Mom Zinah Jennings Wont Say Where Missing 18mo Amir Is

[Whisper]

In this undated photo provided by the Richland County Jail, shows Zinah Jennings. Columbia police are in a desperate search for Jennings 18-month-old son after she refused to tell them of his whereabouts. Jennings and her son were missing for a month before Jennings was found after she was in a traffic wreck on Christmas Eve​

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - January 4, 2012 (WPVI) -- Police in South Carolina are on a desperate search for a missing 18-month-old boy after investigators said she wouldn't tell them where her son is.
Columbia Police Chief Randy Scott told The Associated Press Wednesday that investigators hope Amir Jennings is alive but they aren't getting much help from the boy's mother, Zinah Jennings.

The mother and son were missing for a month before she was found after being in a car accident Christmas Eve. The chief says Jennings told inconsistent stories, saying her son was with friends in North Carolina and Georgia
Police in both states have found no clues. Jennings has been charged with unlawful conduct toward a child.
[...]

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/national_world&id=8490116

Columbia, SC (WLTX) - A missing 18-month old boy from Columbia is gaining national attention--but there's still idea no where the child is.
Police say Zinah Jennings, the 22-year old mom of Amir Jennings, is not cooperating with them.
"The unfortunate thing is Ms. Jennings will not tell us where the child is at, she's told us several different variantions of the story, but all of them proven to be false," said Columbia Police Chief Randy Scott.
Police are asking for your help to locate Amir, who has been missing since Thanksgiving.
Scott says he is concerned for Amir's safety because even the child's extended family isn't sure where the little boy is.
"Right now we have not ruled out foul play, but obviously we don't know where Amir is and we are not getting any solid answers... I am very concerned about his safety at this point," said Chief Scott.
Zinah's mother filed a missing person's report after not seeing her daughter or her grandson since Thanksgiving. But Zinah was seen again on December 24th when she was involved in a car accident--but Amir was not with her.
Police questioned her several times, and a warrant was issued for Zinah on December 29th. She was arrested and charged with unlawful conduct towards a child.
The charge was filed after police say she lied to investigators about her son Amir's whereabouts.
"We at this point don't understand why she's not telling us where Amir is at, when is the last time she has seen him," Jennings said. "Someone in the community has seen Amir and has seen Zinah. This is a criminal matter at this point."
Ms. Jennings is behind bars at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center where she is being held on a $150,000 bond.
"We are not stopping now," Scott says. "We don't know and until we know we will not stop looking, questioning family members, friends."
[...]

http://www.wltx.com/news/article/166330/2/Police-on-Missing-Toddler-We-Have-Not-Ruled-Out-Foul-Play

Zinah Jennings​

Amir Jennings​

 

[crimsonsorrow]

The mother and son were missing for a month before she was found after being in a car accident Christmas Eve.

K.C.A. all over again.

 

[Lil Sox]

What a beast!

 

[sintax]

Oh, shit! It's Casey Anthony all over again!
This is so similar that it makes me wonder how many more kids are going to disappear?

 

[Whisper]

Give me a couple minutes and Ill find out whats going on

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A former college student who became depressed and erratic after becoming a mother is charged with lying about where her missing 18-month-old son has been for more than a month, police said Wednesday.
Authorities said they were desperately searching for Amir Jennings after his 22-year-old mother, Zinah Jennings, told them several inconsistent and false stories about the boy being with relatives and friends in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia.
"I'm trying to stay optimistic about this," Columbia Police Chief Randy Scott told The Associated Press Wednesday. "But short of being optimistic, this case bothers me."
The mother and son were reported missing in early December, but the mother turned up after she was involved in a car accident on Christmas Eve.
Scott said officers hope a tip line and media exposure will lead to more information.
"I want someone to call us and say, `We just saw this on the news, we have Amir, we're sorry, we didn't realize this was going on,'" he said. "Her stories are so across the board that our search right now is from Charlotte to Atlanta."
Investigators said they hoped Amir Jennings was alive but they weren't getting much help from his mother. In early December, grandmother Jocelyn Jennings Nelson reported her own daughter missing, saying that she hadn't seen her in several days and hadn't seen her grandson since the Thanksgiving holiday.
According to an incident report, Jennings had had a car wreck several days before and had been making "cryptic phone calls to other family members indicating her ongoing fight with depression is continuing."

