Kern County CPS did not have any comment regarding the suit. Contact Breaking News Reporter N'dea Yancey-Bragg at nyanceybra@gannett.com or follow her on Twitter @NdeaYanceyBragg, Highlights of this day in history: Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in as president and vows to lead America out of the Great Depression; President Ronald Reagan takes responsibility for the Iran-Contra affair; The AAA is founded. Police forged a massive effort, with both police and locals taking part. A postponement was granted at the request of the West's attorney so he could have more time to go through evidence for the trial. The appearance will be one year to the day since the two were arrested and charged with six felony counts, including two counts of second-degree murder, in connection with the boys' disappearance. TWO boys allegedly killed in a double murder looked skinny and one had a bruised neck before they disappeared, their grandmother claims. BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) The trial of the adoptive parents of Orrin and Orson West should begin by the end of the month, court officials say. The adoptive parents of two young California boys told police more than a year ago that their children had vanished from the family's backyard. In November 2018, Dean wrote a letter expressing her concerns about the lack of proper care her children received from the Wests, but nothing came of it. Her mother, Moorer, also filed requests to have the children placed in her care. The couple say they began fostering Orrin and Orson in 2018 and officially completed the adoption process in 2019. Orrin West and Orson West were named Classic Pettus and Cincere Pettus at birth. But this is 70 miles, over an hour from Cal City? The murder trial in that case is scheduled to begin May 23. Orrin and Orson West, 4 and 3, respectively, were reported missing from their home in California City, California, in December 2020. The couples other children were placed in protective custody. Jacqueline and Trezell West, the adoptive parents of Orrin and Orson West, will be in court again on Wed, March 1. Trezell and Jacqueline West filed missing persons reports on December 21, 2020 in California City, claiming the boys were last seen playing in the backyard of their home. These views are subject to change, revision, and rethinking at any time and are not to be held in perpetuity. They are being held without bail after the judge deemed them a significant and substantial risk to public safety.. I just had to be here because my babies are supposedly missing from this house, So I just need to be here right now.. Some of her concerns stem from what she said appeared to be injuries to one of the boy's bodies. The Wests moved to California City in September of that year, but neighbors were unclear if they ever saw all of the children together at any point. The couple said they scoured the neighborhood after noticing the boys were missing. K9s traced the boys scent inside the house, but never outside. "To CPS, they need to take the proper precautions and getting the right parents to take care of the children," she said. Authorities in California City, the community and the FBI launched a massive search effort for the West brothers, 4-year-old Orrin and 3-year-old Orson. @NancyLoo has tonight's Missing in America. Like us on Facebook atwww.facebook.com/TheSunUSand follow us from our main Twitter account at@TheSunUS, News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. On March 12, police served a search warrant at the home of the adoptive grandmother. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. He had a recent dream about the boys and said A woman has them and will kill them on March 14, 2021, and to look behind the apartment complex by the metal pole..look again red marking with spray paint. (He also said he fears they might already be dead.) Some of her concerns stem from what she said appeared to be injuries to one of the boy's bodies. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. When I learned that two of my grandchildren, the youngestOrrin and Orson, had disappeared this past December from their home in California City I was devastated. These are babies who are loved and have an entire future waiting for them to explore. I dont think I can take us any farther at this point. Id run till my legs gave out, scream their names till my voice was hoarse , till I collapsed with grief and exhaustion. I was shocked, hurt, worried, upset and confused. Who is involved? Ryan Dean, the biological mother of Orrin and Orson, and Dana Moorer, the boys maternal grandmother, allege in the claim that Kern County Human Services ignored Deans repeated reports of suspected abuse while the West boys stayed with Trezell and Jacqueline West before their adoption. This morning, Im saddened to announce that the investigation has revealed that Orrin and Orson West are deceased, she said. Mostly anxiety is what I get from them, not urgency or fear. 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Orrin and Orson West's biological father spoke with 17 News about his experience dealing with the boys' disappearance. In June 2017, Dean gave birth to Orson. The boys were reported missing by the Wests on the evening of Dec. 21, 2020. UPDATED: 3/1/2022 at 11:18 PM. She took foster parenting classes, obtained CPR certification and had a psychological evaluation, according to the claim. They are currently being held without bail and are expected to be arraigned tomorrow. James and Michelle Butler: The Senseless Murder of 21-Year-Navy Veteran and Wife. There were no recent pictures of the children found on Facebook. Or Hospital Scapegoat? Charles Pettus, Brenda's son and the biological father of Orson and Orrin, filed a lawsuit against Kern County and the state of California in late 2021. On December 21, 2020, Trezell and Jacqueline West told California City police that Orrin, then 4, and Orson, then 3, had disappeared from the family's backyard, Zimmer said. 