TN SEQUOIA SAMUELS: Missing from Memphis, TN - 15 June 2023 - Age 4 *Found Deceased*

4-year-old girl missing from home; front door found open

The young girl, Saquoia Samuels, was reported missing Thursday morning.

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4-year-old girl missing from home; front door found open​

Memphis Police Department is searching for a missing child.

Saquoia Samuels, 4, was reported missing Thursday morning.

Police issued a city watch at 7:55 a.m. after parents say they woke up to find the front door of their home open and Saquoia missing.

Police say they are reviewing footage from a neighbor’s doorbell camera that shows her leaving the home and walking by herself around 3 a.m.

There are also drones in the area searching for the girl.

 

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Attorney seeks to reduce bond for mother of Sequoia Samuels

The two people charged in the death of four-year-old Sequoia Samuels are due in court.

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Attorney seeks to reduce bond for mother of Sequoia Samuels​

Two people charged in connection to 4-year Sequoia Samuels’ death’ appeared in court on Tuesday morning.

A $500,000 bond remains for Brittney Jackson, 24, charged in 4-year-old Sequoia Samuels’s death.

Samuels was reported missing last Thursday morning. Her remains were found in north Memphis later that night.

Jackson says she wasn’t sure if she’d be able to post that $500,000 bond looking to her family in the courtroom for answers.

Her attorney says he’ll work to lower it during a bond hearing Wednesday.

“I think that we all understand that no mother in her right mind would have allowed this to happen. It is my intention to have the bond reduced if we can,” said Ken Brashier her Attorney. We are going to see what factors the court can consider. Maybe we can get her out on a bond that is manageable, that her family can get her out.”

Jackson was appointed a private attorney by a Shelby County judge due to a conflict of interest with the public defender’s office.

Several of Jackson’s family members were in the courtroom showing their support today.

 

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[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Whyyyy was the petition dismissed???

DCS tried to take 4-year-old away, mom's bail set at $500K

Brittney Jackson has been charged with aggravated child neglect, abuse of a corpse and making a false offense report in the death of Sequoia Samuels.

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DCS tried to take 4-year-old away, mom’s bail set at $500K​

The Tennessee Department of Children’s Services tried to take 4-year-old Sequoia Samuels out of her home last year, a move that could have kept the girl alive.

However, the petition for dependency and neglect was dismissed five months later and now her mother, Brittney Jackson, is facing decades in prison for her role in her daughter’s death.

In a statement last week, DCS referred to the previous investigation.

“When the court grants custody to DCS we have full responsibility for the child’s care. When another individual has custody of a child, DCS does not bear that responsibility,” the department said in a statement.

 

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Attorney seeks to reduce bond for mother of Sequoia Samuels

The two people charged in the death of four-year-old Sequoia Samuels are due in court.

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Attorney seeks to reduce bond for mother of Sequoia Samuels​

Two people charged in connection to 4-year Sequoia Samuels’ death’ appeared in court on Tuesday morning.

A $500,000 bond remains for Brittney Jackson, 24, charged in 4-year-old Sequoia Samuels’s death.

Samuels was reported missing last Thursday morning. Her remains were found in north Memphis later that night.

Jackson says she wasn’t sure if she’d be able to post that $500,000 bond looking to her family in the courtroom for answers.

Her attorney says he’ll work to lower it during a bond hearing Wednesday.

“I think that we all understand that no mother in her right mind would have allowed this to happen. It is my intention to have the bond reduced if we can,” said Ken Brashier her Attorney. We are going to see what factors the court can consider. Maybe we can get her out on a bond that is manageable, that her family can get her out.”

Jackson was appointed a private attorney by a Shelby County judge due to a conflict of interest with the public defender’s office.

Several of Jackson’s family members were in the courtroom showing their support today.

Well it seems to me he is saying then that she "wasn't in her right mind" because if what we have been told is true, she didn't try to revive her child or do anything, or anything to stop it.

It also begs questions that her family would try to get her out. This baby was also their niece, granddaughter, or whatever relation depending on what family members were present.