That sort of behavior wasn't unusual for the young mother, according to relatives, who told investigators the one-time college student had begun disappearing for days on end, with her son, since his birth.
"The grandmother told me specifically that, when she was in school, she was a very good person, a very good student," said Scott, adding that relatives had previously filed several missing persons reports on Jennings. "But once the baby was born, the conduct kind of changed."
[...]
Early on the morning of Christmas Eve, Jennings wrecked her Dodge Neon in a one-car accident near her house in Columbia. Authorities learned that Jennings was reported missing and they say Jennings began giving shaky stories about her son's whereabouts. They also spoke with Amir's father, who told them he had seen the boy during Thanksgiving but generally has had little contact with the boy.
"First it's, `He's with my sister in Atlanta. Oh no, I'm sorry, he's with my friend in Charlotte,'" Scott said. "It's all over the place. ... Everything she's telling us is just lies."
Several days later, police again spoke with Jennings, who said her son was with a friend in Columbia, but that story was also a dead end. After days of giving police bad information, the mother was charged Dec. 29 with unlawful conduct toward a child and is being held on $150,000 bond.
The police chief said he did not know if Jennings had an attorney. The number listed for both Jennings and her mother was not working, and the grandmother did not immediately return a message left on her work number. Police have not released the name of Amir's father.
At this point, Scott said investigators have two theories.

"It's either A: Zinah has given Amir to someone. Or Zinah has, in some way, shape or form, harmed Amir," Scott said. "Until we have something more on Amir, I do not rule out foul play. And in my mind, there's already an air of foul play, because no one will tell us where Amir is at. Foul play doesn't have to mean that someone is deceased. Foul play is lying to police."
Scott said he's struggling to remain optimistic that Amir will be found unharmed. He would not discuss any evidence police have collected from the mother's home or car.
"It's the way this whole case is playing out," Scott said. "It's more than just that the child is missing. The mother is lying about the whereabouts of the child."
There was no answer Wednesday at the blue two-story home where police say Jennings, her mother and son live, its door and front porch still festooned with Christmas decorations. The house, just a few blocks from one of Columbia's busiest thoroughfares, is on a quiet, tree-lined street of other one- and two-story homes, some with fenced-in yards and porches.
"We see each other and speak and say hello," said Selwyn Young, who lives across the street from the Jennings family and said he recalled seeing Jennings pushing the baby around the neighborhood and walking the family's dog. "Hopefully they find him. Hopefully they get it right."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/...issing-son_n_1185759.html?ref=missing-persons

 

[Whisper]

Police use cadaver dogs in search for missing boy

COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - The Columbia Police Department used cadaver dogs this week to search a home and a vehicle of family members of a missing 18-month-old boy.
Police executed two search warrants at Jocelyn Jennings Nelson's Lady St. home early Wednesday. She's the grandmother of Amir Jennings, a toddler who was last seen on Thanksgiving.
The little boy's mother, 22-year-old Zinah Jennings, is jailed for lying about his whereabouts.
[...]
Police also searched the car that Zinah Jennings' confiscated car. According to Chief Randy Scott, investigators have discovered possible leads as a result of Thursday's searches. Scott would not say what those leads are.
"We've done the search warrants. We have been able to recover some evidence from the vehicle," said Scott. "We did a search warrant also yesterday on a possibility where Zinah and Amir have been and again we're not stopping."
Columbia police investigators spent Thursday in Atlanta, following up on leads and searching places where they think Zinah and Amir Jennings may have been.
Amir's grandparents told The Associated Press that they would release a statement to the media about the disappearance on Thursday, but that never happened.
Police said that they have not been able to get in touch with the grandparents all day. Columbia PD has been initiating communication with the family and updating them daily prior to today, but so far today they have had no luck in communicating with the grandparents.
[...]
Chief Scott says he's trying to stay positive but hasn't ruled out foul play. Police fear they may be running out of leads if they don't soon get a break in the case.

http://www.live5news.com/story/16452564/sc-police-mother-wont-tell-them-where-son-is


Where is Amir Jennings?

