Sandra Cantu

Neighbor pleads guilty in case of slain girl found stuffed in suitcase

2010-05-10 16:34:10

<![CDATA[Neighbor pleads guilty in case of slain girl found stuffed in suitcase]]>

Sunday school teacher Melissa Huckaby gets life without parole in murder of 8-year-old girl

2010-06-14 16:34:38

<![CDATA[Sunday school teacher Melissa Huckaby gets life without parole in murder of 8-year-old girl]]>

Sandra Cantu Sexually Assaulted With Rolling Pin Before Being Strangled, Stuffed in Suitcase

2010-06-19 07:32:00

STOCKTON -- 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...

Huckaby to Face Death Penalty in Cantu Murder

2009-09-11 04:06:00

STOCKTON -- The Northern California woman charged with kidnapping, raping and murdering 8-year-old girl, whose body was found stuffed in a suitcase, will face the death penalty. Melissa Huckaby pleaded not guilty in June to murdering Sandra Cantu. The...

Huckaby Ordered To Life In Prison, Restitution For Kidnap, Murder Of Sandra Cantu

2010-06-14 00:00:00

Former 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...

Neighbors React To Huckaby Sentencing

2010-06-14 00:00:00

Outside 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...

Huckaby Plea: Why Prosecutors Passed On Capital Murder Trial

2010-06-15 00:00:00

Melissa 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...

Cantu's Family Seeks Restraining Order On Autopsy Report

2010-06-17 00:00:00

Attorneys 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...

Sandra Cantu's Murder Checked into Hospital After Swallowing Razorblade, Transcripts Show

2010-06-18 00:00:00

Prosecutors 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...

Forensic Pathologist: Disposal of Sandra Cantu's Body Likely Premeditated

2010-06-18 00:00:00

A 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...

Police Say Huckaby Stuck To Story As Evidence Mounted

2010-06-18 00:00:00

The 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...

State Seeks Death Penalty for Melissa Huckaby

2009-09-10 00:00:00

The District Attorney for San Joaquin County say they will seek the death penalty against a Tracy woman accused of killing an 8-year-old Tracy girl in March. Former Sunday School teacher Melissa Huckaby did not enter a plea after appearing in the San...

Sandra Cantu Murder: The 8-year-old Tracy girl was found dead in a suitcase in early April; Sunday school teacher Melissa Huckaby has been charged with her murder.

2009-07-14 10:34:16

People gather to mourn the death of Sandra Cantu at Fry Memorial Chapel in Tracy , Calif. The 8-year-old had been reported missing in late March, and her body was found inside a suitcase in an irrigation pond April 6. Related: Tracy slaying suspect's family tries to fit accusations with woman they

2009-04-12 00:00:00

Tracy residents Joe Pettinichio, right, his fiancee, Jamie Broad, and their 3-year-old son, Joe Pettinichio Jr.

2009-04-12 00:00:00