As Christmas drew near in 2010, Houston, Texas detectives received an alert about a missing twelve-year-old boy. As they launched their investigation, conflicting accounts of events surfaced from those who were closest to the boy.
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Audio Sources:
“Woman accused of kidnapping and killing 12 years old boy”
“HATE CRIME: Female “Urban Youth” Burned Little Boy Alive with a Blow Torch (She had No Motive)”
Sources:
News & Politics Examiner, 27 December, 2010 – “Amber Alert for 12-Year-Old Jonathan Foster of Houston”
The Beaumont Enterprise, 28 December, 2010 – “Houston Police Issue Amber Alert”
CBS – 11 KHOU, 28 December, 2010 – “Parents, Babysitter Questioned in 12-Year-Old Boy’s Disappearance”
Long Island Press, 28 December, 2010 – “Jonathan Foster, 12, Missing”
Nashville Examiner, 28 December, 2010 – “Urgent: 12-Year-Old Jonathan Foster, Missing from Houston Texas”
News & Politics Examiner, 28 December, 2010 – “Jonathan Foster Update”
Houston Chronicle, 29 December, 2010 – “Search for Answers”
News & Politics Examiner, 29 December, 2010 – “Woman Charged in Disappearance of Jonathan Foster”
News & Politics Examiner, 29 December, 2010 – “Jonathan Foster Update”
CBS – 11 KHOU, 30 December, 2010 – “Woman Charged in Boy’s Death a ‘Cold, Souless Murderer’”
The Daily Sentinel, 30 December, 2010 – “Woman Charged in 12-Year-Old Houston Boy’s Death”
UPI, 31 December, 2010 – “Woman Denies Killing 12-Year-Old Boy”
The Beaumont Enterprise, 1 January, 2011 – “Suspect in Boy’s Death Has Had Run-Ins with Law”
Houston Chronicle, 2 January, 2011- “Trusting and Sweet to the End”
News & Politics Examiner, 2 January, 2011 – “Jonathan Foster, Murdered Houston Boy, to be Laid to Rest Next Week”
News & Politics Examiner, 2 January, 2011 – “Other Missing Children May Be Tied to Jonathan Foster Case”
CBS – 11 KHOU, 3 January, 2011 – “Woman Accused in Boy’s Kidnapping, Death Did Not Act Alone”
CBS – 11 KHOU, 4 Janaury, 2011 – “Murdered 12-Year-Old Houston Boy Laid to Rest”
Houston Chronicle, 4 January, 2011 – “Jonathan Foster Slaying”
Houston Chronicle, 5 January, 2011 – “Some Big Shoes to Fill”
Houston Chronicle, 16 January, 2011 – “The Slaying of Jonathan Foster”
Houston Chronicle, 10 August, 2013 – “Murder Trial May Solve Mystery of Boy’s Killing”
CBS – 11 KHOU, 12 August, 2013 – “Trial of Woman Accused of Kidnapping, Killing 12-Year-Old Houston Boy Begins”
Associated Press, 13 August, 2013 – “Trial Begins in 12-Year-Old Houston Boy’s Death”
CBS – 11 KHOU, 14 August, 2013 – “Opening Arguments Begin”
CBS – 11 KHOU, 15 August, 2013 – “Stepfather of Boy Kidnapped, Killed on Christmas Eve Takes Stand”
Houston Chronicle, 15 August, 2013 – “Mom Tells of Cryptic Call, Heartbreaking Scene”
Houston Chronicle, 17 August, 2013 – “Murder Trial – Evidence Ties Slain Boy to Defendant”
Houston Chronicle, 20 August, 2013 – “Slaying Suspect Unnerved by Video of Truck”
CBS – 11 KHOU, 26 August, 2013 – “Closing Arguments Begin”
Associated Press, 27 August, 2013 – “Woman Found Guilty in Killing of 12-Year-Old Boy”
Houston Chronicle, 27 August, 2013 – “Prosecutors Say Defendant was Drunk, Mean”