TIMELINE OF EVENTS
•November 23, 2011 - 18-month-old Amir Jennings is last seen
•December, 2011 - Family members confront Zinah Jennings about Amir's whereabouts
•December 8, 2011 - Jocelyn Jennings Nelson reports her daughter, Zinah, and Amir missing
•December 24, 2011 - Zinah Jennings crashes car in Columbia. She is questioned and arrested
•December 31, 2011 - Zinah Jennings appears in court on unlawful conduct toward a child charges
•January 5, 2012 - Police search Nelson's home and Jennings' car with cadaver dogs

RELATED STORIES
•Missing child's mother once said she had no child
•Police: Mother of missing child not cooperating with authorities
•Mother of missing child arrested, charged with unlawful conduct

IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION
•Call Crimestoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC

http://www.live5news.com/story/16452564/sc-police-mother-wont-tell-them-where-son-is

 

[Aena]

I honestly hope she didn't do anything to him and is only being a bitch because she is young and rebellious. On the other hand I am not sure how I feel about the cops holding her for absolutely nothing, they have no evidence she abused her kid, yet she is being charged with cruelty because she won't tell LE where he is. I think the charge should fit the crime, not trumped up charges because they are afraid of another Casey Anthony. You cannot punish someone for something someone else did, I feel that is what LE is doing and that is wrong.

 

[Silvahalo]

Another, ops! now what did I do with my critter?! Any of this sound even remotely familiar to anyone?

Sorry, but that is one ugly ass woman, and you know she's likely done something ugly to baby Amir, that is my guess, she's as guilty of no good as she is ugly. SICK OF THIS SHIT.

Be found baby Amir... safe and sound.

 

[Whisper]

SC missing boy's mom told cops she had no children

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The mother of an 18-month-old South Carolina boy missing for more than a month initially told investigators she didn't have a son when they questioned her.

Arrest warrants provided to The Associated Press show that 22-year-old Zinah (ZEE-nah) Jennings first told police last month she had no children before saying her son, Amir, was in Atlanta. Jennings also took investigators to a Columbia apartment complex where she said she dropped off her son later saying she didn't know the apartment number or location within the complex.

Jennings' mother says she hasn't seen Amir since Thanksgiving.

Jennings is charged with unlawful conduct toward a child after police say she told inconsistent stories about Amir's whereabouts.
[...]

http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/164...ad-no-children?Call=Email&Format=HTML



Sad to say but the babys dead,just a matter of time until they find his body

 

[GGsMum]

Sorry, but that is one ugly ass woman, and you know she's likely done something ugly to baby Amir, that is my guess, she's as guilty of no good as she is ugly. SICK OF THIS SHIT.

Be found baby Amir... safe and sound.

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought she was....ahem, fairly unattractive.

Hopefully she isn't doing this for the "fame" or the attention, but seems all signs are pointing in that direction. I pray Amir is found safe and sound though.

 

[Whisper]

Shovel, Bloody Clothes Found in Search for Missing SC Toddler
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP)— Columbia police looking for a South Carolina toddler missing since Thanksgiving have found a shovel and what appear to be bloody clothes and blankets.

Search warrants show police went to 22-year-old Zinah Jennings' home earlier this month after her stepfather told police he saw her in the backyard with a shovel around the time Amir Jennings disappeared.

Investigators found a shovel at the family's home. Police also found what appeared to be blood stains on blankets and clothes in the back of Jennings' car.

Authorities have said the items are being analyzed by state police for DNA.
[...]

http://www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-sto...missing-toddler-search-120110,0,1782889.story

 

[Rockin Ma]

Search warrants show police went to 22-year-old Zinah Jennings' home earlier this month after her stepfather told police he saw her in the backyard with a shovel around the time Amir Jennings disappeared.

Investigators found a shovel at the family's home. Police also found what appeared to be blood stains on blankets and clothes in the back of Jennings' car.

Shouldn't there be a digging up of the backyard? If there's a warrant for the home...why not the yard? It makes no sense to me.

