01-26-2012, 06:46 PM
a daunting task. any findings will be microscopic. very difficult. but i believe these police want something to take this 'mother' to trial.
AZCentral
Glendale police will start searching a landfill south of the Valley for Jhessye Shockley's body on Feb. 6.
Five-year-old Jhessye was reported missing Oct. 11. Weeks later, police said they did not expect to find the girl alive and said the girl's mother, Jerice Hunter, was their primary focus in their investigation of Jhessye's disappearance.
Police suspect Jhessye's body was dumped in a Tempe trash bin, miles from her Glendale home, and taken from there to the Butterfield Station Landfill in Mobile.
More than 40 officers, detectives, FBI staffers and others will be working on the search daily. Forensic experts from Glendale, Maricopa County and the FBI, as well as Glendale paramedics, will also be on hand.
Police are set to search an area that's about 180 feet by 200 feet and more than 20 feet deep - the equivalent of a day's waste.
That's about 6,000 tons of compressed trash, according to police.
It will take more four to six weeks to sift through that amount of trash, though police hope to find Jhessye's body sooner than that, said Officer Tracey Breeden, a Glendale police spokeswoman.
"We want and hope for a quick resolution but we're planning for an extensive search operation that could last a number of weeks," she said.
Breeden said police identified the spot after determining the specific day they believe Jhessye's body would have been disposed and working closely with landfill workers.
The area had been covered with a layer of dirt before police pinpointed it as their possible search area. No additional trash has been added for weeks, the police spokeswoman said.
Experts say the search will be taxing.
AZCentral
Glendale police will start searching a landfill south of the Valley for Jhessye Shockley's body on Feb. 6.
Five-year-old Jhessye was reported missing Oct. 11. Weeks later, police said they did not expect to find the girl alive and said the girl's mother, Jerice Hunter, was their primary focus in their investigation of Jhessye's disappearance.
Police suspect Jhessye's body was dumped in a Tempe trash bin, miles from her Glendale home, and taken from there to the Butterfield Station Landfill in Mobile.
More than 40 officers, detectives, FBI staffers and others will be working on the search daily. Forensic experts from Glendale, Maricopa County and the FBI, as well as Glendale paramedics, will also be on hand.
Police are set to search an area that's about 180 feet by 200 feet and more than 20 feet deep - the equivalent of a day's waste.
That's about 6,000 tons of compressed trash, according to police.
It will take more four to six weeks to sift through that amount of trash, though police hope to find Jhessye's body sooner than that, said Officer Tracey Breeden, a Glendale police spokeswoman.
"We want and hope for a quick resolution but we're planning for an extensive search operation that could last a number of weeks," she said.
Breeden said police identified the spot after determining the specific day they believe Jhessye's body would have been disposed and working closely with landfill workers.
The area had been covered with a layer of dirt before police pinpointed it as their possible search area. No additional trash has been added for weeks, the police spokeswoman said.
Experts say the search will be taxing.