this.


I would imagine it's because there are no murder charges yet, as the autopsy isn't complete. They have him on camera "tampering with evidence". I hope she doesn't bond out because more is coming for her, IMO.
I'm not saying he's "more innocent" because he's obviously a POS too. Disposing of her and putting on a show about it. But this woman....ohhhhh she's under my skin worse than most.

I agree those things really make her stand out and not in a good way. I did not see her wailing on the ground I do not think, I am probably glad I did not see it. I remember thinking she was mainly nonexistent on camera compared to him or his mother.

I don't even understand the victim compensation remark. What is she even talking about?! I know of such a type of thing but it is for very specific expenses and generally at the end of a case and it sure is not provided to a "perp". Unless Texas offers something different that I don't know of.

Well he is throwing her under the bus, I wonder if she will turn it around on him. And I guess they will be compensated but they sure aren't victims. Their compensation will be a free home for life most likely.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

This is the chilling moment a mother lay on the ground and faked tears for her missing toddler after secretly killing her, police say. Sahara Ervin, 20, was filmed sprawled on the concrete close to her apartment complex in Houston, Texas, while wailing for her vanished daughter Maliyah Bass in August.


Sahara Ervin is seen wailing - but police now think this was an actCredit: ABC13

Moment mom lay down and faked tears for missing toddler 'she'd already killed'

Sahara Ervin was filmed wailing on the ground - but police now say she'd already killed and hidden her daughter Maliyah Bass

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Mom wails on floor when girl’s body is found after she 'beat her to death'

THIS is the moment a mother was seen wailing on the floor as her toddler’s body was found – but now she has been charged over the little girl’s death. Sahara Ervin, 20, and her bo…

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[Whatsnext]

Nothing we haven't seen before, but still....how can you do such a thing and then put on such a show!?! It is a rethorical question, but still. I know she is innocent until proven guilty.

 

[kdg411]

2-year-old Maliyah Bass' death ruled a homicide, medical examiner confirms

The Houston toddler was found dead in Bray's Bayou in August after her mother reported her missing.

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[GrandmaBear]

2-year-old Maliyah Bass' death ruled a homicide, medical examiner confirms

The Houston toddler was found dead in Bray's Bayou in August after her mother reported her missing.

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Well I think we knew that was coming but the autopsy confirmed homicide which should be another nail in their coffin. In this case, at least there were arrests.

Still waiting and wondering about the case of Braylen Noble, no indication there yet as far as I know even though that entire case smacks of foul play.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Warrant sheds light on what investigators say happened during search for Maliyah Bass

A new search warrant sheds more light on what investigators said happened during the search for 2-year-old Maliyah Bass in late August.

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Warrant sheds light on what investigators say happened during search for Maliyah Bass​

A newly obtained search warrant sheds more light on what investigators say happened during and after the search for Maliyah Bass.

According to the warrant, on the day Ervin called 911 (Aug. 22, 2020) from her neighbor's phone to report Maliyah missing, neither she nor Thompson was "engaged in searching for" Maliyah.

The warrant also revealed that the child had not been on the playground that morning and Ervin and Thompson were not seen searching for the child.

When a trained tracking dog showed up to search for the girl, both Ervin and Thompson were opposed to using it, the warrant says. The dog tracked toward Wilcrest and Ervin and Thompson followed. The warrant reveals that in bodycam video, the couple wanted to bring the dogs back to the apartment.

Ervin repeatedly told officers at the scene that she didn't want to use the dog, the warrant says.

During interviews, according to the warrant, the couple made several inconsistent statements about what they were doing when the girl went missing. Thompson said he was playing video games and sweeping while Ervin said she was alone with Thompson and he was sleeping, the warrant says.

Maliyah was last seen alive on video about 57 hours before she was reported missing, according to the warrant. After that, Ervin and Thomson were seen on video going to and from stores and also lingering outside of the apartment complex, the warrant says.

According to the warrant, Thompson was seen with a trash can standing near a dumpster and a storm drain on Aug. 21. He later told investigators the child's body was in the trash can and he couldn't bring himself to disposing of the body, the document revealed.

Thompson told investigators that he and Ervin took the girl's body to another storm drain and dumped her at about 11 p.m. Investigators said there was heavy rain on the afternoon after the child was reported missing and the storm drain in which Thompson said they dumped her body flowed underneath Wilcrest and then into a drainage ditch that feeds into Brays Bayou. The bayou then flows eastward in the direction of where Maliyah's body was found on Aug. 23.

The girl was found about 25 hours after she was reported missing. The medical examiner said the girl had been dead for about two days before she was found. Authorities said they believe she was beaten to death.

 

[GrandmaBear]

Warrant sheds light on what investigators say happened during search for Maliyah Bass

A new search warrant sheds more light on what investigators said happened during the search for 2-year-old Maliyah Bass in late August.

www.khou.com

Warrant sheds light on what investigators say happened during search for Maliyah Bass​

A newly obtained search warrant sheds more light on what investigators say happened during and after the search for Maliyah Bass.

According to the warrant, on the day Ervin called 911 (Aug. 22, 2020) from her neighbor's phone to report Maliyah missing, neither she nor Thompson was "engaged in searching for" Maliyah.

The warrant also revealed that the child had not been on the playground that morning and Ervin and Thompson were not seen searching for the child.

When a trained tracking dog showed up to search for the girl, both Ervin and Thompson were opposed to using it, the warrant says. The dog tracked toward Wilcrest and Ervin and Thompson followed. The warrant reveals that in bodycam video, the couple wanted to bring the dogs back to the apartment.

Ervin repeatedly told officers at the scene that she didn't want to use the dog, the warrant says.

During interviews, according to the warrant, the couple made several inconsistent statements about what they were doing when the girl went missing. Thompson said he was playing video games and sweeping while Ervin said she was alone with Thompson and he was sleeping, the warrant says.

Maliyah was last seen alive on video about 57 hours before she was reported missing, according to the warrant. After that, Ervin and Thomson were seen on video going to and from stores and also lingering outside of the apartment complex, the warrant says.

According to the warrant, Thompson was seen with a trash can standing near a dumpster and a storm drain on Aug. 21. He later told investigators the child's body was in the trash can and he couldn't bring himself to disposing of the body, the document revealed.

Thompson told investigators that he and Ervin took the girl's body to another storm drain and dumped her at about 11 p.m. Investigators said there was heavy rain on the afternoon after the child was reported missing and the storm drain in which Thompson said they dumped her body flowed underneath Wilcrest and then into a drainage ditch that feeds into Brays Bayou. The bayou then flows eastward in the direction of where Maliyah's body was found on Aug. 23.

The girl was found about 25 hours after she was reported missing. The medical examiner said the girl had been dead for about two days before she was found. Authorities said they believe she was beaten to death.

Sickens me. So does their very fake acts afterwards.

The part about the dog and both not wanting the dog and repeatedly saying so is interesting. Not very bright, most would WELCOME a dog search.

Poor baby.

 

[Sllywbbt32]

How? Just how do you beat a helpless sweet little girl to death???

An eye for an eye is all I have to say.

 

[Kimster]

Warrant sheds light on what investigators say happened during search for Maliyah Bass

A new search warrant sheds more light on what investigators said happened during the search for 2-year-old Maliyah Bass in late August.

www.khou.com

Warrant sheds light on what investigators say happened during search for Maliyah Bass​

A newly obtained search warrant sheds more light on what investigators say happened during and after the search for Maliyah Bass.

According to the warrant, on the day Ervin called 911 (Aug. 22, 2020) from her neighbor's phone to report Maliyah missing, neither she nor Thompson was "engaged in searching for" Maliyah.

The warrant also revealed that the child had not been on the playground that morning and Ervin and Thompson were not seen searching for the child.

When a trained tracking dog showed up to search for the girl, both Ervin and Thompson were opposed to using it, the warrant says. The dog tracked toward Wilcrest and Ervin and Thompson followed. The warrant reveals that in bodycam video, the couple wanted to bring the dogs back to the apartment.

Ervin repeatedly told officers at the scene that she didn't want to use the dog, the warrant says.

During interviews, according to the warrant, the couple made several inconsistent statements about what they were doing when the girl went missing. Thompson said he was playing video games and sweeping while Ervin said she was alone with Thompson and he was sleeping, the warrant says.

Maliyah was last seen alive on video about 57 hours before she was reported missing, according to the warrant. After that, Ervin and Thomson were seen on video going to and from stores and also lingering outside of the apartment complex, the warrant says.

According to the warrant, Thompson was seen with a trash can standing near a dumpster and a storm drain on Aug. 21. He later told investigators the child's body was in the trash can and he couldn't bring himself to disposing of the body, the document revealed.

Thompson told investigators that he and Ervin took the girl's body to another storm drain and dumped her at about 11 p.m. Investigators said there was heavy rain on the afternoon after the child was reported missing and the storm drain in which Thompson said they dumped her body flowed underneath Wilcrest and then into a drainage ditch that feeds into Brays Bayou. The bayou then flows eastward in the direction of where Maliyah's body was found on Aug. 23.

The girl was found about 25 hours after she was reported missing. The medical examiner said the girl had been dead for about two days before she was found. Authorities said they believe she was beaten to death.

This is such a blatant disregard for human life that I can't believe it. And it kept going on and on and on. Wow. I don't like people like this being on the streets at all.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Maliyah Bass remembered 1 year after death: 'I haven't had any clarity on why it happened'

ABC13 spoke with Travion Thompson from jail as a year has passed since the 2-year-old's body was found in a bayou.