 

[Rockin Ma]

Zinah Jennings, the mother of a Columbia toddler last seen Nov. 29, squeezed the little boy’s hand until he screamed with pain the last time a longtime friend saw them in late November, the friend said Tuesday.
“She wanted Amir to say ma-ma, and when he wouldn’t, he started to scream. I looked down and she was squeezing his hand,â€￾ said friend Jessica Thomas, 24, a criminal justice student at Columbia’s Benedict College.
Thomas, who went to Dreher High School with Jennings, said Tuesday that Zinah in recent months had seemed to undergo a personality change and last autumn threw Thomas’ 2-year-old nephew on the floor, causing him to cry.

Amir Jennings
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Reward offered

Columbia police Tuesday announced a $10,000 reward for anyone who can give information leading to the whereabouts and return of missing toddler Amir Jennings.

People can give tips anonymously through Crimestoppers by calling toll-free, 888-CRIME-SC.


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“She just said, ‘He was bothering me,’â€￾ said Thomas, who has also told her story to Columbia police officers investigating the disappearance of Amir Jennings, who was 18 months old when he went missing.
Jennings, 22 and an unemployed single mother, remains jailed after being charged Dec. 29 with unlawful conduct toward a child for refusing to tell authorities the whereabouts of her son. Meanwhile, Columbia police are running forensic tests on what appear to be bloody clothes and blankets found recently in Jennings’ car and a shovel found in her back yard.
City police investigating Amir’s disappearance are familiar with accounts of seemingly abusive behavior by Zinah Jennings, Columbia Police Chief Randy Scott said Tuesday.
“Family members do tell us that they began to see a change in behavior after Amir was born,â€￾ said Scott. “Up to then, she was a college student, a good adult.â€￾
However, Scott would not comment on specifics of what police are learning.
Jennings, who initially talked with police and gave them conflicting, unfounded accounts of where her son might be, now is silent, Scott said.
“She has a lawyer and is refusing to talk to us now,â€￾ Scott said. “She’s not cooperating in any way, shape or form. She is a mother who is continuing not to assist law enforcement with her child’s safe return.â€￾

According to search warrants in the case, police have:
• Searched the two-story blue frame house at 2309 Lady St. in the Waverly neighborhood, where Jennings lived with her mother and Amir. The warrant said police were looking for “any human remainsâ€￾ and anything that “could be used to dispose of such remains.â€￾ A cadaver dog was used. Police seized a shovel.
• Searched a car used by Zinah Jennings and found “stains consistent with bloodstainsâ€￾ on clothing and blankets. Police took a swab of fluid or tissue from her for DNA identification purposes. No results have been announced.
• Gotten Zinah Jennings’s library and computer-use records from the Richland County Public Library at 1431 Assembly St. Police said they were acting on a tip that she frequented the library. Police also obtained copies of library surveillance videos.
• Received 28 pages of medical records from Palmetto Health Richland hospital concerning Jennings’ treatment Dec. 24 after a Columbia car crash. Until then, Jennings had been reported missing along with her child. Officers also sought statements from nurses and doctors who talked to Jennings during her treatment. When officers questioned her, she gave the first of “numerous false statementsâ€￾ to police and family, a warrant said.
Jennings also told the hospital’s staff she did not have a child, according to a warrant.
Jocelyn Jennings Nelson, Zinah’s mother, could not be reached for comment Tuesday evening. Jocelyn Jennings is cooperating with police, as is the biological father of Amir, Scott said.

http://www.thestate.com/2012/01/11/2109261/friend-says-missing-toddlers-mom.html

 

[AngelFire]

The ugly horse face whore killed him.

 

[Whisper]

Zinah Jennings appears in court, grandmother hopes missing boy found alive

COLUMBIA, SC (WIS/AP) – The mother of a boy who has been missing since before Thanksgiving appeared in court Wednesday morning, but the reason why may remain a mystery. The grandmother of that missing boy said Wednesday she's holding out hope the boy will be found alive.
Amir Jennings was 18-months-old when his grandmother, Jocelyn Jennings Nelson, reported him and his mother, Zinah, missing in December. The mother resurfaced at Christmas after crashing her car, but without the boy. Police this week said they found what appear to be bloody clothes and blankets in Jennings' car.

Zinah Jennings walked into a Richland County courtroom Wednesday morning for a judge to hear a motion her defense team filed.

The 22-year-old's public defender, Gregory Collins, filed a motion late Tuesday asking for an emergency hearing in the case. Exactly why Collins asked for the hearing is not clear.

