Sentenced: 2 Children Thrown From Bridge, Killing 1; Woman In Custody

[Sugar Cookie]

A woman is in police custody after reportedly throwing two children from a bridge in Shreveport, Louisiana.

According to KSLA, a spokesperson with the Shreveport Police Department says they received a call around 11 a.m. Friday about a child in the water near the Cross Lake bridge. Marine patrol officers responded and found a small child dead in the water.

Officers then began searching the lake and were able to rescue another small child, who was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Multiple agencies were initially searching for a third child believed to be in the water, however, detectives were able to confirm that child was not in the water and is safe.

The woman was driving a gray Dodge Caravan with a Texas license plate and was taken into custody at the Texas state line by Louisiana State Police, SPD said.

Police believe the children were thrown from the bridge and that this was not a random act of violence. They’re asking anyone who saw anything to call SPD at 318-673-7300 or Crime Stoppers at 318-673-7373.

2 children reportedly thrown from bridge, killing 1; Woman in custody

A woman is in police custody after reportedly throwing two children from a bridge in Shreveport, Louisiana.

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[Sevens My Charm]

Why didn't she jump first!?

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Shreveport police have identified the woman accused of throwing two of her children from the Cross Lake Bridge Friday morning, killing one and seriously injuring the other.

According to SPD, 32-year-old Ureka Black is charged with one count each of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder. No bond was set. Black was taken into custody at a rest area in Waskom, Texas early Friday afternoon and is awaiting extradition back to Caddo Parish.

Police say the body of a male infant was recovered from the lake by Shreveport police marine patrol officers after someone reported seeing a child floating near the Cross Lake bridge just before 11 a.m. A marine patrol then found and rescued a five-year-old in the water. That child was taken to LSU Oschner Health Shreveport. He is expected to survive. Police say he was able to tell investigators pieces of information that eventually proved crucial in identifying Black.

Shreveport police identify Shreveport mother accused of throwing children into Cross Lake

Shreveport police have identified the woman accused of throwing two of her children from the Cross Lake Bridge Friday morning, killing one and seriously injuring the other.

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[Sevens My Charm]

I would shoved her fat ass off and swore she jumped.. it would clearly have been a case of suicide..

 

[Sugar Cookie]

The Shreveport mother accused of tossing her two young children from a bridge into Cross Lake, killing one and injuring the other, has spent time behind bars on prostitution, arson and other charges over the past 15 years, court records show.

Shreveport police booked Ureka Black, 32, was arrested Friday hours after first responders pulled the body of her dead 8-month-old son from the lake then recovered her 5-year-old son Elijah who was still alive. Black’s van was located Friday afternoon at a rest stop in Waskom, Texas. She was arrested there without incident and held in a Texas jail until her return to Shreveport.

While Black has six arrests in Caddo and five in Bossier on her record, her time behind bars has been minimal.

There are numerous notations in Black’s court records where she was ordered to attending counseling, anger management and parenting classes in connection to her convictions and court-ordered probation. Black either would ignore the court order or attend one or two classes then quit.

Her latest arrest was in April 2016 in Caddo Parish when Black was arrested for human trafficking and prostitution. That’s one of three prostitution arrests on her record.

Black pleaded guilty in May 2017 to a reduced charge of pandering. She was sentenced to two years in prison and given credit for time served.

At her sentencing, Black admitted to encouraging a juvenile to get into prostitution. She was arrested in a sting that first led to the arrest of the young girl. Detectives then used that 17-year-old to get to Black.

According to investigative reports, the juvenile told vice agents a woman, who she referred to as ”Girk,” contacted her and told her the advertisement she was using to solicit business was set up wrong and offered to help her do it the right way. “Girk” promised within a few months the juvenile would be “driving nice cars, buying nice clothes and have more money than she ever needed,” the girl told agents.


Agents arranged for the girl to contact Black, who was then arrested. Black refused to answer agents’ questions and asked for an attorney. Two cell phones were seized.

The other two prostitution arrests were in Bossier in 2011 and 2015. She was not prosecuted on the first one, and on the second one she pleaded no contest and was sentenced to six months in the parish jail with credit for time served.

During her incarceration, Black wrote several letters to court officials questioning how her time served was being calculated. She asked for it to be corrected.

