How awful - thank you for finding this and I’m so sorry for her familyRemains of pregnant New Bedford teenager found in Florida
MASHPEE, Mass. — A deceased body presumed to be that of a missing 18-year-old Massachusetts teenager was found Wednesday afternoon outside of Vero Beach, Florida, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III said.
Authorities said the presumed remains of 18-year-old Jalajhia Finklea of Mashpee were found around noon Wednesday in Fellsmere, located northwest of Vero Beach.
She was five months pregnant when she left her mother's home the day before her 18th birthday.
"Although the deceased is presumed to be Ms. Finklea, a positive identification has yet to be made," the district attorney's office said. "An autopsy will be conducted in Florida to positively identify the deceased and to determine cause and manner of death, which is believed to be homicide."
The presumed remains of Finklea were found approximately 500 miles away from where 37-year-old Luis Zaragoza, wanted in connection with the disappearance of Finklea, died.
This is so disturbing - I need to read more to understand the necessity of a two day medical procedure - I’m doubtful this will have a good outcome
JMO
what does that mean?My lord this is all SO SUS.
I predict her aunt eventually is charged with child endangerment of some sort. JMO
Family has set up a G**.
I meant that it’s sketchy. Her aunt, an adult, dates a man, an adult. He still has access to this CHILD years later. Sketch.wh
what does that mean?
I have most of the screenshots!Wish I took screenshots from his Twitter when he was going on his tweet sprees.
We can share them here right?I have most of the screenshots!
Oh this breaks my heart......Missing Massachusetts Teen Found in Florida Was Shot to Death, Authorities Say
Official identification and homocide as shot to death
I completely agree with your point. I sometimes think it's my imagination that they receive less attention but I guess not. That being said, I was pleased with the attention that was ultimately focused on the case of 15 year old NB who was missing from the Belmont MA area earlier this month. She got a front page mention on Boston.com and five LE units worked to bring her home. Let's hope that's the start of a better approach by our society.Before she was found, Finklea was the fifth missing woman of color in Massachusetts reported to the foundation's website, joining the unsolved disappearances of Lisa Lvette Hall, Rosa Ramos, Savannah Whitney Canada and Jennifer Kabura Mbugua. Another Native American woman, Mykilee Driver, who lived in Mashpee for about eight years, went missing in November during a visit with her mother in Portland, Oregon, and has yet to be found.
Missing persons: Blacks, Native Americans get less media coverage
Laylays story goes beyond her just being a bipoc I feel. I think her age made it all a grey area for some people and they couldn’t decide how serious to take the problem until it was way way too late. I really hope that we eventually can get a more detailed look at what really happened. I want to know how and when they started tracking him etc. What they think the timeline was.Before she was found, Finklea was the fifth missing woman of color in Massachusetts reported to the foundation's website, joining the unsolved disappearances of Lisa Lvette Hall, Rosa Ramos, Savannah Whitney Canada and Jennifer Kabura Mbugua. Another Native American woman, Mykilee Driver, who lived in Mashpee for about eight years, went missing in November during a visit with her mother in Portland, Oregon, and has yet to be found.
Missing persons: Blacks, Native Americans get less media coverage