A copy of the motion was not filed in the public record in the clerk's office and neither side would tell WIS what the motion dealt with. After a 15 minute closed-door meeting with circuit court judge Alison Lee and prosecutors, Collins withdrew his motion.

Lee would not allow WIS cameras in the courtroom. There was no discussion of the motion held in open court.

Jennings walked into the hearing wearing shackles around her wrists and ankles, wearing a green jail shirt and blue detainee pants. She did not speak while sitting in the jury box of the third floor courtroom. Jennings' family did not appear for the hearing.

A source close to the case told WIS that Jennings' attorney called for the hearing after the 22-year-old mother underwent mental health evaluations over the weekend. Allegations were that some of the information Jennings gave during her evaluations was leaked to prosecutors. WIS is trying to independently confirm the information.

Fifth circuit solicitor Dan Johnson would not comment on the motion Wednesday, citing court rules that prohibit prosecutors from discussing pending cases and discussions that happen outside of the courtroom. Collins declined to comment, citing the same as Johnson.

Jennings is charged with cruelty to children, but police have not provided any evidence that Jennings has harmed her son.

Meanwhile, Jocelyn Jennings Nelson told The Associated Press on Wednesday that she is sure her daughter did nothing to harm Amir. Police have said Zinah Jennings has given them conflicting accounts about the boy's whereabouts and she has been charged with lying to investigators.

Nelson says her daughter doesn't trust police and may not fully understand the seriousness of the search for her son.

Police have served four search warrants in the investigation. Two searches happened at Zinah's mother's Lady St. home, one search of her car and another at the Richland County Public Library branch on Assembly St. Investigators found several pieces of potential evidence in the searches. The evidence was sent to the State Law Enforcement Division for DNA analysis.

SLED's work could take several more weeks to finish.
[...]

http://www.live5news.com/story/1649...s-motion-appears-in-richland-county-courtroom

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http://www.live5news.com/slideshow?widgetid=43504

 

[Whisper]

This is just getting more and more freaky

Mom of missing SC boy faces prostitution charges

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The mother of a South Carolina toddler missing since Thanksgiving was arrested in Georgia and accused of prostitution shortly before her son disappeared, according to police records.

Zinah Jennings, 22, was arrested by East Point, Ga., police in November after she offered sex to an undercover officer, police said in a report obtained by The Associated Press.

Clad in a short skirt, Jennings "appeared to be trying to get the attention of every passing motorist" when an undercover officer saw her Nov. 9, the report said. The officer approached Jennings, who agreed to take $40 in exchange for sex. She also faces a marijuana charge.

Jennings had been staying with a half-sister, Denise Jennings, in the Atlanta area for three weeks before her Nov. 9 arrest. East Point is just south of Atlanta.

On the day Zinah Jennings was arrested, her half-sister reported her missing, telling police that she had left her home and suffered from "schizophrenic tendencies" that had not been diagnosed.

Zinah Jennings has been in jail in Columbia since late December, charged with lying to authorities about where her son is. Amir Jennings was 18 months old when his grandmother said she last saw him over Thanksgiving.

The grandmother, Jocelyn Jennings Nelson, has said her headstrong daughter frequently traveled to visit relatives and friends in the Carolinas and Georgia but had been depressed since the birth of her son. Nelson said she reported Jennings and the boy missing last month after becoming concerned during their visit to Atlanta.

"I was assured by both her sister and her that, 'Everything is fine.'" Nelson said.[,...]

http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/165...tution-charges?Call=Email&Format=HTML

 

[tmdgirl]

Nelson says her daughter doesn't trust police and may not fully understand the seriousness of the search for her son.

This just pisses me off...she doesn't understand the seriousness of the search for her son?????? WTF. Does she think the cops are just in it for shits n giggles?? Is it a joke to her to send them all over looking for her baby?

Personally, I think the stupid bitch killed him. I seriously hope she didn't, and that he will turn up with one of her many family members, but the chances are pretty slim.

They should promise her full immunity from any charges if she tells where he is (or his body), then take her out back and just shoot her.

 

[Silvahalo]

On the day Zinah Jennings was arrested, her half-sister reported her missing, telling police that she had left her home and suffered from "schizophrenic tendencies" that had not been diagnosed.

great.
another bat-shit crazy bitch who will say I don't know, i don't know....and not tell and we'll probably never really know even if his body turns up. I really hope he's w/ family but in my gut I just don't think so.