I'm sorry but I'm a bit suspicious about the family. She claimed family member called or texted to tell her her door was open. We know the child didn't go out the door on tat day but did or was a family member prepared to lie or did lie to go along with this story and back up her false story? Many family members live there I think it was also said (the apt. complex). Was one of them the neighbor claiming to have video of the child...??? That the cops said or let all think existed? And now they support her. I'm not saying it is fact, just that I have to wonder...

 

[GrandmaBear]

Whyyyy was the petition dismissed???

DCS tried to take 4-year-old away, mom's bail set at $500K

Brittney Jackson has been charged with aggravated child neglect, abuse of a corpse and making a false offense report in the death of Sequoia Samuels.

dailymemphian.com

DCS tried to take 4-year-old away, mom’s bail set at $500K​

The Tennessee Department of Children’s Services tried to take 4-year-old Sequoia Samuels out of her home last year, a move that could have kept the girl alive.

However, the petition for dependency and neglect was dismissed five months later and now her mother, Brittney Jackson, is facing decades in prison for her role in her daughter’s death.

In a statement last week, DCS referred to the previous investigation.

“When the court grants custody to DCS we have full responsibility for the child’s care. When another individual has custody of a child, DCS does not bear that responsibility,” the department said in a statement.

“When the court grants custody to DCS we have full responsibility for the child’s care. When another individual has custody of a child, DCS does not bear that responsibility,” the department said in a statement.

This statement is loaded or at the least a read between the lines kind of statement. Was this case dropped because a family member or someone else took on the child? Or because the court gave the child back to the mother? Or something on this order... Or a plan was in place with family overseeing the situation or a friend...? Not surprising DCS would keep comments generic or are required to and that is what this statement is... They are saying they didn't have custody, another "individual" did...

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Attorney says mother charged in death of Sequoia Samuels was victim, too

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Brittney Jackson, the mother charged with Sequoia Samuels’s death, has requested a mental evaluation. Jackson’s attorney, Ken Brashier, requested the evaluation a…

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Mother charged in death of Sequoia Samuels requests mental evaluation​

Brittney Jackson, the mother charged in the death of Sequoia Samuels, has requested a mental evaluation.

She will be back in court July 21. Her boyfriend, Jaylon Hobson, had his court appearance reset to the 27th.

 

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Attorney says mother charged in death of Sequoia Samuels was victim, too

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Brittney Jackson, the mother charged with Sequoia Samuels’s death, has requested a mental evaluation. Jackson’s attorney, Ken Brashier, requested the evaluation a…

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Mother charged in death of Sequoia Samuels requests mental evaluation​

Brittney Jackson, the mother charged in the death of Sequoia Samuels, has requested a mental evaluation.

She will be back in court July 21. Her boyfriend, Jaylon Hobson, had his court appearance reset to the 27th.

ANOTHER ONE!!!! AHHHHH!!! Stall tactics. Bulls***

 

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Shelby County juvenile court says they denied DCS request to remove Sequoia Samuels from her home in 2022

According to the court, the petition to remove Sequoia Samuels was denied in July, 2022, but would not go into the reasons why it was denied.

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Shelby County juvenile court says they denied DCS request to remove Sequoia Samuels from her home in 2022​

New details continue to come to light in the death of four-year-old Sequoia Samuels, and Wednesday, it was revealed a DCS petition that could have prevented her death was denied by the Shelby County Juvenile Court.

The juvenile court confirmed to ABC24 Wednesday that the Department of Children's Services (DCS) filed a neglect petition involving Sequoia Samuels in February of 2022, and it was dismissed by the court in July of the same year.

Once a petition is filed by DCS, it is up to the court it’s filed with to make the call on what to do with an alleged abused and neglected child. Generally speaking, DCS can provide suggestions to the court when it comes to petitions to remove custody, but the court does not always agree.

The Shelby County Juvenile Court did not tell us why the petition was dismissed.


As of May 31, 2023, the Tennessee child abuse hotline handled approximately 44,170 calls. That’s nearly two thousand more calls this year than last year’s 41,611 calls at the same time last year.

