WEST SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – The man accused of killing an infant at a West Sacramento hotel has been arrested, police say. On Monday, police were called out to Silvey’s Motel at 1030 West Capitol Avenue in response to a welfare check. When officers arrived, they found a 1-year-old girl who had died as a result of traumatic injuries, according to a West Sacramento Police Department statement. READ MORE: My Sister's Cafe, Critical In Helping Abused Women, Celebrates 7 Years This photo obtained by CBS13 shows the child who (right) who was found dead. As a result of their investigation, police received an arrest warrant for 43-year-old Derrick Woods of Sacramento. He was last seen leaving the area on foot with another adult. Woods was arrested at a Sacramento residence on Tuesday, police later announced. Woods is not the infant’s father, police said, but was known to the infant. A second child, the infant’s older brother, was also present at the time of the incident and also suffered serious injuries. He is being treated at the hospital. Family has identified the baby girl as Amanda Marie Owens. CBS13 is learning Woods has a lengthy criminal history and faced violent charges in the past. According to Sacramento County records, he most recently faced charges in 2011 for domestic battery and brandishing a weapon and in 1996 he pleaded no contest to child abuse charges. CBS13 spoke to Woods’ aunt Tuesday, who said the family had been trying to get Woods to surrender himself. READ MORE: Sacramento Farmers' Market Moves From Downtown To Arden Fair “We was coming to look for him to try to turn him in to talk to him to turn himself in,” she said. The suspect’s mother is upset over the allegations and feels for the children’s mother. “They don’t deserve this and that baby did not deserve this,” she said. “But I feel for that lady, for her babies.” West Sacramento Mayor Martha Guerrero issued a statement about the infant’s death: “Today, I ...
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Memorial Held For Baby Killed In West Sacramento: ‘She Was Just Perfect’
WEST SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A memorial was held Tuesday night at Silvey’s Motel in West Sacramento to honor the life of Amanda Marie Owens. This photo obtained by CBS13 shows the child who (right) who was found dead. The 1-year-old was found dead inside a motel room on Monday and now her family is looking for answers. READ MORE: My Sister's Cafe, Critical In Helping Abused Women, Celebrates 7 Years “She was just perfect. There’s no word for this,” her father Dion Owens said. Owens is devastated after learning his little girl was killed at Silvey’s Motel on Monday. West Sacramento police say officers were called to the 1030 block of West Capitol Avenue for a welfare check and found the baby had died as a result of traumatic injuries. “I understand what people be talking about when they’ve lost a kid,” he said. Amanda’s 3-year-old brother Elijah Washington was also severely beaten in the same motel room but survived. He was taken to an area hospital for treatment. Police arrested 43-year-old Derrick Woods, the man accused of killing Amanda, Tuesday afternoon. Woods’ mother, Annette, does not believe her son committed these crimes. “I know my son did not do this and I feel for him,” Annette Woods said. READ MORE: Sacramento Farmers' Market Moves From Downtown To Arden Fair She said she is upset over the allegations and feels for the children’s mother. “They don’t deserve this and that baby did not deserve this,” she said. “But I feel for that lady, for her babies.” Derrick Woods has a lengthy criminal history and faced violent charges in the past. According to Sacramento County records, Woods most recently faced charges in 2011 for domestic battery and brandishing a weapon and in 1996 he pleaded no contest to child abuse charges. His aunt, Antionette Cox, told CBS13 there are two sides to the story. “Derrick’s not that type of person,” Cox said. More from CBS Sacramento: ‘My Name’s Not Jane’: Survivors Of Serial Rapists ...
Woman Found Dead 30 Years Ago In New Mexico Believed To Be From Los Angeles County Area
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Nearly 30 years ago, the body of an unidentified woman was found in a motel room in Albuquerque, New Mexico, after check-out was not completed as scheduled. (Credit: Albuquerque Police Department) Now, officers with the Albuquerque Police Department are hoping somebody in the Los Angeles area might know who she is after a recent tip led investigators to believe her name was Becca and she was from the L.A. County area — possibly Reseda or Sylmar. READ MORE: A Welcome Sight: More Movie Theaters Reopen Across LA County Friday For First Time In A Year According to police, the unidentified woman was found dead June 5, 1991, at a Super 8 Motel located near Interstate 40 and Interstate 25. There was no identification for the woman with her belongings. She was wearing a multicolored tank top, white denim pants, silver loop earrings and a wide metal bracelet. A dark-colored purse and suitcase with women’s clothing were also found in the room. READ MORE: New Federal Report Shows Scope Of California's Homeless Crisis, Over 160K Homeless Prior To Pandemic The 5-foot-7 woman had her ears pierced and was described as being between the ages of 18 and 35, weighing 140 pounds with long and curly strawberry blonde hair and hazel eyes. Police did not immediately release the woman’s cause of death. MORE NEWS: 100-Year-Old Man Dead After Slashing Spree In Encino, Suspect Arrested Anyone with information about the case was asked to call Albuquerque PD at 505-242-2677. ...
