SALEM, Ind. (AP) — The mother of a 5-year-old Atlanta boy whose body was found in a suitcase in Indiana in 2022 was released on bail Tuesday during an unusual first court appearance in which she claimed to be under federal law. He was ordered to be detained without charge. She was under surveillance for several months until her arrest.
DeJoan Anderson, 38, is charged with murder in the death of Cairo Ammar Jordan, whose body was discovered by mushroom hunters in April 2022 in a wooded area about 35 miles (55 kilometers) northwest of Louisville, Kentucky. , was charged with abandonment and obstruction of justice. .
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U.S. Marshals arrested Anderson, who had been on the run for about two years and was arrested in California last month.
DeJoan Anderson, the mother of a 5-year-old boy whose body was found inside a suitcase in 2022, was ordered held without bail on Tuesday.
Anderson told Washington County Circuit Court Judge Larry Medlock that he had been under surveillance by the NSA for the past eight months. Can it be certified?” Are you following my every move? ”
“If the Space Force comes forward and says they’re going to monitor you,” Medlock replied, “we’ll get into posting bail later.”
When Ms Medlock first asked Ms Anderson to identify herself, she responded using a different name that started with “Princess” and said she was “representing the physical entity” of Mr Anderson, local news outlets reported. Ta.
Anderson asked to represent herself, but Medlock said she would ask someone from the public defender’s office to represent her.
Anderson is scheduled to return to court on April 25, with a tentative trial date set for August.
State police said an autopsy determined Cairo died of vomiting and diarrhea that led to dehydration. Investigators say the boy had been dead for about a week before a mushroom hunter came across his body.
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The second woman charged in the case reached a plea deal with prosecutors in November.
Dawn Coleman, 41, of Shreveport, Louisiana, was sentenced to 30 years in prison, with five years suspended, after pleading guilty to aiding and abetting murder, aiding and abetting murder, abandonment of a dependent resulting in death, and obstruction of justice.