“Unfortunately, there’s no surefire way of knowing. It’s not like it’s a blinking neon saying, ‘child in danger here,” Alex Barton with Youth Villages said.

 

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You're f'in kidding. Another massive failure of a child. You need a neon sign do ya?. Unless they start holding the system and workers accountable. This is going to keep happening. And they are going to keep coming up with excuses for failure to save a child who ends up dead.

 

[GrandmaBear]

Attorney says mother charged in death of Sequoia Samuels was victim, too

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Brittney Jackson, the mother charged with Sequoia Samuels’s death, has requested a mental evaluation. Jackson’s attorney, Ken Brashier, requested the evaluation a…

wreg.com

Mother charged in death of Sequoia Samuels requests mental evaluation​

Brittney Jackson, the mother charged in the death of Sequoia Samuels, has requested a mental evaluation.

She will be back in court July 21. Her boyfriend, Jaylon Hobson, had his court appearance reset to the 27th.

The time for her to have requested such if she thinks she needs such and is so aware she needs (needed) such would have been before this child's death. Of CROUSE now it is important to her...

 

[GrandmaBear]

ANOTHER ONE!!!! AHHHHH!!! Stall tactics. Bulls***

AND excuse tactics. Blame tactics.

 

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Shelby County juvenile court says they denied DCS request to remove Sequoia Samuels from her home in 2022

According to the court, the petition to remove Sequoia Samuels was denied in July, 2022, but would not go into the reasons why it was denied.

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Shelby County juvenile court says they denied DCS request to remove Sequoia Samuels from her home in 2022​

New details continue to come to light in the death of four-year-old Sequoia Samuels, and Wednesday, it was revealed a DCS petition that could have prevented her death was denied by the Shelby County Juvenile Court.

The juvenile court confirmed to ABC24 Wednesday that the Department of Children's Services (DCS) filed a neglect petition involving Sequoia Samuels in February of 2022, and it was dismissed by the court in July of the same year.

Once a petition is filed by DCS, it is up to the court it’s filed with to make the call on what to do with an alleged abused and neglected child. Generally speaking, DCS can provide suggestions to the court when it comes to petitions to remove custody, but the court does not always agree.

The Shelby County Juvenile Court did not tell us why the petition was dismissed.


As of May 31, 2023, the Tennessee child abuse hotline handled approximately 44,170 calls. That’s nearly two thousand more calls this year than last year’s 41,611 calls at the same time last year.

“Unfortunately, there’s no surefire way of knowing. It’s not like it’s a blinking neon saying, ‘child in danger here,” Alex Barton with Youth Villages said.

NAME the JUDGE. People need to know WHO should be elected and who should not or even if appointed rather than elected, to know who to file complaints about. OR did the agency not bring good enough cause or do a good enough job proving their case? If so, the people need to know where the blame lies.

 

[GrandmaBear]

You're f'in kidding. Another massive failure of a child. You need a neon sign do ya?. Unless they start holding the system and workers accountable. This is going to keep happening. And they are going to keep coming up with excuses for failure to save a child who ends up dead.

It could also be the judge. Even in custody cases, they often know little, care little, never giving a sh*t what the facts are and who the child is better off with.

 

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Mother's boyfriend charged in death of 4-year-old makes second court appearance

Jaylon Hobson, charged by police in the death of 4-year-old Sequoia Samuels, whose body was found not far from her home June 15 in Uptown, had his second court appearance

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• FOX13 Memphis News Staff
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Jaylon Hobson, charged by police in the death of 4-year-old Sequoia Samuels, whose body was found not far from her home June 15 in Uptown, will have his second court appearance on Tuesday, June 27, 2023.

Hobson was charged with making a false report in the death of Samuels.

Those charges were filed after human remains, believed to be those of the 4-year-old, were found in plastic bags outside of an apartment near the Uptown area.

Last time Hobson was in court on June 20, FOX13 spoke to his attorney, who told us he could see a murder charge filed against him.