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They really didnt seemed too concerned with the children, more about telling a story. Trezell gives a description of when the children went missing, but parts of it are vague. "The investigation has also revealed that they died three months before their adoptive parents reported them missing.". Learn how your comment data is processed. Many other people contributed and the fund now sits at 125k and Billboards are up around the area. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. May they Rest in Piece, Speculation is welcome, but must not be stated as fact unless evidence is provided, Press J to jump to the feed. As the Wests phones were seized, it is unclear when the last picture taken of the boys was/had not been released. #MissingInAmerica pic.twitter.com/6mj20qq8XY. The biological mother says she feels like they (Wests) did something to them and they were here (referencing area near their house). You can reach Ishani Desai at 661-395-7417. West says he then drove around the neighborhood looking for the boys until the sun began to set. Today I am still in shock, hurt, worried, upset but not confused. UPDATE: Trezell and Jacqueline West were arrested on March 1st 2022 and charged with the murders of Classic and Cincere. Though the boys' bodies have not been found, a14-month investigation revealed the couple killedtheir children three months before reporting them missing, Zimmer said. He claimed in the lawsuit that Child Protective Services was negligent when they took his biological children away and placed them with a couple outside of friends and family. Trezell and Jacqueline have 6 children, 2 biological and 4 adopted. Trezell and Jacqueline West filed missing persons . (Child Protective Services) failed here in Kern County.. 4-year-old Orrin and 3-year-old Orson West were reported missing on December 21, 2020 by their adoptive parents, Trezell and Jacqueline West. Orrin and Orson West, aka Classic and Cincere, the two little boys from California City remain missing. On March 1, 2021, it was announced that the Bakersfield Police Department was now the main agency in this investigation. We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. So what happened? It quickly goes downhill. Copyright 2022 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Their four other children, two adopted and two biological, were placed into protective custody, police said in the beginning of the investigation. He looked skinny like he didnt eat. Hello all, this is a case I hope to bring some awareness to as its been months with no sight of these two boys. ", "Its a baby, he cant protect his little self.". They also face one misdemeanor count of making a false report of an emergency and could spend 30 years to life in prison, the district attorney said. There were two still left, and they stay, maybe no longer than 30 minutes if that long, and then they left. On March 1, 2021, it was announced that the Bakersfield Police Department was now the main agency in this investigation.We understand the public outcry for information regarding the ongoing efforts to locate Orrin and Orson West. Orrin and Orson went missing shortly before Christmas 2020, and the disappearance baffled investigators and family alike. The couple have fostered Orrin and Orson since 2018 and adopted them in April 2019. The biological father, Charles Pettus, spoke to the media in October 2021. Here we discuss Orrin and Orson . Like us on Facebook atwww.facebook.com/TheSunUSand follow us from our main Twitter account at@TheSunUS, 2020 THE SUN, US, INC. 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Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. All information is provided on an as-is basis. Mainly clear. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Their birth names were Cincere and Classic, but have since been changed by the adoptive parents. And the community held a prayer vigil. I dont have a police record, never been in jail. Clearly authorities must have suspected abuse for them to be taken away and her custody permanently relinquished, as it is often quite difficult for a mother to lose custody of her children in America. Jac said in an interview that the police asked questions and took notes. He said he briefly went indoors and when he came back out the children were missing. Pettus said. All six of them. UPDATE: Trezell and Jacqueline West were arrested on March 1st 2022 and charged with the murders of Classic and Cincere. "They dont need to hand out children to any old people to get rid them. There is little information at this time about what family/friends have said or if they had seen the children previously. We now realize that the search for the boys began after the real tragedy had already occurred,"Bakersfield Police Chief Greg Terry told reporters Wednesday. They noted that the children did not appear to be abused. