Sandra Cantu Arrest
Sandra Cantu Arrest – An arrest was made in the Sandra Cantu murder case of Sunday school teacher Melissa Huckaby, pictured below, with the body found in a suitcase owned by Huckaby.
Before the Sndra Cantu arrest was made, Melissa Huckaby had failed to mention in police and FBI interviews that she supposedly had a black suitcase stolen from her driveway on March 27th, the same day Sandra Cantu disappeared after playing with Huckaby’s own daughter.
Ironically, in trying to cover her tracks, the 28-year old Sunday school teacher told a local newspaper Friday about the supposed suitcase theft.
The published report in the Tracy News drew renewed attention to Huckaby from police Friday and Saturday because the coincidence was highly suspicious.
During the course of her 5-hour police interview late Saturday night, Huckaby gradually cracked under the pressure and confessed.
Tracy police now say that Huckaby’s story about the suitcase being stolen is a lie, and Sgt. Tony Sheneman confirmed the suitcase Sandra Cantu was found in belongs to Melissa Huckaby.
“She was very relaxed for a bit, then she became very emotional, then she became relaxed again, then she became resigned to what was happening,” Sgt. Sheneman told reporters during a 3:00 a.m. press conference.
Sheneman refused to elaborate on any possible motive as to why Melissa Huckaby killed Sandra Cantu.
Huckaby is the granddaughter of Lane Lawless, who is the pastor of Clover Road Baptist Church in Tracy, California where she taught Sunday school. Lawless lives in the same mobile home park where Cantu disappeared.
Huckaby was taken to the San Joaquin County Jail, where she was booked on charges of kidnapping and murder.
And that’s the latest news on the Sandra Cantu arrest.
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