12-07-2011, 11:05 AM
Tucson Citizen
The attorney for the mother of a missing Glendale girl says his client won’t submit to a polygraph exam until police provide more details about the case against her.
Scottsdale-based attorney Scott Maasen
said he has repeatedly called Glendale police to request information about their investigation of Jerice Hunter 
and has received no calls back.
Police have said Hunter is their “No. 1 focus” in their search for Hunter’s daughter, Jhessye Shockley, who was reported missing on Oct. 11. They have said they do not expect to find the 5-year-old alive.
Maasen said he has sought reports on the case, as well as an inventory of what was recovered during a Nov. 21 search of Hunter’s apartment. A partial copy of the search warrant was made public on Monday.
“At this point, the (polygraph) is certainly on hold,” Maasen said. “It would be careless for me to even say that’s a good idea or a bad idea when we don’t have any records on the case. We need to have the records and to understand the nature of the investigation.”
A Glendale police spokesman said Tuesday he would not comment on Maasen’s allegations.
The attorney for the mother of a missing Glendale girl says his client won’t submit to a polygraph exam until police provide more details about the case against her.
Scottsdale-based attorney Scott Maasen
said he has repeatedly called Glendale police to request information about their investigation of Jerice Hunter and has received no calls back.Police have said Hunter is their “No. 1 focus” in their search for Hunter’s daughter, Jhessye Shockley, who was reported missing on Oct. 11. They have said they do not expect to find the 5-year-old alive.
Maasen said he has sought reports on the case, as well as an inventory of what was recovered during a Nov. 21 search of Hunter’s apartment. A partial copy of the search warrant was made public on Monday.
“At this point, the (polygraph) is certainly on hold,” Maasen said. “It would be careless for me to even say that’s a good idea or a bad idea when we don’t have any records on the case. We need to have the records and to understand the nature of the investigation.”
A Glendale police spokesman said Tuesday he would not comment on Maasen’s allegations.