 

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Case against boyfriend of 4-year-old Sequoia Samuels' mother headed to grand jury

During a court hearing Tuesday, a false reporting charge, as well as a previous case against Jaylon Hobson involving drug and weapon charges, was sent to grand jury.

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Case against boyfriend of 4-year-old Sequoia Samuels' mother headed to grand jury​

The case against Jaylon Hobson, charged with false reporting in the death of 4-year-old Sequoia Samuels, is headed to the Grand Jury.

During a court hearing Tuesday, June 27, 2023, the false reporting charge, as well as a previous case against Hobson involving drug and weapon charges, was sent to the grand jury.

Hobson remains in jail on $50,000 bond in the Samuels’ case. No bond was set in the other case.

 

[GrandmaBear]

A previous case. Drugs and weapons. Hmm. Out and about though... Maybe he deserved that chance, I don't know enough, but maybe he didn't and if so, maybe this little sweetheart would still be here.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Memorial to be held for 4-year-old Sequoia Samuels

A memorial will be held for four-year-old Sequoia Samuels on Saturday.

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Memorial to be held for 4-year-old Sequoia Samuels​

A memorial will be held for four-year-old Sequoia Samuels on Saturday.

A memorial will be held for Samuels at 11 a.m. Saturday at New Bellevue Baptist Church.

Guests are encouraged to wear pink and white. Casual or dressy attire is acceptable.

 

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Mental evaluation delayed for mother of Sequoia Samuels

The 24-year-old mother charged in the death of her four-year-old daughter is still waiting to undergo a court-ordered mental evaluation.

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Mental evaluation delayed for mother of Sequoia Samuels​

The 24-year-old mother charged in the death of her four-year-old daughter is still waiting to undergo a court-ordered mental evaluation.

Her attorney, Ken Brashier, is frustrated with the pace of the case.

Brashier says the clerk’s office hadn’t sent the necessary documents to the West Tennessee Forensic Center in a timely manner to begin the process for Jackson’s mental evaluation.

In court on Friday, Brashier said those documents were sent Thursday night and that he anticipates Jackson’s case to be made a priority. According to him, it will take about 30 days for the West Tennessee Forensic Center to complete her mental elevation.

Jackson will be back in court on July 31.

 

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Mental evaluation delayed for mother of Sequoia Samuels

The 24-year-old mother charged in the death of her four-year-old daughter is still waiting to undergo a court-ordered mental evaluation.

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Mental evaluation delayed for mother of Sequoia Samuels​

The 24-year-old mother charged in the death of her four-year-old daughter is still waiting to undergo a court-ordered mental evaluation.

Her attorney, Ken Brashier, is frustrated with the pace of the case.

Brashier says the clerk’s office hadn’t sent the necessary documents to the West Tennessee Forensic Center in a timely manner to begin the process for Jackson’s mental evaluation.

In court on Friday, Brashier said those documents were sent Thursday night and that he anticipates Jackson’s case to be made a priority. According to him, it will take about 30 days for the West Tennessee Forensic Center to complete her mental elevation.

Jackson will be back in court on July 31.

A defense attorney frustrated with the pace of a case. How refreshing a nd hypocritical talking of defense attorneys in general.

Also does he not work in the court/legal system? Anyone else in the private sector would be out of a job for the fact it takese years on end for any of them to do one.

Oh add politicians to that.

 

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Mom ruled competent to stand trial after death of 4-year-old

A Memphis mother charged in connection with her 4-year-old daughter’s death has been ruled competent to stand trial.

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Mom ruled competent to stand trial after death of 4-year-old​

A Memphis mother charged in connection with her 4-year-old daughter’s death has been ruled competent to stand trial.

Brittney Jackson, 24, was arrested after reporting her daughter Sequoia Samuels had disappeared from their home in June.

Sequoia’s body was later found in a garbage bin outside the family’s home.

Brittney Jackson is charged with aggravated child neglect, abuse of a corpse, and filing a false report.

Her attorney sought a mental evaluation soon after her arrest.

She’s due back in court September 7.

Jackson’s boyfriend Jaylon Hobson is also charged in the case.