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Julian Youth Academy employee arrested in death of baby
Ursus:
San Jose Mercury News
Calif. mother arrested in death of 4-day-old girl
The Associated Press
Posted: 11/08/2011 04:58:45 PM PST
Updated: 11/08/2011 04:58:47 PM PST
REDDING, Calif. — A 23-year-old Northern California woman is under arrest for killing her infant girl and then hiding the baby's body.
The Shasta County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday that Jessica Bradford was arrested on suspicion of murder and willful harm to a child. She is being held in Shasta County Jail on $1 million bail.
Investigators say Bradford gave birth to the girl in September but hid the pregnancy from everyone, including her boyfriend. She allegedly kept the baby in a vacant residence at the private Christian boarding school where she worked in Whitmore, about 30 miles east of Redding.
The baby died four days later.
Bradford is accused of hiding the baby's body in a staff dormitory and then moving it when she suspected someone had discovered it.
Copyright © 2011 - San Jose Mercury News
Xelebes:
Now that's what I call emotional support!
Anonymous:
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Ursus:
The facility's website is "Down for maintenance." Oh, I bet it is! ::)
http://www.teenrescue.com/[/list]
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KHSL-TV
Shasta County Woman Arrested in Death of Newborn
Reported by: Alan Marsden
Email: amarsden@khsltv.com
Last Update: 11/08 6:22 pm
Jessica Nicole Bradford
A Shasta County woman faces murder charges for allegedly killing her baby at a remote, private school for troubled youth. Jessica Bradford, age 23, was arrested Sunday night after authorities received a report of a still-born baby girl at the Julian Academy in Whitmore. Tuesday afternoon, investigators revealed the baby girl was actually born around September 19th and died about four days later.
Bradford reportedly kept the pregnancy hidden from everyone she knew, including her boyfriend. She reportedly admitted neglecting to care for the newborn by not feeding it. When the baby died Bradford reportedly kept its body in a laundry basket for a month and a half. Authorities say the baby was in a mummified state of decomposition; however was a fully developed, full term baby. Bradford is expected to be arraigned Wednesday.
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Ursus:
An earlier topic on Julian Youth Academy:
JYA: Expansion when other are downsizing
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=26981[/list]
Not sure if it's been mentioned before, but... it looks like these people took over the former Cascade School campus in Whitmore sometime after it closed:
"The [Julian Youth Academy] has leased a 250-acre ranch formerly known as Shepherd's Ranch and the Cascade School, east of Whitmore, since 2009."[/list]
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KRCR-TV
UPDATE: Shasta County Woman Arrested For Killing Secret Baby; Infant Found Mummified
By Kerry Loring, Asst. News Director
POSTED: 9:30 am PST November 8, 2011
UPDATED: 9:31 am PST November 11, 2011
Bradford, Jessica Nicole
WHITMORE, Calif. -- A young mother is facing murder charges after the mummified body of her baby girl was found dead at a boarding school for troubled teens in eastern Shasta County.
Jessica Nicole Bradford, 23, was arrested Sunday at Julian Youth Academy near Whitmore, east of Redding.
KRCR News Channel 7 has learned Bradford is a current employee of the Julian Youth Academy and lived in a dorm on the 250-acre property on Tintagel Lane.
According to the Shasta County Sheriff's Office, they received a report of a deceased infant around 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Deputies found the mummified body of a infant girl and determined Bradford, the infant's mother, was responsible for the death.
A lengthy interview with Bradford revealed startling details about what transpired over the past few months. The Sheriff's Office says Bradford told them she got pregnant while working at the academy and that she gave birth on or about September 19th. She told investigators she hid the pregnancy from everyone, including her boyfriend of three years. She originally told investigators the baby was stillborn, but later admitted that it lived about four days before dying.
Bradford said she thought about giving the baby up for adoption, but eventually decided against it. She admitted to neglecting the baby by not giving it any food or breast milk. She said she kept the baby in a vacant building on campus for those first four days and would check on it periodically while she still worked, visited her boyfriend and drove to Redding at least two times.
Bradford said she didn't name the baby because she didn't want to become attached to it.
After the baby died, she kept the child hidden in her room in a laundry basket for approximately a month and a half until a co-worker discovered it. When she realized someone had possibly seen the baby, she decided to move it to a utility closet on Friday, November 4th. Sheriff's deputies eventually found the child in that same closet on Sunday, the 6th.
According to the Sheriff's Office, the baby was in a mummified state of decomposition. It was a fully-developed, full-term baby.
Bradford was arrested for an open count of murder and willful harm or injury to a child. She is being held at the Shasta County Jail on $1,000,000 bail. She is expected to be arraigned Wednesday.
Julian Youth Academy
The Julian Youth Academy is Christian residential boarding school for troubled teens. According to the organization's website, it was founded in 1993 as a non-profit private residential school for struggling teenagers in need of full-time supervision and redirection. It accepts students ages 12-17 and has another campus in Southern California. The academy has leased a 250-acre ranch formerly known as Shepherd's Ranch and the Cascade School, east of Whitmore, since 2009.
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