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Maliyah Bass remembered 1 year after death: 'I haven't had any clarity on why it happened'​

A year after 2-year-old Maliyah Bass' body was found floating in a bayou, her mother and mother's boyfriend remain in jail.

"At first, yes," Maliyah's maternal grandmother, Rosalie Jimerson, said during an interview last week when asked if she believed that story. "At first. As the day went on, I really wanted to believe that someone took her."

"I haven't had any clarity on why it happened," Jimerson said. "I don't know how it happened, but I know that she was in the care of two people who were supposed to have her best interest at heart and they didn't."

ABC13 visited Thompson in jail last week. He still stands by much of what he said during his interview with the media last year. He told ABC13 reporter Mycah Hatfield that fear and the overwhelming number of threats he was getting played a role in some of his behavior.

Several times he said he should not be talking to ABC13 because the last time he did he got in trouble. He continued answering our questions. From behind glass, Thompson said he loved Maliyah but wished he did not meet her mother. He placed the blame on her.

Since being arrested in relation to Maliyah's death, Thompson has been charged with assaulting a guard in jail. He filed a handwritten motion with the court asking for "hybrid representation," meaning he wants to work alongside his public defender. The 22-year-old told Hatfield he has been making lists of questions for witnesses while he has been in jail. He said he has evidence that will prove he did not kill Maliyah.

No trial date has been set for Ervin or Thompson because hearings in their cases keep being reset.

Thompson said he feels really bad for Maliyah's grandmother.

When asked what she would say to Thompson if given the chance, Jimerson said, "I don't think about Travion. I don't talk to Travion. I don't have any words for Travion. I never really have."

Jimerson still keeps in touch with her daughter, Ervin, who remains in jail, although she said they do not talk about what happened. She said they discuss family, memories and try to keep the conversations short.

"I've heard that before... 'I would have just cut all ties with her and have nothing to do with her,'" Jimerson said. "It's not me. It's not my heart. She's my daughter. She came from me. I try to block a lot of things out."


Jimerson started a foundation in Maliyah's honor where she provides for families who are in need of food or supplies for their children. She said so far, she has helped four families.

"That makes me feel like even if I only help one person, that's better than none to not go hungry," she said.

 

[Mel70]

Maliyah Bass remembered 1 year after death: 'I haven't had any clarity on why it happened'

ABC13 spoke with Travion Thompson from jail as a year has passed since the 2-year-old's body was found in a bayou.

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Maliyah Bass remembered 1 year after death: 'I haven't had any clarity on why it happened'​

A year after 2-year-old Maliyah Bass' body was found floating in a bayou, her mother and mother's boyfriend remain in jail.

"At first, yes," Maliyah's maternal grandmother, Rosalie Jimerson, said during an interview last week when asked if she believed that story. "At first. As the day went on, I really wanted to believe that someone took her."

"I haven't had any clarity on why it happened," Jimerson said. "I don't know how it happened, but I know that she was in the care of two people who were supposed to have her best interest at heart and they didn't."

ABC13 visited Thompson in jail last week. He still stands by much of what he said during his interview with the media last year. He told ABC13 reporter Mycah Hatfield that fear and the overwhelming number of threats he was getting played a role in some of his behavior.

Several times he said he should not be talking to ABC13 because the last time he did he got in trouble. He continued answering our questions. From behind glass, Thompson said he loved Maliyah but wished he did not meet her mother. He placed the blame on her.

Since being arrested in relation to Maliyah's death, Thompson has been charged with assaulting a guard in jail. He filed a handwritten motion with the court asking for "hybrid representation," meaning he wants to work alongside his public defender. The 22-year-old told Hatfield he has been making lists of questions for witnesses while he has been in jail. He said he has evidence that will prove he did not kill Maliyah.

No trial date has been set for Ervin or Thompson because hearings in their cases keep being reset.

Thompson said he feels really bad for Maliyah's grandmother.

When asked what she would say to Thompson if given the chance, Jimerson said, "I don't think about Travion. I don't talk to Travion. I don't have any words for Travion. I never really have."

Jimerson still keeps in touch with her daughter, Ervin, who remains in jail, although she said they do not talk about what happened. She said they discuss family, memories and try to keep the conversations short.

"I've heard that before... 'I would have just cut all ties with her and have nothing to do with her,'" Jimerson said. "It's not me. It's not my heart. She's my daughter. She came from me. I try to block a lot of things out."


Jimerson started a foundation in Maliyah's honor where she provides for families who are in need of food or supplies for their children. She said so far, she has helped four families.

"That makes me feel like even if I only help one person, that's better than none to not go hungry," she said.