Neighbors Uneasy with Evacuation Plan for Growing Plumas Lake Development
PLUMAS LAKE (CBS13) – People who live in a Plumas Lake neighborhood are sounding the alarm. They’re concerned hundreds of new homes are going up, but there’s still only one road to get in and out. And they say that could make any evacuation plan a big problem. “You try to raise questions [and] that fear factor climbs quickly, really quickly,” Plumas Lake resident Pat Williams said. READ MORE: My Sister's Cafe, Critical In Helping Abused Women, Celebrates 7 Years Williams and his wife, Jennifer Svec, bought what they considered their dream home before they watched so many new homes go up around them, with only one street in and out of the neighborhood. “It was a dream, it’s turned into a little bit of a nightmare,” Svec said. “I’m very concerned that the development we purchased over 5 years ago only has one ingress and egress.” “We now have 100 homes, it looks like we’re going to be in the neighborhood of anywhere from 200 to 500. How are we going to get out if there’s a fire? How are we going to get out if there is a train derailment?” Williams and Svec say they started voicing their safety concerns after watching people in similarly constructed neighborhoods in Paradise try to flee from the Camp Fire. They were also in the evacuation zone for the Oroville Dam crisis and watched traffic back up. “If residents are concerned, then that’s a problem for me,” Yuba County Supervisor Gary Bradford said. READ MORE: Sacramento Farmers' Market Moves From Downtown To Arden Fair Bradford says the development by Lennar Homes was legally approved years ago and meets county and state laws with a bike trail that can double as an escape route for vehicles. “That is actually the primary reason the bike path was created for an emergency evacuation route,” Bradford said. More from CBS Sacramento: West Sacramento Police Searching For Man Accused Of Killing Infant At Motel Man Says He Was Living In Abandoned Mineshaft Near El Dorado Trail For ...
‘It’s The First Step’: Sacramento County Teachers Excited For Ability To Start Receiving COVID-19 Vaccine This Week
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Teachers in Sacramento County will be able to get vaccinated against COVID-19 on Tuesday. “It’s a real sign that things are moving forward,” Kerri Hock, a culinary arts teacher at Cosumnes Oaks High School, said. READ MORE: My Sister's Cafe, Critical In Helping Abused Women, Celebrates 7 Years Educators in the Elk Grove Unified School District like Hock and Shelley Walker are beyond happy about the move. They’re looking forward to getting rid of their virtual desks. “I just want to get back into the classroom and I want to be teaching,” Hock said. “It’s the first step in a return to some normalcy for both teaching and the students,” Shelley Walker, an English teacher at Pleasant Grove High School, said. The district is partnering with California Northstate University in its mission to vaccinate employees. Roughly 200 volunteers will help expand capacity at the university and district shots to teachers and staff. A spokesperson for EGUSD also mentioned that the district is asking employees to allow those who work in-person to be able to go first when receiving their vaccinations. The district also added that it’s confident it can realistically vaccinate all of its roughly 7,000 employees with their first dose within four weeks. The Sacramento City Unified School District is hoping to achieve the goal of vaccinating its roughly 4,500 employees by the end of March. It plans on holding the first clinic for employees in its partnership with Dignity Health on Friday. A spokesperson for Sac City lists these as the vaccination dates: READ MORE: Sacramento Farmers' Market Moves From Downtown To Arden Fair Friday 2/19 – first dose; Friday, 3/12 – second dose Friday 2/26 – first dose; Friday, 3/19 – second dose Friday 3/5 – first dose; Friday 03/26 – second dose Both Elk Grove USD and Sac City USD said that some of their employees were previously eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine under previous categories; ...
