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Deceased/Not Found FL - Morgan Martin, 17, pregnant, St Petersburg, 25 July 2012 *Guilty/sentenced in 2022*
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St. Pete police searching for missing teen's body in Alabama | wtsp.com
St. Pete police search for the body of missing teen in Alabama
April 9, 2022
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Pike County Sheriff's Office Lieutenant Troy Johnson tells 10 Tampa Bay weather delayed their initial search plans [...]
He says they were able to speak with Flowers over a video chat, and he pointed them toward a specific location. They first used ground-penetrating radar to search, then brought in a backhoe to dig down at least four and a half feet but have yet to find anything.
According to the lieutenant, crews expect to regroup with St. Petersburg police on Monday to come up with a new plan.
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St. Pete police search for the body of missing teen in Alabama
April 9, 2022
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Pike County Sheriff's Office Lieutenant Troy Johnson tells 10 Tampa Bay weather delayed their initial search plans [...]
He says they were able to speak with Flowers over a video chat, and he pointed them toward a specific location. They first used ground-penetrating radar to search, then brought in a backhoe to dig down at least four and a half feet but have yet to find anything.
According to the lieutenant, crews expect to regroup with St. Petersburg police on Monday to come up with a new plan.
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Pike County authorities suspend search for remains of Florida teen
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Lt. Troy Johnson, an investigator with the Pike County sheriff’s department, said the search was suspended Friday afternoon after efforts using an excavator, a cadaver dog, and an anthropologist did not locate the girl’s body.
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Johnson said there will be talks next week about the possibility of bringing Flowers up from Florida to try to pinpoint the site.
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Morgan Keyanna Martin – The Charley Project
Updated April 2022
Details of Disappearance
Morgan was last seen sitting in an armchair just outside the front door of her residence in the 2800 block of 17th Avenue South in St. Petersburg. Florida at 12:20 a.m. on July 25, 2012. She was talking to 24-year-old Jacobee Rashaude Flowers, whom she claimed was the father of her unborn child. She said she planned to give him the results of an ultrasound of her pregnancy.
One witness saw a white car parked in the house's driveway, but didn't see Morgan approach the vehicle. She apparently never came back inside and has never been heard from again. She left behind her purse, the sonogram picture of the baby and other belongings; only her phone disappeared with her.
Police characterized Morgan's disappearance as "ominous" due to her pregnancy, the fact she left everything behind, and the fact that it's completely out of character for her to leave without warning. She routinely called her mother several times a day. She did run away once when she was fifteen, went to a friend's house and called a relative from there; she was back home within a day.
Morgan normally spoke to her mother every day. She was also a prolific user of social media; all the activity on her accounts stopped after her disappearance. She had a job at a Checkers restaurant, and she left behind her paycheck. She was reportedly excited about her pregnancy and upcoming motherhood, and her family had accepted the situation.
In June 2016, almost four years after Morgan's disappearance, Flowers was indicted for first-murder in her case. He was already in custody on unrelated charges of fleeing and eluding a law enforcement officer at the time of the indictment, and was due to be released on July 1.
A photo of Flowers is posted with this case summary. He had told police he knew Morgan but said he hadn't seen her for months before her disappearance. He denied that he was her unborn baby's father or that they had ever had sex; he said online messages between them discussing her pregnancy were only "playing make believe."
Investigators stated Flowers didn't want Morgan to have the baby because he was already supporting three children, and she threatened to report him for statutory rape unless he admitted paternity and paid child support for her daughter. They also said Flowers's alibi for the night of Morgan's disappearance had numerous inconsistencies.
Flowers is awaiting trial for the homicide. Morgan's body has never been found, but foul play is suspected due to the circumstances involved.
Updated April 2022
Details of Disappearance
Morgan was last seen sitting in an armchair just outside the front door of her residence in the 2800 block of 17th Avenue South in St. Petersburg. Florida at 12:20 a.m. on July 25, 2012. She was talking to 24-year-old Jacobee Rashaude Flowers, whom she claimed was the father of her unborn child. She said she planned to give him the results of an ultrasound of her pregnancy.
One witness saw a white car parked in the house's driveway, but didn't see Morgan approach the vehicle. She apparently never came back inside and has never been heard from again. She left behind her purse, the sonogram picture of the baby and other belongings; only her phone disappeared with her.
