Manhunt in California after police searching for missing eight-year-old Sophia Mason find child’s body
California police are looking for a man after the body of his girlfriend’s missing 8-year-old Sophia Mason daughter inside his home NBC News reported. 34-year-old Dhante Jackson, has been on the run from police after police inside of his Central Valley. Sophia was the daughter of Jackson’s girlfriend, 30-year-old Samantha Johnson first went missing last week.
Police looked through Jackson’s home twice in the past when a family member contacted police sharing their concerns about Mason and Johnson. However, each time police came to the home, the mother and daughter were not there. Johnson’s arrest last week, police said she “re-confirmed” suspicions of Mason being at Jackson’s house. Once authorities searched Jackson’s home for the third time, they found Mason’s body.
“So hard to believe,” Melonie Verlatti, a family friend told NBC Bay Area. Family members told police they had no contact with Mason since December, KOLO-TV reported. Johnson had a warrant for her arrest in connection with a 2021 child abuse case.
Investigators says Jackson left the scene after learning of the police search. There is now a murder warrant for his arrest.
“Soon after news spread about Jackson’s home being searched, he went on the run,” police wrote in a statement, reported by Law and Crime. “A warrant has been issued for Jackson’s arrest for the charge of murder. He is known to frequent the Bay Area of California.”
Johnson is facing a murder charge in connection to her daughter’s death, along with obstruction of an officer’s investigation and corporal injury to a child, Santa Rita jail records show.
“We also want to thank the community for their support and concern for Sophia’s welfare,” Hayward police said. “This is a difficult and emotional time for Sophia’s family, and we cannot begin to fathom their grief.”
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