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Sandra Cantu Sexually Assaulted With Rolling Pin Before Being Strangled, Stuffed in Suitcase
KTLA NewsSTOCKTON -- Newly released grand jury transcripts show Melissa Huckaby drugged 8-year old Sandra Cantu and sexually assaulted her with a rolling pin before strangling her with an alcohol soaked noose. Sandra"s body was found with a blood-soaked cloth...Tags: KTLA, Tracy, Family, Melissa Huckaby, Murder
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Courtroom Text Messages From Melissa Huckaby Sentencing
FOX40 NewsThe sentencing hearing for Melissa Huckaby has started in a San Joaquin County courtroom. "There is no mystery what the sentence is in this case," Judge Linda Lofthus. It's standing room only inside the courtroom, and a handful of people are standing....Tags: Punishment, Death, Tracy, Melissa Huckaby
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Huckaby Ordered To Life In Prison, Restitution For Kidnap, Murder Of Sandra Cantu
FOX40 NewsFormer Sunday school teacher Melissa Huckaby has been sentenced to a prison term of life without the possibility of parole and ordered to pay more than $8,000 in restitution for the kidnapping and murder of 8-year-old Sandra Cantu of Tracy in 2009. "I...Tags: Baptist, Health and Safety at School, Tracy, Christianity, Teaching and Learning
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Neighbors React To Huckaby Sentencing
FOX40 NewsOutside the neighborhood where Sandra Cantu lived, Orchard Estates in Tracy, police officers were asking the media not to go in, and neighbors were apprehensive to react on-camera to Melissa Huckaby's sentencing Monday. Except Coleen Toon. "Today is a...Tags: Melissa Huckaby
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Huckaby Plea: Why Prosecutors Passed On Capital Murder Trial
FOX40 NewsMelissa Huckaby leaves the San Joaquin County Courthouse today with her life. She will spend that life in prison, but takes with her only the conviction for murdering 8-year-old Sandra Cantu. She's not, according to the record at least, a rapist. "I...Tags: Family, Rape, Melissa Huckaby, Sex Crimes, Prisons
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Cantu's Family Seeks Restraining Order On Autopsy Report
The Associated PressAttorneys for the family of Sandra Cantu are seeking to block the release of her autopsy report. Attorney Stewart Tabak says Sandra Cantu's mother and sister filed a request Thursday for a temporary restraining order on the release, citing the report's...Tags: Lawyers, Health and Safety at School, Family, Melissa Huckaby, Justice System
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Sandra Cantu's Murder Checked into Hospital After Swallowing Razorblade, Transcripts Show
The Associated PressProsecutors say a Northern California mother who killed her daughter's playmate checked herself into a hospital eight days after the murder for swallowing a razor blade. According to newly released grand jury transcripts, prosecutor Thomas Testa said...Tags: Lawyers, Hospitals and Clinics, Prosecution, Melissa Huckaby, Justice System
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Forensic Pathologist: Disposal of Sandra Cantu's Body Likely Premeditated
The Associated PressA forensic pathologist who examined the body of a Northern California girl found in a suitcase told a grand jury the killing showed a "calm, calculating mind at work," according to a transcript of the hearings released Friday. Dr. Bennet Omalu, who...Tags: Lawyers, Hospitals and Clinics, Pathology, Prosecution, Justice System
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Police Say Huckaby Stuck To Story As Evidence Mounted
The Associated PressThe evidence against her mounted, but Melissa Huckaby stuck to her story as police questioned her in April 2009: She had nothing to do with the abduction, rape and murder of an 8-year-old neighbor girl. "She's the type of person that thought she could...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Lakes and Ponds, Melissa Huckaby, Sex Crimes, Sexual Assault
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Cantu, Huckaby Documents Released After Gag Order Lifted
FOX40 NewsThe San Joaquin County Court has released the indictment and courtroom transcripts relating to the trial of Melissa Huckaby for the kidnapping and murder of Sandra Cantu. The documents and details were previously withheld from the media under a gag order...Tags: Sexual Assault, Health and Safety at School, Trials, Melissa Huckaby, Sex Crimes
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Sunday school teacher Melissa Huckaby gets life without parole in murder of 8-year-old girl
L.A. NOWA Sunday school teacher from Northern California accused of murdering an 8-year-old girl whose body was found stuffed into a suitcase was sentenced Monday to life without parole. Melissa Huckaby, 29, pleaded guilty to kidnapping and murdering the child,... -
Anniversary Of Sandra Cantu Disappearance
FOX40 NewsIt was one year ago today when a happy, skipping Sandra Cantu was captured on surveillance video, just minutes before she disappeared from a Tracy mobile home park. Tracy detectives have arrested Melissa Huckaby in connection with Sandra's rape and...Tags: Lawyers, Tracy, Melissa Huckaby, Justice System, Murder
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