“I would greatly appreciate it so that I may be home for the holidays,” she wrote in one of the letters dated Oct. 20, 2015.

Black’s most substantial prison sentence came in connection with her 2010 arrest for aggravated arson. She broke into the home of her ex-boyfriend, while accompanied by her 2-year-old daughter, and set fire to the floor. Black admitted to having an argument with the boyfriend prior to that and threatened him and two others, according to an arrest report.

She pleaded guilty in Sept. 2010 to simple arson and was given 5-year prison sentence. But it was suspended and instead she was sentenced to 30 days in jail. But because of additional arrests, Black’s probation was revoked in October 2012 and the court imposed the original 5-year sentence.

A court transcript indicated Black’s child was in foster care then.

Black’s probation officer asked the court to set special conditions for Black, including setting a curfew and requiring her to attend anger management and parenting classes. That was based on his interview with Black, who said she wasn’t looking for a job and blamed that on not having a ride; however, the agent said Black had made inquiries about getting rides to clubs and friends’ houses.

She also wanted to know if staying out until 4 a.m. would violation her probation, to which the probation officer said it would. Black became “very argumentative about having to abide by one,” he wrote in a report.

Mother accused in child's death has criminal record for prostitution, arson, other charges

SHREVEPORT, La. – The Shreveport mother accused of tossing her two young children from a bridge into Cross Lake, killing one and injuring the other, has spent time behind bars

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[Sevens My Charm]

Just lock her up for 20 and be done with it.. true time required.. no good behavior credit yada yada bullshit either..

 

[thuumpr]

That mugshot screams 'Duh...'

 

[LFODBiker]

Somebody paid money to fuck that???

 

[Sugar Cookie]

 

[Bobbo]

Just lock her up for 20 and be done with it.. true time required.. no good behavior credit yada yada bullshit either..

Meh.

Just kill her and be done with it.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Joshua Black

 

[Sevens My Charm]

Beautiful little

 

[Sugar Cookie]

His mother told him he was going to meet God. That’s when she rolled him off the Cross Lake bridge, and he make a “big splash.”

“It felt like a cannonball,” Elijah Black said.

It wasn’t fun and he doesn’t want to meet God again.

That’s the description Elijah gave child services investigators four days after his mother, Ureka Black, 34, dropped him and his infant brother from the bridge. Ten-month-old Joshua Black did not survive.

Ureka Black is charged with second-degree murder in Joshua’s death and attempted second-degree murder for injuring Elijah. She’s pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity.

Elijah’s description of what took place on that Friday afternoon on Sept. 24, 2021 is included in a report prepared by the state Department of Children and Family Services and filed into the court record in connection with Black’s upcoming trial. Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in Caddo District Court.


In addition to Elijah, interviews with Ureka Black, her teenage daughter, her three sisters and first responders are included in the 22-page report.

Ureka Black’s attorneys initially said she was not competent to stand trial. However, she was examined by two physiatrists as part of a sanity commission, and both said she was competent.


During an interview with DCFS on Oct. 19, 2021, Ureka Black expressed love for her children. And she told investigators if there was anything she could tell Elijah about what happened she would say “it was the monster.” The monster is not a particular person, she said, but anything that anyone is afraid of or doesn’t understand.

She talked about her fractured relationship with family members and accused various ones of abusing and mistreating her children. She essentially was homeless, having left Shreveport to move to Texas then returning because she and the children didn’t have a place to stay.


When talking about the “incident,” Ureka Black told the DCFS investigator she remembered going to sleep in her car. She started crying when thinking about Joshua and said she would hug and kiss him if she could and tell him she loves him.

Investigators determined Ureka Black drove Elijah and Joshua over the Cross Lake bridge then threw both over so they could “meet with God.”


Shreveport police Cpl. Garrett Hayes told the DCFS investigator he got a call from a Pointe Place property owner about a child found floating in the lake. A lawn crew noticed the child.

Mason Guy, a lake patrol officer, went out on his boat to make sure other watercraft stayed out of the area. A boater went up to him and said a person in long pants and a shirt was “swimming” on the other side of the bridge without a life jacket on.


At first, the officer thought the boater was “just talking,” but then he saw something make a ripple in the water and he saw Elijah floating on his back with his eyes closed. He thought the child was dead because he was not moving.

Guy said, “Hey, little man,” and Elijah opened an eye and started to panic. Guy grabbed his left arm but began to loose his grip. And he knew if he let go the child would go under.


So, Guy told Elijah to hold his arm while he grabbed his pants and pulled him into the boat. He snuggled Elijah close to him then “flew the boat onto the rocks” on the shore. That’s when Elijah went limp.

First-responders were about to perform CPR when they realized Elijah was alive and breathing. He left side was bruised, and the left side of his face was swollen and bruised, leaving officers to speculate Elijah hit the water on his left side.


There was no explanation as to how Elijah remained afloat. Investigators said their measurements indicate Elijah fell roughly 77 to 80 feet from the bridge.

Elijah was found about a half-mile from where Joshua was located. Joshua’s body was already in rigor mortis. Investigators “assume” the brothers had been in the water an hour or two hours before they were found.

Elijah was interviewed at the Gingerbread House four days after his rescue. He described spending the day with his mother, her friend and his brother at a motel. They went to a store and got snacks for his older sister, dropped his mother’s friend off then took the snacks to his sister.

Ureka Black fixed a bottle for Joshua, and he went to sleep. She drove to the bridge, got out and opened his door.

Elijah said his mother told him to get out of the van because he “needed to go with God.” Then she rolled him off the bridge.

Elijah said he was tired of talking about the bridge, so the forensic interviewer stopped asking questions. But then he said she could ask one more question.

She asked Elijah where Joshua was. He told her Joshua did not go into the water because he could not swim. He said he was the only one who went into the water. The interview ended.

Child: Mother said he was going to meet God before being rolled off Shreveport bridge

SHREVEPORT, La. – His mother told him he was going to meet God. That’s when she rolled him off the Cross Lake bridge, and he made a “big splash.”

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[HijabiGirl]

Oh....shit. That was such a sad story to read. That selfish bitch should've let DCF terminate her rights and let those kids go to a loving home.

 

[Future_Milf]

She's literal scum.. can't even fool the idiot detectives??? Deserves much worse than a court could impose. Let's hope she spends her jail time honing her acting skills.
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Guess the anger management classes didn't work?
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She's plenty competent. Just had an IQ in the 80s. She deserves every drop of suffering coming "her" way.
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She's plenty competent. Just had an IQ in the 80s. She deserves every drop of suffering coming "her" way.

 

[thuumpr]

Mom to represent herself against murder charges for allegedly tossing her young kids off bridge so they could ‘meet with God’

Mom to represent herself against murder charges for allegedly tossing her young kids off bridge so they could ‘meet with God’ - NewsBreak

Ureka R. Black will be representing herself against murder charges for allegedly throwing her two young kids off of a bridge in 2021. The post Mom to represent herself against murder charges for allegedly tossing her young kids off bridge so they could ‘meet with God’ first appeared on Law & Crime.

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Mom to represent herself against murder charges for allegedly tossing her young kids off bridge so they could ‘meet with God’

Mom to represent herself against murder charges for allegedly tossing her young kids off bridge so they could ‘meet with God’ - NewsBreak

Ureka R. Black will be representing herself against murder charges for allegedly throwing her two young kids off of a bridge in 2021. The post Mom to represent herself against murder charges for allegedly tossing her young kids off bridge so they could ‘meet with God’ first appeared on Law & Crime.

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Great! I hope she acquires herself the max sentence

 

[Sugar Cookie]

The trial of Ureka Black ended Wednesday, Sept. 13 with a guilty verdict.

She was convicted of tossing her two young children off Cross Lake Bridge back in September of 2021. The younger of the two children died.

In court Wednesday, the judge told Black she has done an “abnormal” job representing herself, but has done the best she could. Black declined to cross examine the lead detective who testified for the prosecution. She also declined to testify herself, and had no witnesses to bring to the stand.

On Wednesday, the state introduced evidence surrounding Black’s older child, Elijah. He survived being “rolled” off the bridge into the water. The state presented photos of the child in a hospital bed with injuries to the left side of his body, including a swollen eye.

Jurors watched a video clip of Elijah being interviewed at Gingerbread House that showed him telling the interviewer his mother said he “needed to go with God.”