Hit me kinda hard today. A friend of mine has a newly adopted nephew. It struck me that Amir might have looked like him an infant. Beautiful babies thrown away like they never mattered. It's a mad, mad world.

 

[Valasca]

I personally don't give a rat's ass Zinah was a prostitute. I barely care she had drugs. This really has no bearing on the case. BUT... The media will do anything to drag her through the mud. Understood. But this really isn;t helping the investigations.

 

[Silvahalo]

I personally don't give a rat's ass Zinah was a prostitute. I barely care she had drugs. This really has no bearing on the case. BUT... The media will do anything to drag her through the mud. Understood. But this really isn;t helping the investigations.

I don't care about the prostitution but the drugs, well that can certainly be problematic. What concerns me is her state of mind. How many times have we read "she had a history of mental illness", TOO many times.

The media can run her through the mud and then some since the bitch don't want to talk she can deal w/ the crap that is slung at her.
besides. she was probably fucking horses.

 

[Valasca]

Good call, [MENTION=489]Silvahalo[/MENTION]. I hadn't looked at it quite that way.

 

[Rockin Ma]

I'm kinda confused. First articles talk about how perfect she was before she had her baby, but as we go, there's the drugs and prostitution stuff going on. So what I am wondering is is this criminal behavior something new? It does appear (based solely on reading media reports) that she quickly went off the deep end for some type of reason, right now it's been stated that it started after having her baby.

 

[Whisper]

I'm kinda confused. First articles talk about how perfect she was before she had her baby, but as we go, there's the drugs and prostitution stuff going on. So what I am wondering is is this criminal behavior something new? It does appear (based solely on reading media reports) that she quickly went off the deep end for some type of reason, right now it's been stated that it started after having her baby.

I know of 3 women that have lost it after giving birth and 2 are in psych wards and another had her kids taken away and hubby divorced her b/c she always had thoughts of dumping hot tea/water on her babies
Shes lost all touch with reality (shes alot older then I am but I grew up with her family living next to us)
After she had her first baby you could see she was turning weird and drs didnt want her having anymore b/c of the chemical imbalance but she had another one
Doesnt bother with her family at all anymore.
They have tried everything to get her help at least 30 years b/c her kids are older then mine

 

[Whisper]

Her new name in online posts now have her being called "Zinah"Dont Call Me Casey" Jennings"

 

[Whisper]

Records: Missing toddler’s mom ‘mentally ill,’ pregnant

How come they are always pregnant??

COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) – The Columbia mother charged with lying to investigators about where she last saw her 19-month-old son, is now pregnant and deemed "mentally ill," according to court records.
[....]
Jennings hired Columbia attorney Hemphill Pride to represent her after ditching her tax payer-funded public defender on Jan. 17. Pride filed four motions between Jan. 23 and Jan. 25, asking for evidence from prosecutors to support the cruelty to children charge, and Pride asked for a judge to reduce Jennings' $150,000 bond.
The filings also show that Jennings is pregnant and being detained at a psychiatric facility in Columbia.
"She is in dire need of prenatal care," Pride argued in his filing.
Hospital staffers tested Jennings for pregnancy when she crashed her car Dec. 24, the night Columbia Police first questioned her about where her son is. That pregnancy test, according to sources close to the case, came back negative.
Jennings was re-tested on Dec. 28 while undergoing mental health evaluations, according to sources, when that test came back positive for pregnancy.
A Richland County probate judge ordered Jennings to undergo mental health examinations after her arrest on Dec. 30.
On Jan. 11, records show that Dr. Michael J. Ferlauto issued a report that showed Jennings was, "mentally ill, needs involuntary treatment and because of this mental illness…lacks sufficient insight or capacity to make responsible decisions with respect to his/her treatment…and, therefore, involuntary hospitalization; [and] involuntary outpatient treatment is recommended."
On Jan. 17, records show that probate court judge Theresa L. Clement held a hearing and found Jennings "mentally ill." Clement's ruling included a year-long mental health treatment that included medication.
Pride has asked for Jennings' bond to be reduced. A hearing must be set by the circuit court and the solicitor's office.
MOTION FOR ZINAH JENNINGS TO NOT APPEAR IN INMATE CLOTHING
A forth motion would all Jennings to appear in court wearing "civilian clothing," instead of the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center uniform issued to all inmates. Pride's reasons, "this case has been widely publicized, locally and nationally, via every source of the news media."
Pride argued that Jennings' showing for court hearings in the inmate uniform, "impedes her right to a fair and impartial trial," according to the court record.
Pride's motion also asks the judge to "bar media coverage of any and all future court proceedings," if the court would not allow her to appear in "civilian clothing."
Pride declined to discuss the details of his motions, but said he's asked for a day in court to argue his motions.