Police characterized Morgan's disappearance as "ominous" due to her pregnancy, the fact she left everything behind, and the fact that it's completely out of character for her to leave without warning. She routinely called her mother several times a day. She did run away once when she was fifteen, went to a friend's house and called a relative from there; she was back home within a day.
Morgan normally spoke to her mother every day. She was also a prolific user of social media; all the activity on her accounts stopped after her disappearance. She had a job at a Checkers restaurant, and she left behind her paycheck. She was reportedly excited about her pregnancy and upcoming motherhood, and her family had accepted the situation.
In June 2016, almost four years after Morgan's disappearance, Flowers was indicted for first-murder in her case. He was already in custody on unrelated charges of fleeing and eluding a law enforcement officer at the time of the indictment, and was due to be released on July 1.
A photo of Flowers is posted with this case summary. He had told police he knew Morgan but said he hadn't seen her for months before her disappearance. He denied that he was her unborn baby's father or that they had ever had sex; he said online messages between them discussing her pregnancy were only "playing make believe."
Investigators stated Flowers didn't want Morgan to have the baby because he was already supporting three children, and she threatened to report him for statutory rape unless he admitted paternity and paid child support for her daughter. They also said Flowers's alibi for the night of Morgan's disappearance had numerous inconsistencies.
Flowers is awaiting trial for the homicide. Morgan's body has never been found, but foul play is suspected due to the circumstances involved.
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Pinellas Co mom wants justice for daughter she last saw leaving to visit baby’s dad | WFLA
Pinellas Co mom wants justice for daughter she last saw leaving to visit baby’s dad
Updated: Apr 14, 2022 / 08:09 AM EDT
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) – It’s been 10 years since Morgan Martin disappeared.
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Her mother admits she was torn when she heard about the plea deal.
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“That’s the part. I just wanted her home. I don’t, whatever he does, he does, the 40 years will be great,” Leah Martin said.
Pinellas Co mom wants justice for daughter she last saw leaving to visit baby’s dad
Updated: Apr 14, 2022 / 08:09 AM EDT
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) – It’s been 10 years since Morgan Martin disappeared.
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Her mother admits she was torn when she heard about the plea deal.
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“That’s the part. I just wanted her home. I don’t, whatever he does, he does, the 40 years will be great,” Leah Martin said.
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ORDER AUTHORIZING THE DEFENSE TO INCUR COSTS FOR ARSON EXPERT
https://ccmspa.pinellascounty.org/PublicAccess/default.aspx
STATE OF FLORIDA vs. FLOWERS, JACOBEE RASHAUDE
OTHER EVENTS AND HEARINGS
04/28/2022 SENTENCING (1:30 PM) (Judicial Officer LEY, NANCY MOATE)
BRING
04/14/2022 ORDER Doc # 500
AUTHORIZING THE DEFENSE TO INCUR COSTS FOR ARSON EXPERT
https://ccmspa.pinellascounty.org/PublicAccess/default.aspx
STATE OF FLORIDA vs. FLOWERS, JACOBEE RASHAUDE
OTHER EVENTS AND HEARINGS
04/28/2022 SENTENCING (1:30 PM) (Judicial Officer LEY, NANCY MOATE)
BRING
04/14/2022 ORDER Doc # 500
AUTHORIZING THE DEFENSE TO INCUR COSTS FOR ARSON EXPERT
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Mother of missing St. Pete teen to face daughter’s killer in court, hopes he leads officials to her body
Mother of missing St. Pete teen to face daughter’s killer in court, hopes he leads officials to her body
April 13, 2022 10:30PM
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A lieutenant told FOX 13 that Flowers was on video chat from jail when he led them to the area but says certain details just didn't add up like how Flowers described the soil in the area as soft dirt when it was really thick clay.
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Flowers has till Friday to give up the location of Martin's body to investigators or else he'll be handed down a 40-year sentence. His sentencing is scheduled for April 28, which is when Leah Martin will address her daughter's killer face-to-face for the first time in court.
Mother of missing St. Pete teen to face daughter’s killer in court, hopes he leads officials to her body
April 13, 2022 10:30PM
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A lieutenant told FOX 13 that Flowers was on video chat from jail when he led them to the area but says certain details just didn't add up like how Flowers described the soil in the area as soft dirt when it was really thick clay.
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Flowers has till Friday to give up the location of Martin's body to investigators or else he'll be handed down a 40-year sentence. His sentencing is scheduled for April 28, which is when Leah Martin will address her daughter's killer face-to-face for the first time in court.
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Suspect in killing of missing St. Pete teen set to be sentenced today
Suspect in killing of missing St. Pete teen set to be sentenced today
April 28, 2022
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Flowers is scheduled to be sentenced today at 1:30 p.m. in Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Court. He faces 25 years in prison if Martin’s body is found and 40 years if she is not located.
So far, there have been no reports that authorities have located Martin’s body, even after law enforcement transported Flowers to Alabama to guide them in their search. Prosecutors on Wednesday declined to discuss further details surrounding the search, citing the ongoing investigation.
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Suspect in killing of missing St. Pete teen set to be sentenced today
April 28, 2022
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Flowers is scheduled to be sentenced today at 1:30 p.m. in Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Court. He faces 25 years in prison if Martin’s body is found and 40 years if she is not located.
So far, there have been no reports that authorities have located Martin’s body, even after law enforcement transported Flowers to Alabama to guide them in their search. Prosecutors on Wednesday declined to discuss further details surrounding the search, citing the ongoing investigation.
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Jacobee Flowers sentenced to 40 years for Morgan Martin's murder | wtsp.com
Man who killed missing St. Pete teen a decade ago sentenced to 40 years in prison
April 28, 2022
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Jacobee Flowers, the man who killed St. Petersburg teen Morgan Martin in 2012, was sentenced Thursday to 40 years in prison by a judge in Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Court.
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Man who killed missing St. Pete teen a decade ago sentenced to 40 years in prison
April 28, 2022
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Jacobee Flowers, the man who killed St. Petersburg teen Morgan Martin in 2012, was sentenced Thursday to 40 years in prison by a judge in Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Court.
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https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-pinellas/flowers-sentenced-to-40-years-for-killing-pregnant-teen-in-2012
Flowers sentenced to 40 years for killing pregnant teen in 2012
Apr 28, 2022
PINELLAS COUNTY — When given a chance to face her pregnant daughter’s killer in court, Leah Martin didn’t hold back.
“I really hope that every bit of you died inside," she said. "I hope Satan sucks your whole soul out. I hope that every day that you sleep you have to see her. Do you understand me? I hope you see her face. And the child you killed. You didn’t only kill my child, you killed your own."
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Flowers told police where the body was buried in Alabama, even going with them during their search.
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ABC video includes some of the sentencing testimony:
https://x-default-stgec.uplynk.com/...c0a1e4/fbc5e760725c4ca8a187892357c0a1e4_e.mp4
https://ccmspa.pinellascounty.org/PublicAccess/default.aspx
STATE OF FLORIDA vs. FLOWERS, JACOBEE RASHAUDE
04/27/2022 ORDER GRANTING Doc # 501
TEMPORARY RELEASE FROM PINELLAS COUNTY JAIL
Flowers sentenced to 40 years for killing pregnant teen in 2012
Apr 28, 2022
PINELLAS COUNTY — When given a chance to face her pregnant daughter’s killer in court, Leah Martin didn’t hold back.
“I really hope that every bit of you died inside," she said. "I hope Satan sucks your whole soul out. I hope that every day that you sleep you have to see her. Do you understand me? I hope you see her face. And the child you killed. You didn’t only kill my child, you killed your own."
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Flowers told police where the body was buried in Alabama, even going with them during their search.
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ABC video includes some of the sentencing testimony:
https://x-default-stgec.uplynk.com/...c0a1e4/fbc5e760725c4ca8a187892357c0a1e4_e.mp4
https://ccmspa.pinellascounty.org/PublicAccess/default.aspx
STATE OF FLORIDA vs. FLOWERS, JACOBEE RASHAUDE
04/27/2022 ORDER GRANTING Doc # 501
TEMPORARY RELEASE FROM PINELLAS COUNTY JAIL
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Here are the 9 missing, endangered children in Florida, according to FDLE
In Florida, there are nine missing and endangered children that have never been found, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's website.
Morgan Martin (Photo via FDLE)
Morgan Martin
- Missing Since: 7/25/2012
- Missing From: St. Petersburg
- Age Missing: 17
- Age Now: 28
- Sex: Female
- Race: White-Hispanic
Morgan Martin's tattoo (Photo via FDLE)
Morgan was last seen in the 2800 block of 17th Avenue South in St. Peterburg. She was last seen wearing a hot pink hooded jacket with fur around the collar, gray sweatpants, and pink fuzzy slippers.
Authorities said she has a tattoo in Spanish on her right hip. She also has a large scar on her right foot and a scar on the left side of her chin under her lip.