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. They have both been charged with two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of willful cruelty to a child and making a false report of an emergency, jail records show. It is unclear how long he was in the house before going back outside. Justice for our boys. Winds light and variable.. Trezell West, 35, and Jacqueline West, 32, were arrested by Bakersfield police Tuesday and are currently booked into the Kern County Jail. I actually didnt realise that any remains possibly related to the boys had been found until I started to research this case. The judge ordered they be held without bail. Lucy Letby- Killer Nurse? UPDATE: The trial for Trezell and Jacqueline West, which was scheduled to begin October 4th, has been pushed back to January of next year. California City boys Orson and Orrin West remain missing 9 months later. Zimmer declined to provide further details, pending the Wests' criminal trial. Trezell and Jacqueline West both pleaded not guilty to a pair of second-degree murder charges, two counts of willful cruelty to children and a single misdemeanor count of falsely reporting an emergency in the deaths of the West boys. Speaking to reporters at a press conference on Wednesday, Kern County District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer said the remains of 4-year-old Orrin West and 3-year-old Orson West, whose birth names were . The foster system is set up to keep children safe and to reunite them with their family, said Waukeen McCoy, the attorney for Dean and Moorer and president and CEO of McCoy Law Firm. Jacqueline and Trezell are accused of killing the two young boys in December 2020. Despite massive searches in Southern California following their disappearance, investigators say the boys' bodies haven't been found. Did the boys ever actually make it to the home in California city? Investigators haven't released information about what led to the conclusion that the boys are no longer alive. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. You can view all the family statements in full here. 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Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way. I am still devastated and in disbelief more than three months later that this has happened to these innocent babies and they have not been found. They also said they never saw all 6 children together, which has come up during the investigation. Justice for our boys. Police have since searched the adoptive grandparents with no luck. So I personally found it unusual that the Wests stayed inside. The agencys disregard of her concerns for the boys led to their deaths, according to the claim. Later that day, a Memorial Hospital staff member informed Dean that Kern County Human Services would be taking Orrin because they believed he had been abused, the claim alleges. The boys were said to be playing in the yard, and the fence was open. The couple fostered them and then officially adopted them in 2019. BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) The trial of the adoptive parents of Orrin and Orson West should begin by the end of the month, court officials say. Trezell said that evening, at around 5 p.m, the boys were playing on their back porch. Jacqueline and Trezell West, the adoptive parents of Orrin and Orson West, sit in Kern County Superior Court at their arraignment March 3. You can find those interviews on the YouTube channel AV Watchman. In a 2021 interview, Jacqueline West said: "Everybody's making their own conclusions. Police seem confident that the children never left the neighborhood/area. A week later, "crucial information came to light" that caused the Bakersfield Police Department to join the search effort, Zimmer said. On March 6, the Bakersfield Police conducted searches around the areas of Cottonwood and East Pacheco roads. True Crime. link so several things stood out to me here. Created Jan 13, 2021. Please log in, or sign up for a new account to continue reading. According to the claim, the damages were calculated from emotional distress, pain, suffering, humiliation and the loss of enjoyment of life. We will see if that turns into more and it is incumbent upon these bureaucratic government agencies to do more with respect with the lives of children, this is not a puppy that we are taking form one shelter to another, these are human beings.. There was a scar. After Orson was brought home, a Kern County sheriffs deputy took him away because the Kern County Human Services officials said they remove siblings together, according to the claim. "This is not the outcome that we and so many others had hoped and prayed for," Bakersfield police Chief Chief Greg Terry said. All inquiries regarding this investigation should be directed to the Bakersfield Police Department.. Trezell and Jacqueline West filed missing persons reports on December 21, 2020 in California City, claiming the boys were last seen playing in the backyard of their home. He spoke about the case of the missing brothers recently:We did everything we could with that case and Im at peace with that. "To be handed out to dogs, as a figurative of speech. 320. She only speaks when the crowd of loved ones and relatives of the biological mother begin asking questions. Orrins biological father, Charles Pettus, said he gave Orrin two baths that day and nothing else happened, according to the claim. By request, AMAP has taken a quick look at the strange disappearance of Orris and Orson West, adopted toddlers to Trazell and Jaqueline West.
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