Mother of boy discovered useless in suitcase in southern Indiana ordered held with out bond | USAEMALL.com

SALEM, Ind. (AP) — The mom of a 5-year-old Atlanta boy whose physique was present in a suitcase in Indiana in 2022 was ordered held with out bond Tuesday throughout an odd preliminary court docket look by which she claimed she was underneath federal surveillance for a number of months earlier than her seize.

Dejaune Anderson, 38, is charged with homicide, neglect and obstruction of justice within the demise of Cairo Ammar Jordan, whose physique was found by a mushroom hunter in April 2022 in a wooded space some 35 miles (55 kilometers) northwest of Louisville, Kentucky.

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U.S. Marshals arrested Anderson arrested final month in California after she had been almost two years on the run.

Dejaune Anderson, the mom of a 5-year-old boy whose physique was present in a suitcase in 2022, was ordered held with out bond on Tuesday.

“I’ve been under NSA surveillance for the past eight months,” Anderson advised Washington County Circuit Judge Larry Medlock, “and how can that qualify me as a fugitive on the run when I’ve also had a detail from Space Force that was following my every move?”

“If Space Force comes forward and tells me they’re willing to monitor you,” Medlock replied, “we’ll take up the issue of bond at a later time.”

When Medlock initially requested Anderson to determine herself, she replied with one other title, starting with “Princess,” and mentioned she was “representing the entity” of Anderson, native information shops reported.

Anderson requested to signify herself, however Medlock mentioned he’ll ask somebody from the general public defender’s workplace to signify her.

Anderson is due again in court docket on April 25, with a tentative trial date scheduled for August.

An post-mortem discovered that Cairo died from vomiting and diarrhea that led to dehydration, state police mentioned. Investigators mentioned the boy had died a couple of week or much less earlier than the mushroom hunter stumbled on the physique.

A second girl charged within the case reached a plea take care of prosecutors in November.

Dawn Coleman, 41, of Shreveport, Louisiana, was sentenced to 30 years in jail with 5 years suspended to probation after pleading responsible to aiding, inducing or inflicting homicide, neglect of a dependent leading to demise, and obstruction of justice.