Child services in an Ohio county investigated a family member of 13-year-old Kei’Mani Latigue before she was found dead inside a vacant residence.
Why It Matters
Latigue was reported missing by family on March 18. Officials issued an abduction warrant for the child’s father, Darnell Jones, on March 23.
A murder warrant was also issued for Jones after Latigue was found dead in Toledo on March 24. He was arrested the next day in Columbus.
Brian Steel, president of the Columbus Fraternal Order of Police, told reporters that the victim in this case was a teenager who was “murdered, raped, had her hands cut off, and her throat almost cut off.”
What To Know
The executive director of Lucas County Children Services (LCCS), Randy Muth, said at a news conference on Tuesday that the agency has three reports of possible abuse against Latigue…