“I don’t want to go with God ever again,” Elijah said during the interview. The state argued the child had no motive to lie.

When asked if he knows that his mother loves him, Elijah replied, “I don’t know.

The state presented more than a dozen witnesses, one of which was Black’s sister, Felicia. After hearing her testify, the state made claims that Black had been planning the attack for 24 to 48 hours prior.

During her closing argument, Black stated the media and community have labeled her as “crazy, drug addict, killer, child killer.”

She went on to say she believes she was being targeted and that the man who spotted her child’s body in the lake was a liar. She said she loves her kids and her life will never be the same.

Woman found guilty of throwing her sons off Cross Lake Bridge; 1 survived, other died

Black declined to cross examine the lead detective who testified for the prosecution. She also declined to testify herself, and had no witnesses to bring to the stand.

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[McDanel]

"She believes she's being targeted," and the man who spotted her baby was a liar. What the actual fuck. So he calls for help, a baby and child were found, and they're hers, and she's calling that a lie?

Is there any way to force someone to have a lawyer? I mean, the result would be the same verdict in this case, but I'm not convinced she's competent.

 

[GoneWest]

"She believes she's being targeted," and the man who spotted her baby was a liar. What the actual fuck. So he calls for help, a baby and child were found, and they're hers, and she's calling that a lie?

Is there any way to force someone to have a lawyer? I mean, the result would be the same verdict in this case, but I'm not convinced she's competent.

I’m assuming she’s counting on people thinking just that and it’s all just part of her plan. She’s probably pissed at that guy because her son survived and ratted her out. What a selfish, hideous piece of shit. She’s already been given way more chances than she deserves and her sons payed the price this time.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

I really hope this boy is not placed with any one in this woman's family.

He does not deserve to hear that she is a queen, the only mother he has or that she was doing the best she could.

Please believe one of her fuck up relatives will tell this poor child that sometime in his lifetime. He will also be bullied into forgiving her.

 

[AliCatClick]

"She believes she's being targeted," and the man who spotted her baby was a liar. What the actual fuck. So he calls for help, a baby and child were found, and they're hers, and she's calling that a lie?

Is there any way to force someone to have a lawyer? I mean, the result would be the same verdict in this case, but I'm not convinced she's competent.

As scummy as lawyers who take on clients like this are, I wouldn't be surprised if the same excuse was made by one of those fuckers. Hell, they'd probably blame the surviving kid for the whole thing. They pathetically grasp at the shortest straws to attempt to deflect blame off their client$.

 

[GoneWest]

As scummy as lawyers who take on clients like this are, I wouldn't be surprised if the same excuse was made by one of those fuckers. Hell, they'd probably blame the surviving kid for the whole thing. They pathetically grasp at the shortest straws to attempt to deflect blame off their client$.

The “scummy” lawyers who take on clients like these typically are public defenders and don’t get to choose their clients. I seriously doubt this woman had the money to hire a lawyer being that she was homeless and all.

 

[runninfawn]

her life will never be the same boohoohoo,,, that was her chosing,,, now her surviving son's life will never be the same and it wasn't his choice and another on will never have a life and that wasn't his choice neither... but bet she will ask for and get a new trial cuz of her choice to represent herself when she knew dam well she sure wasn't qualified as a lawyer and yea she will get another trial in the hope to get a better outcome.... grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A woman who threw her children off a bridge and into a lake was sentenced to life in prison Thursday, Sept. 28.

According to Caddo Parish Clerk of Court, Ureka Black will serve 50 years for attempted second-degree murder and a life term for second-degree murder. She will serve these terms concurrently without the benefit of probation.

Earlier in September, she was convicted of tossing her two young children off Cross Lake Bridge back in September of 2021. The younger of the two children died.

Ureka Black sentenced to life imprisonment for throwing her sons off bridge

A woman who threw her children off a bridge and into a lake has been sentenced to life in prison.

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[Blizzard]

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She’s pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity.

Would have been more believable if she had pleaded not guilty by reason of being a natural-born ogre and this kind of thing is what ogres do naturally.

In the jail she will go to, I bet she will be one of the crazy evil violent ones.

A face to make you feel sorry for prison guards.