Louis Ross, 38, and Jennifer Campbell, 33, foster parents of missing five-year old boy, Hasanni Campbell, who suffers from cerebral palsy, have been arrested today on suspicion of homicide and charges related to homicide. The police were conducting a search of their property. I think we all saw an arrest coming because it was literally unbelievable that this child could disappear from a crowded area without being seen by anyone.
Ross is being held on suspicion of murder, while Campbell is being held on charges related to homicide. This precious little boy was reported missing Aug. 10 after Ross said he vanished at the rear door of a Rockridge neighborhood shoe store in Oakland, California, where Campbell worked.
The couple was the prime suspects in this case from the start. Investigators scoured their Fremont home with dogs two days after Hasanni vanished, questioning both parents. Campbell is Hasanni's aunt and Ross' fiancee. Ross also was given a polygraph examination; Campbell, who is more than six months pregnant, refused to take one, saying that she feared it might harm her fetus.
Here's a hitch, which I am sure raised an enormous red flag to the investigators: court documents showed Ross sent Campbell an angry text message 10 days before Hasanni vanished, threatening to leave the boy alone on a BART platform. Ross has described the message as part of a dispute with his fiancee that quickly passed. Right and a tree grows on the moon. I recall seeing Mr. Ross on the Nancy Grace Show a few weeks ago and I found his story to be suspicious. He claims the area was a crowded one, so I cannot see how this little boy could disappear without anyone seeing this unfold. The bottom line is that child was never at the back of the store as his foster father claimed. The sad reality is that this little boy was failed by his biological parents and now his foster parents.
Photo credit: Jennifer Campbell & Louis Ross (Photo: Lea Suzuki / The Chronicle)
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