News:Woman kills her father and 6 year old daughter then hides their bodies

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A 25-year-old mom allegedly murdered her own father
and her daughter, hid their remains in a neighbor's shed,
then made up a story about them running off to Georgia.
Cheyanne Jessie killed her 50-year-old father Mark
Weekly and her 6-year-old daughter Meredith, then
waited more than a week before reporting them missing,
detectives say.

The pair's remains were found in plastic boxes on a
neighbor's property in Lakeland, Florida, late Saturday
night, some 200 yards from Weekly's home.

Investigators claim she killed Meredith because she was
getting in the way of her relationship with a new
boyfriend. It is not clear why she would have killed her
father as well.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said the bodies were
found after officers smelled the stench of death. Both
were said to have stab wounds and gunshot wounds.

Officials said the two were last seen on July 18, though
Jessie did not report them missing until this Saturday.
Jessie's story seemed suspicious from the start.

First, Cheyanne allegedly told police on Saturday that
Mark Weekly absconded to Georgia with his
granddaughter, Meredith Jessie. A text from Weekly’s
phone said he had a year left to live and wanted to spend
his remaining time with his granddaughter. Then, cops
say, Cheyanne admitted to having an argument with her
father. After a while, she allegedly admitted that verbal
argument became a physical altercation.

“And things don’t smell right,” Sheriff Grady
Judd said Sunday. “Literally. They don’t smell
right. There’s a foul odor in the house.”
Early Sunday morning police found the dead bodies of
Meredith Jessie and Mark Weekly, stabbed and shot,
stuffed in tote bags and stacked on top of each other in a
nearby shed, the alleged victims of Cheyanne.

“When you’ve been around as long as I have
you’ve seen things this bad, but I’ve never seen
anything worse,” Judd said.
Cops believe Cheyanne, 25, killed them and then went to
work at her cashier’s job at a local big box retailer. She
allegedly sent messages from her father’s phone detailing
the Georgia story in an effort to stave off suspicion.

The early theory of the motive is that Cheyanne didn’t
want her daughter to get in the way of a new
relationship, Judd said.
Cheyanne claims self-defense, according to police. She
allegedly said that she dropped her daughter off at
Weekly’s house on July 18 when the two got into a
fight. During the fight, her father tried to stab her and,
due to martial arts training she says she had, she was
able to get the knife away. During the scuffle, cops say,
Cheyanne said she accidently stabbed her daughter.

“None of the evidence supports any of this,” said Judd,
who detailed a crime scene that had stab and slash marks
on a couch, “blood-soaked furniture” and blood on the
floor that had been covered with a rug.

Cheyanne allegedly made statements to her boyfriend
asking if a body would fit in a tote bag, according to
Judd. On another occasion she’s said to have asked how
long it would take for a body to decompose.

During the interim between the altercation and the
discovery of the bodies, Cheyanne called friends and
relatives to confirm that Meredith and Weekly were “in
great shape,” according to Judd.
“This is the face and these are the eyes of a cold-
blooded murderer,” Judd said, holding up a picture of
Cheyanne, who he said had just one prior arrest, for an
alleged knife assault against a previous boyfriend.

Cheyanne is scheduled to appear in court on Monday and
has been charged with two counts of first degree murder.
Judd was clearly emotional during the nearly half hour
press conference.

“It’s hard for anyone to deal with that,” said Judd, who
then held up a picture of Cheyanne again. “Except her.
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Source: FNC

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