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Hmmm. This agency needs to be called out and their dirty laundry aired at some point. I for one am NOT going to forget that or shut up about it.DA blocks release of CPS reports in West case
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Kern County Department of Human Services won’t release reports pertaining to California City boys Orrin and Orson West after prosecutors said their release …
by: Jason Kotowski
Posted: Mar 22, 2023 / 05:32 PM PDT
Updated: Mar 22, 2023 / 07:51 PM PDT
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Kern County Department of Human Services won’t release reports pertaining to California City boys Orrin and Orson West after prosecutors said their release could jeopardize criminal proceedings against the boys’ adoptive parents.
DHS senior paralegal Etta Sharp late Wednesday afternoon provided two one-page forms sent to the state Department of Social Services after law enforcement determined the boys died from abuse but said no further information would be released. The forms — one issued for each child — were completed July 12 and say the date of the boys’ deaths is unknown.
“Our agency received a communication (from the DA’s office) that indicated release of any emergency response referral information, any cross reports completed by the agency, risk and safety assessments, copies of any police reports, or any description of the services provided would jeopardize an ongoing criminal proceeding,” Sharp wrote.
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Earlier Wednesday, a Kern County judge found that reports generated from any prior contacts the Wests had with Child Protective Services were not subject to a gag order issued in the case.
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Among the charges against the Wests is an allegation they induced a minor to assist in committing a crime, suggesting at least one of the Wests’ other children witnessed what happened and will be called to testify. Prosecutors have not said how the boys died, but said they were killed three months before they were reported missing.
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Defense saying whatever happened. Yeah, ask your clients what they did with their bodies. Just sayin'..‘This is about as heavy as it gets’: Attorneys question potential jurors in West case
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — There will be no closure at the end of the trial of Trezell and Jacqueline West, defense attorney Timothy Hennessy told potential jurors. He told them to forget a…
by: Jason Kotowski
Posted: Mar 23, 2023 / 05:26 PM PDT
Updated: Mar 23, 2023 / 05:30 PM PDT
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — There will be no closure at the end of the trial of Trezell and Jacqueline West, defense attorney Timothy Hennessy told potential jurors.
He told them to forget about a storybook ending. Not all questions will be answered.
The bottom line, he said, is whatever happened to Orrin and Orson West — the adopted children of Trezell and Jacqueline — is a tragedy. The boys have been missing more than two years and the prosecution alleges they were killed by their adoptive parents.
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This case we really don't know what they have for evidence to my knowledge as it has been very quiet. Hoping they put them away for life with a solid case.Preview of West boys' murder trial
Bakersfield, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) —More than two years after two toddlers were reported missing in california city and a year after the district attorney charged
by David Kaplan
Tue, March 28th 2023, 3:51 AM EDT
Bakersfield, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — More than two years after two toddlers were reported missing in California City and a year after the district attorney charged the adoptive parents with murder, the trial for Trezell and Jacqueline west is starting tuesday.
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After calling and searching for the boys the couple says they called the California City Police Department. Police searched for the boys while the California City community looked too. A few months later the Bakersfield Police Department took over the case.
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In March 2022, Kern County District attorney Cynthia Zimmer announced what the district attorney's office investigation revealed.
"This morning I am saddened to announce that the investigation has revealed that Orrin and Orson West are deceased," DA Zimmer said.
She said the investigation revealed they died three months before their adoptive parents reported them missing.
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Trezell and Jacqueline moved from Bakersfield to California City three months prior to reporting the boys missing.
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Opening statements start at the Kern County courthouse Tuesday morning at 9. The closing arguments are scheduled for June 1st, jury deliberations June 2nd.
It never crossed my mind that the boys may have been killed in separate cities. How were they planning on covering the first murder, pray tell?Murder case against Cal City boys' adoptive parents to hinge on testimony from defendants’ other children
Key details came to light Tuesday in the case of two missing California City toddlers as a prosecutor said in opening arguments that one of the toddlers died in Bakersfieldwww.bakersfield.com
Key details came to light Tuesday in the case of two missing California City toddlers as a prosecutor said in opening arguments that one of the toddlers died in Bakersfield and the other was killed after living for barely four days in eastern Kern County.
- By ISHANI DESAI idesai@bakersfield.com
- 20 hrs ago
Chief Trial Deputy Eric Smith said Tuesday building the prosecution’s case hinges on the Wests’ other children divulging information about their brothers dying. One child said Orrin died September 2020 in Bakersfield — the adoptive parents lived in the city before moving to eastern Kern — after turning a pale color and vomiting, according to Smith.
