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CA-17-year-old Tamara Thompson***FOUND MURDERED***
Family Of Teen Murdered In E. Bay Seeks Answers
Jun 25, 2009 11:59 pm US/Pacific
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It's every parent's nightmare: Getting a call that tells you your child has been killed. A South Bay family asked CBS 5 to investigate this: Why the justice system wasn't able to save their daughter from being murdered in Oakland?
At the Mount Olive Church in Menlo Park the services go on and the children sing. But one member of the choir is missing.
17-year-old Tamara Thompson grew up in this church and brought her mother joy. "She was bubbly, friendly. She was just a fun child," said her mother Deborah Thompson. But her life came to a violent end three months ago when someone killed her, and dumped her body in a park Oakland. Police say she was strangled.
Tamara's mother said it all began when Tamara met a new young man. "I would ask Tamara you know why do you like this person? Does he work? What does he do," Deborah Thompson recalled. The more time Tamara spent with him, the more uneasy her mother became.
Now she knows that Tamara had fallen into the hands of a pimp. Police say San Pablo Avenue in West Oakland is where Tamara ended up. It's an area known for prostitution. One undercover vice detective who works the area said many of the girls are underage, some as young as 11. "They are commodity to the pimps, they are property, they are not people," the detective said.
But Tamara had a chance. After police arrested her for prostitution, juvenile authorities sent her to a rehab facility near her home in Santa Clara County. "She wanted to get help she wanted to get off the streets," Artadi said.
And it seemed to be working. But two weeks before her death, during a weekend visit to the family, Tamara ran away again. Police found her back in Oakland. The family says they asked police to arrest Tamara and hold her at Alameda County Juvenile Hall for her own protection, but despite a warrant for her arrest they say they were told that Juvenile Hall would not take her in.
CBS 5 Investigates went to ask the man in charge of Alameda County's juvenile hall, Chief probation officer Don Blevins. "Typically if it's an out of county warrant we would book the girl into juvenile hall," he said.
Blevins promised to look into the circumstances of that night to try to give Tamara's family answers and some peace. Police meanwhile say they are investigating the murder, which they say is very unusual.
Police say 17-year-old Tamara Thompson was strangled and found in an Oakland Park.
VIDEO: Family Of Teen Murdered In E. Bay Seeks Answers
http://cbs5.com/video/?id=51898@kpix.dayport.com
Article:
http://cbs5.com/investigates/unsolved.teen.murder.2.1060274.html
It's been 3 long months, her family needs some answers & some help from LE to help solve this case! I'm hoping that with all of our many wonderful sleuthers here at WS's that just maybe that we can help her family find justuce for Tamara's murder.
:angel:
Family Of Teen Murdered In E. Bay Seeks Answers
Jun 25, 2009 11:59 pm US/Pacific
<snipped>
It's every parent's nightmare: Getting a call that tells you your child has been killed. A South Bay family asked CBS 5 to investigate this: Why the justice system wasn't able to save their daughter from being murdered in Oakland?
At the Mount Olive Church in Menlo Park the services go on and the children sing. But one member of the choir is missing.
17-year-old Tamara Thompson grew up in this church and brought her mother joy. "She was bubbly, friendly. She was just a fun child," said her mother Deborah Thompson. But her life came to a violent end three months ago when someone killed her, and dumped her body in a park Oakland. Police say she was strangled.
Tamara's mother said it all began when Tamara met a new young man. "I would ask Tamara you know why do you like this person? Does he work? What does he do," Deborah Thompson recalled. The more time Tamara spent with him, the more uneasy her mother became.
Now she knows that Tamara had fallen into the hands of a pimp. Police say San Pablo Avenue in West Oakland is where Tamara ended up. It's an area known for prostitution. One undercover vice detective who works the area said many of the girls are underage, some as young as 11. "They are commodity to the pimps, they are property, they are not people," the detective said.
But Tamara had a chance. After police arrested her for prostitution, juvenile authorities sent her to a rehab facility near her home in Santa Clara County. "She wanted to get help she wanted to get off the streets," Artadi said.
And it seemed to be working. But two weeks before her death, during a weekend visit to the family, Tamara ran away again. Police found her back in Oakland. The family says they asked police to arrest Tamara and hold her at Alameda County Juvenile Hall for her own protection, but despite a warrant for her arrest they say they were told that Juvenile Hall would not take her in.
CBS 5 Investigates went to ask the man in charge of Alameda County's juvenile hall, Chief probation officer Don Blevins. "Typically if it's an out of county warrant we would book the girl into juvenile hall," he said.
Blevins promised to look into the circumstances of that night to try to give Tamara's family answers and some peace. Police meanwhile say they are investigating the murder, which they say is very unusual.
Police say 17-year-old Tamara Thompson was strangled and found in an Oakland Park.
VIDEO: Family Of Teen Murdered In E. Bay Seeks Answers
http://cbs5.com/video/?id=51898@kpix.dayport.com
Article:
http://cbs5.com/investigates/unsolved.teen.murder.2.1060274.html
It's been 3 long months, her family needs some answers & some help from LE to help solve this case! I'm hoping that with all of our many wonderful sleuthers here at WS's that just maybe that we can help her family find justuce for Tamara's murder.
:angel:
