GUILTY ID - Taryn Summers, 8, sibs Tristan Sexton 17 (MISSING 10/1) & Taylor 14, safe, 15 Apr 2021 *arrest

[steeltowngirl]

CS was initially arrested on murder charges which were later dropped. She's been bound over for trial on lesser charges so that still leaves the question of who murdered this precious child?

This case is already making me queasy. Taryn looks so much like one of my own grandkids. Who stuffs a child in a garbage bag?

MassGuy is right in his tagline. The real monsters in this world are not the ones under the bed.

 

[steeltowngirl]

We may not know how Taryn died, but she ended up in Connie Smith’s car in a trash bag. And she degraded Taryn with the story of why she cut out the rug.

I count Connie Smith among the PYSIH.

An ISP trooper found the keys to the Lexus hiding above the kitchen cabinets of Smith’s home. Detectives then opened the backdoors of the Lexus when they found a trash bag. Inside the bag, troopers discovered the body of a child that DNA tests later confirmed was Taryn.

“I saw … the profile of what I thought looked like a young child’s face. It had light hair and the complexion of the skin was very pale and the lips, what seemed to me, were blueish in color. I immediately thought that it was the body of Taryn Summers,” a trooper testified.

Prosecutors also believed the Lexus was not actually broken down the day Taryn disappeared because a daycare worker testified Smith dropped off kids in the black car. Prosecutors allege Smith tried to hinder investigators from finding Taryn’s body by placing the keys in a hard-to-find place above the kitchen cabinets.

The preliminary hearing also touched on a piece of carpet cut from Taryn’s room. According to investigators, Smith said Taryn had defecated on the carpet and with the carpet cleaner broken, she thought to cut it out. Smith then said she burned the carpet in a burn pile outside.

Court testimony reveals new details about finding 8-year-old's body in trash bag - East Idaho News

 

[steeltowngirl]

Could homicide charges come back for CS, perhaps pending a grand jury decision? Or once dropped, are they gone for good?

 

[Seattle1]

Could homicide charges come back for CS, perhaps pending a grand jury decision? Or once dropped, are they gone for good?

CS was arraigned following a prelim hearing so I don't see murder charges brought back. We didn't hear much from the coroner in the way of facts or her cause of death so I think the autopsy will probably be revealing.

 

[155etta]

Teacher, detectives testify at hearing for woman facing charges in granddaughter's death - East Idaho News

 

[iamnotagolem]

McIntosh testified in court that he responded to the report of a runaway at Connie Smith’s property in Emmett on April 12. He said that she told him that she had entered Taryn’s room about 4 p.m. that day to offer her snacks before leaving to offer food to the other children in her home.

In his testimony, McIntosh said that Smith had told him she had custody of Taryn, and had “adopted her, or something like that.” In a probable cause affidavit, signed by McIntosh and obtained in April by the Statesman, Smith is identified as the grandmother of “TS,” who was found inside the Lexus.

Smith told McIntosh she returned to Taryn’s room around 5 p.m. and found her absent. The girl was reported as a runaway around 7 p.m., McIntosh said.

During his testimony, McIntosh added that Connie Smith told him Taryn Summers had, at some point, defecated on the carpet in her room. Unable to clean it up, Smith said she had cut out the carpeting and burned it in her backyard, he said. She also said she could not find the keys to the Lexus, which was parked out front.

After extensive search efforts in the neighborhood to locate Taryn over multiple days, on April 15 a patrol sergeant with the state police located an assortment of keys that were on top of a cabinet next to the kitchen sink in Smith’s home, according to his testimony. One of the keys opened the Lexus.

Teacher, detectives testify at hearing for woman facing charges in granddaughter's death - East Idaho News

 

[JerseyGirl]

Brother of Idaho girl found dead in grandma’s car reported missing again - East Idaho News

The Idaho Missing Person’s Clearinghouse reports 17-year-old Tristian Conner Sexton was last seen on Oct. 1 in Twin Falls. Sexton is the older brother of 8-year-old Taryn Summers, who investigators found dead in Gem County back in April.

According to Tristian’s missing person report, the teen was supposed to be on a bus for a football game but he left in an unknown car. Officials say it’s not clear where Tristian would have gone.

Taryn is not the only sibling of Tristian to tragically die this year. KTVB reported in July that 15-year-old Taylor Summers drowned during a swimming incident in the Snake River.

Tristian was last reported seen wearing blue jeans and a Lighthouse Christian School blue football jersey. He is described as 5’10” and 180 lbs.

 

[modesty blaise]

My goodness these poor kids.
I hope this young man was getting some therapy.

 

[iamnotagolem]

October 1? It’s been 20 days since he was last seen? These poor kiddos.

 

[steeltowngirl]

/ Juvenile Records / TRISTAN SEXTON

IDAHO MISSING PERSONS
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TRISTAN CONNER SEXTON
Last Contact: 10/01/2021 (age 17)

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BOWL CUT LONG ON TOP HAIR, LAST SEEN WEARING A BASEBALL HAT, BLACK SHIRT, LIGHTHOUSE SCHOOL FOOTBALL JERSEY, BLUE JEANS, AND CHECKER VANS SHOES. WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON A BUS FOR A FOOTBALL GAME, BUT LEFT IN AN UNKNOWN CAR, UNKNOWN WHERE HE MIGHT GO
If you have any information concerning TRISTAN please contact TWIN FALLS PD @ (208)735-4357

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[kelsie]

How did I miss that Taylor drowned... I cannot believe all that Tristan has had to endure

 

[cvaldez1975]

Brother of Idaho girl found dead in grandma’s car reported missing again - East Idaho News

The Idaho Missing Person’s Clearinghouse reports 17-year-old Tristian Conner Sexton was last seen on Oct. 1 in Twin Falls. Sexton is the older brother of 8-year-old Taryn Summers, who investigators found dead in Gem County back in April.

According to Tristian’s missing person report, the teen was supposed to be on a bus for a football game but he left in an unknown car. Officials say it’s not clear where Tristian would have gone.

Taryn is not the only sibling of Tristian to tragically die this year. KTVB reported in July that 15-year-old Taylor Summers drowned during a swimming incident in the Snake River.

Tristian was last reported seen wearing blue jeans and a Lighthouse Christian School blue football jersey. He is described as 5’10” and 180 lbs.

jesus...... this poor kid.

 

[Allynator]

How did I miss that Taylor drowned... I cannot believe all that Tristan has had to endure

Same here. So much sadness

 

[Lusitana]

What the heck is going on? Who is supposed to have custody or be responsible for this boy? Lighthouse Christian School can't be cheap, who's paying the bill? I really hope Tristan and the other surviving child get some help and peace. Poor kids.

 

[bykerladi]

These poor kids have been tortured to death. Both girls now dead. Tristan is probably in fear for his life.

 

[steeltowngirl]

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[GuyfromCanada]

EMMETT, Idaho — The grandmother of a Gem County girl reported missing in April 2021 and later found dead has pleaded guilty to two felony counts related to the death of eight-year-old Taryn Summers.

On Wednesday, Connie Ann Smith, 54, of Emmett entered guilty pleas to felony injury to a child and felony failure to report a death, Gem County Prosecuting Attorney Erick Thomson announced Wednesday.

Grandmother of Taryn Summers pleads guilty to two felonies | ktvb.com

 

[steeltowngirl]

EMMETT, Idaho — The grandmother of a Gem County girl reported missing in April 2021 and later found dead has pleaded guilty to two felony counts related to the death of eight-year-old Taryn Summers.

On Wednesday, Connie Ann Smith, 54, of Emmett entered guilty pleas to felony injury to a child and felony failure to report a death, Gem County Prosecuting Attorney Erick Thomson announced Wednesday.

Grandmother of Taryn Summers pleads guilty to two felonies | ktvb.com

Some justice, I suppose.
We still don’t know who murdered Taryn.

 

[iamnotagolem]

Is Tristan still missing?

 

[PommyMommy]

FEB 16, 2022
Smith pleads guilty to two charges in death of Taryn Summers | Local News | idahopress.com

• Smith faces up to twenty years confinement for the charges.
• At a Jan. 28, 2022 hearing it was agreed upon by the prosecution and defense to try the criminal mediation process before proceeding further.
• Wednesday's plea change came as a result of that mediation.
• An official cause of death for Taryn has yet to be released.
• Smith’s sentencing is scheduled for April 8, 2022 at 9:00 a.m.
• She remains in custody; her bond remains $800,000.

Emmett woman pleads guilty to 2 felonies, but granddaughter's death a mystery - East Idaho News

• The week of Feb. 6, prosecutors and Smith entered criminal mediation ahead of a scheduled trial in March.
• Two siblings of Taryn’s were reported as runaways in 2020, and the Sheriff’s Office has said that law enforcement and family members have since made contact with them.