The same child heard a thud one September 2020 night in California City in Orrin’s room, then never saw Orrin again, Smith said. The Wests have two biological children and two adopted children aside from Orrin and Orson.
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Multiple people reported never having seen either child with the Wests — even Jacqueline West’s own mother had never heard of Orrin and Orson, Smith added.
Defense attorney Hennessy said improper techniques were practiced when questioning children, and that the same was true when California City police officers interviewed Jacqueline West. He showed a picture for jurors to see of a police officer touching Jacqueline’s thigh.
Torres Stallings probed what may have appeared to be numerous missteps by California City police officers on Dec. 21, 2020, when they went to the home of Trezell and Jacqueline West as part of an initial investigation into the report of missing children.
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"Mis-steps" detailed at link. ~Summer
So here comes some info we didn't know. It could be guessed one or more of the other children gave info as one of the charges is something like involving a child in the crime or cover up. So they died days apart... This also means they could have well been disposed of of course at different times and in different places or the same place at different times...Murder case against Cal City boys' adoptive parents to hinge on testimony from defendants’ other children
Key details came to light Tuesday in the case of two missing California City toddlers as a prosecutor said in opening arguments that one of the toddlers died in Bakersfield
Key details came to light Tuesday in the case of two missing California City toddlers as a prosecutor said in opening arguments that one of the toddlers died in Bakersfield and the other was killed after living for barely four days in eastern Kern County.
- By ISHANI DESAI idesai@bakersfield.com
- 20 hrs ago
Chief Trial Deputy Eric Smith said Tuesday building the prosecution’s case hinges on the Wests’ other children divulging information about their brothers dying. One child said Orrin died September 2020 in Bakersfield — the adoptive parents lived in the city before moving to eastern Kern — after turning a pale color and vomiting, according to Smith.
The same child heard a thud one September 2020 night in California City in Orrin’s room, then never saw Orrin again, Smith said. The Wests have two biological children and two adopted children aside from Orrin and Orson.
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Multiple people reported never having seen either child with the Wests — even Jacqueline West’s own mother had never heard of Orrin and Orson, Smith added.
Defense attorney Hennessy said improper techniques were practiced when questioning children, and that the same was true when California City police officers interviewed Jacqueline West. He showed a picture for jurors to see of a police officer touching Jacqueline’s thigh.
Torres Stallings probed what may have appeared to be numerous missteps by California City police officers on Dec. 21, 2020, when they went to the home of Trezell and Jacqueline West as part of an initial investigation into the report of missing children.
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"Mis-steps" detailed at link. ~Summer
I don’t remember hearing much about the mother at all. I just remember hearing a lot of angst coming from the boys’ bio family.
Oh yeah, both mothers. People camped outside his parents' place AND harassed them over the top actually.
Typical defense sn*w. Imo. And sn*w a juror can see through.Defense attorney attacks officer’s police report about missing Cal City boys investigation
With sharp questions about information missing from a key police report, a defense attorney sowed doubt Thursday about a California City police officer’s investigation of the December 2020 disappearance of
With sharp questions about information missing from a key police report, a defense attorney sowed doubt Thursday about a California City police officer’s investigation of the December 2020 disappearance of two toddlers.
- By ISHANI DESAI idesai@bakersfield.com
- 9 hrs ago
Attorney Alekxia Torres Stallings, representing the toddlers’ adoptive mother, Jacqueline West, worked to poke holes in California City Police Officer Brian Hansen’s police report documenting his investigation on Dec. 21, 2020, the day West and her husband, Trezell West, reported that Orrin West, 4, and his brother Orson, 3, were missing.
Hansen testified previously that he drove around the Wests’ neighborhood in California City on Dec. 21, 2020 to see if other residences had video cameras affixed to their houses. This footage could help to corroborate Trezell West’s statements about relating to actions taken after the boys went missing.
Torres Stallings asked Hansen about a home on Harvard Street that Hansen testified he visited to watch footage under direct examination by Prosecutor Eric Smith. Hansen said he never divulged this information raised in his prior testimony, including on March 9.
Hansen had maintained there were two houses with video cameras to review, according to testimony. But, Hansen testified, there are actually three videos.
“So were you lying to court on March 9, 2023 or are you lying to the jury now?” Torres Stallings asked.
“Neither,” Hansen responded.
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Additional details at link. ~Summer
That’s exactly what I was thinking. That kind of tactic can backfire.
Definitely. And let's hope it does. if I were a juror, it would because it's obvious imo.
