A juvenile court confirmed on Wednesday that it declined the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services’ request to remove a 4-year-old girl from her mother’s custody almost a year before her death. Shelby County Juvenile Court told WATN that the agency filed a neglect petition regarding Sequoia Samuels in February 2022, but it dismissed it in …
Tennessee’s Department of Children Services was reportedly involved with a 4-year-old girl before she was found dead last Tuesday. Sequoia Samuels’ mother, Brittany Jackson, allegedly admitted that her daughter died weeks before she and her live-in boyfriend, Jaylon Hobson, reported her missing. Memphis police found Samuels in a garbage container outside her home — and …
The mother of a 4-year-old Tennessee girl whose remains were discovered late Thursday night allegedly told police that her daughter had been dead for weeks before she reported her missing. According to WREG, Brittany Jackson originally told Memphis police that she realized Sequoia Samuels was missing after getting text messages from her aunt about the …