http://www.live5news.com/story/16607896/records-zinah-jennings-is-mentally-ill-pregnant

 

[badfish76]

She wasn't too mentally ill to understand that she had better chances if she dumped the public pretender. Also, if they have deemed that she should be involuntarily committed I'm not sure what good a bond reduction is going to do her, but I will bet that she magically improves if her bond is reduced.

 

[sintax]

Judge delays decision on lower bond for mother of missing toddler

Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2012/01/30/2134148/judge-delays-decision-on-lower.html#storylink=cpy

 

[sintax]

Judge will not lower bond for mother of missing boy

A judge has denied a request to lower the bond for the mother of a South Carolina boy missing since Thanksgiving.

Circuit Judge Casey Manning on Tuesday ordered that Zinah Jennings continue to be held in the Richland County detention center on $150,000 bond. Click here to read Judge Manning's order.

Jennings has been in jail since late December, when police say they arrested her for lying about the whereabouts of her son, Amir. The boy was 18-months-old when his grandmother reported him missing in early December. Police say Jennings has fabricated multiple stories about where he is.

She's charged with unlawful conduct towards a children.

Jennings' attorney said Tuesday he was shocked at the judge's decision. Hemphill Pride II says his client would have a lower bond if authorities were not still looking for her son.

During a Monday hearing, Pride argued police were violating Jennings' constitutional rights by opposing her release on bond.

"She's charged with a crime. For some reason they think that if you're charged with a crime and you don't cooperate with them then you're a flight risk," Pride told Judge Casey Manning. "I submit to you that Ms. Jennings has an absolute right to remain silent and she cannot be punished for it."

Authorities argued Jennings is a flight risk.

Also on Tuesday, a flood of missing posters and yellow ribbons went up in the Columbia neighborhood where Amir Jennings' grandmother lives. The reminders are up on nearly every corner of the historic Waverly Community, and as more times passes since the little boy vanished, the level of concern goes up as well.

"I'm hoping that the mother would come forth and let us know what's going on," said concerned resident Brenda Williams."I have children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and I keep a very close watch on my daughters and my sons. If anything is strange I'm gonna ask because I'm that kind of person. My daughter tells me I'm nosy, but it's good to be nosy, especially when it's your family."

Other residents, who did not want to comment on the record to WACH Fox News, why the boy's family didn't flood the area with the ribbons and posters two months ago when Amir, who was 18-months-old at the time, first disappeared.

There is no answer for those worries at this point, but the concerns are very real.

People aren't only worried on the streets, they are also expressing their concerns about the case online. A Facebook page entitled "Find Amir Jennings" has been set up. Updates are posted about the case back to the early days of the investigation. More than 1,000 people have liked the page.

Police are urging anyone with information about the Amir Jennings case to call Crimestoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC. All calls are anonymous and there is a possible $10,000 dollar reward tied to information in the case.

http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=714002#.TyiyZlzwtid

 

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DNA results in in missing toddler case

...Samples were taken from Jennings’ car in December after investigators found “stains consistent with bloodstainsâ€￾ on clothing and blankets. Investigators also searched a two-story house in the Waverly neighborhood where Jennings lived with her mother and Amir. They also took a swab of fluid or tissue from Zinah Jennings for DNA identification purposes...

Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2012/02/04/2140700/police-chief-says-hell-comment.html#storylink=cpy

 

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Last seen on Thanksgiving and Christmas eve it comes to light the child is missing.

Weirder yet, we are just now hearing about it. How did Casey Anthonys case lite on fire so fast?