Your daughter killed your granddaughter. You try to block things out. That doesn't make it unhappen or make it untrue. Denial is B.S.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Mother of Maliyah Bass pleads guilty for role in 2-year-old’s death

The mother of Maliyah Bass, the 2-year-old whose body was found floating in Brays Bayou, has been sentenced to serve 20 years in prison for her involvement in her daughter's death.

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Mother of Maliyah Bass pleads guilty for role in 2-year-old’s death​

The mother of Maliyah Bass, the 2-year-old whose body was found floating in Brays Bayou, has pleaded guilty for her involvement in her daughter’s death.

Sahara Ervin, who was photographed smiling in her mugshot when arrested more than a year ago, appeared before a judge Wednesday. The young mother pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence - a human corpse and injury to a child, according to court records.

According to court documents, as part of her plea agreement, Ervin will now testify against her boyfriend, Travion Thompson, for the role he played in the toddler’s death. If she follows through with the agreement, she will face up to 20 years in prison. If not, Ervin could face a life sentence.

 

[kdg411]

'I just want to bust out crying': Father of Maliyah Bass reacts to mother's plea deal in toddler's death

As part of a plea deal, Sahara Ervin agreed to testify against boyfriend Travion Thompson who is also charged with Maliyah's death.

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“Right now, I just want to bust out crying but I’m trying not to," said Octavious Bass, Maliyah's dad. "Just thinking about it makes me sad."
He doesn't think Ervin's sentence is harsh enough.

“I really don’t like that she’s getting 20. But I don’t have no choice but to be ok with it because they’re saying that’s the maximum she can get because she testified against him," Bass said. “It’s either you did it or he did it or both of y’all did it. So you might as well tell the truth.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Sentencing for mother who pleaded guilty to killing 2-year-old Maliyah Bass rescheduled to later date

The sentencing for the mother of Maliyah Bass, the 2-year-old whose body was found floating in Brays Bayou in 2020, has been rescheduled to a later date, court officials said.

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Sentencing for mother who pleaded guilty to killing 2-year-old Maliyah Bass rescheduled to later date​

The sentencing for the mother of Maliyah Bass, the 2-year-old whose body was found floating in Brays Bayou in 2020, has been rescheduled to a later date, court officials said.

Sahara Ervin was expected to be sentenced Wednesday. Ervin and her boyfriend, Travion Thompson, were charged with tampering with evidence and injury to a child.

Ervin pleaded guilty in January for her involvement in the case and agreed to serve 20 years in prison if she helped in the case against Thompson.

It is uncertain what the new date will be.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Maliyah Bass' mother's boyfriend pleads guilty in connection with 2-year-old girl's death in 2020

More than three years after little Maliyah Bass was found dead in Brays Bayou, her mother's boyfriend has entered a guilty plea and will be going to prison.

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Maliyah Bass' mother's boyfriend pleads guilty in connection with 2-year-old girl's death in 2020​

More than three years after 2-year-old Maliyah Bass' body was found floating in a bayou, her mother's boyfriend has entered a guilty plea in connection with the toddler's death.


At the time of the crime, Thompson's attorney said he was on probation for an aggravated robbery charge. On Wednesday, prosecutors intended to put forth evidence in the case involving Maliyah to prove that he violated the conditions of his probation.

Lacy Johnson, the division chief for the child fatality and mental health division of the Harris County District Attorney's Office, said they planned to show her autopsy report, crime scene photos, video from interviews and possibly call Ervin to testify.

"He confessed he didn't protect Maliyah," Johnson said. "He confessed to taking her body and dumping it down a storm drain, and I think that would have sealed his fate, and I think he knew that."

Instead, Thompson pleaded guilty to both counts against him in the toddler's death. He was sentenced to 40 years in prison.

Maliyah's maternal grandmother, Rosalie Jimerson, was in court Wednesday morning and became emotional when the sentence was given. She said afterward to ABC13 that justice was served.

After his sentence was handed down, 25-year-old Thompson thanked the judge for giving him the chance to see life outside of prison again.

"He's a decent human being, and his life kind of went off track but he's trying to get it back," his appointed attorney, Tyrone Moncriffe, said.

Ervin, who entered a guilty plea on the same charges in 2022, is scheduled to be sentenced on Thursday.

"Both Travion Thompson and Sahara Ervin were responsible for inflicting injuries on her," Johnson said. "They were responsible for failing to protect her when they should have. They were responsible for tampering with her corpse."

Johnson said it is difficult to say exactly what happened to the toddler leading up to her death. The medical examiner ruled her cause of death as "homicidal violence."

 

[GrandmaBear]

He is a decent human being whose just "kind of" went off track? PUKE, give ma a break. This was an abused and then murdered child and he should be in for life. A chance to get out? Disgusting.

POS, BOTH of THEM.