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Oaklee's begetter reported connected January 19, 2023 that Madison Marshall, Oaklee's biologic parent took Oaklee retired of Oklahoma without permission, and reportedly fled, leaving with her 7-month-old son, Coleton Snow, and her 25-year-old boyfriend, Roan Waters. It was believed that they were headed to Madison's parent location successful Indianapolis, Indiana. While astatine the mother's residence, Waters’ sister reported to investigators that she visited her member and Marshall astatine the location and got into a verbal statement with the mates aft she saw galore bruises connected Oaklee Snow’s legs.
On February 9, Marshall and Waters allegedly near Coleton Snow unsocial successful the home, telling Waters’ sister that they had to instrumentality Oaklee to the exigency country aft she deed her caput portion bouncing connected a ball. When they returned to the residence, Oaklee was not with them. The sister aboriginal called and reported to CFS.
The mates near the residence and immoderate pointed and ended up successful Colorado, and connected March 3, Waters was arrested connected a seat warrant retired of Oklahoma from November, connected kid maltreatment and home battle and batter successful the beingness of a minor. Police determination allege that Roan Waters, the mother's boyfriend, struck Oaklee Snow successful the face, causing her to person trauma to her rima and lips.
Marshall connected March 23 was arrested successful Harnett County, North Carolina, arsenic a fugitive from justness connected charges of neglecting a dependent, jailhouse records show. She is presently being held connected $800,000 enslaved arsenic she awaits extradition. The son, Coleton, was taken by officials and returned to his begetter aft the parent and stepfather abandoned him astatine the Indianapolis residence.
An Amber Alert was activated, describing Oaklee arsenic a achromatic female, airy brownish hair, bluish eyes, 2'2, and 30 lbs.
LEADING AGENCY: Seminole County Sheriff's Office (Oklahoma) 1-317-262-8477
On Wednesday, April 26, 2023, Indiana authorities charged Madison Marshall, Oaklee’s mother, and Roan Waters, Marshall’s boyfriend, for the disappearance and death. Investigators accidental Oaklee was killed conscionable a period earlier her 2nd birthday.
In April, a child's assemblage was recovered astatine an abandoned residence successful a drawer. Because the child's assemblage is truthful decomposed, it is expected to person DNA confirmation to instrumentality 2-4 weeks.
The stepfather had a past of physically abusing Oaklee, often 'whoop' oregon 'spank' her, occasionally 'choking her out'. This explains wherefore Oaklee cried, urinated successful her diaper, held a fork wrong, and different behaviour of a toddler. Court records amusement that greeting Oaklee woke up crying due to the fact that she was hungry. Her crying, agitated him, threw her onto the level which caused a reddish bump to signifier supra her close eye. Shortly after, helium began yelling astatine her and ordered Oaklee to bounce connected her bouncy ball, which was hard for her due to the fact that of her tiny size. His dependable grew louder and angrier arsenic helium told her to bounce. About 10 minutes later, helium screamed for her twice. The parent ran into the hallway to find him holding Oaklee successful his arms with her eyes closed and with 'a premix of humor and spittle dripping from her rima erstwhile she tried to exhale'. He placed her lifeless assemblage into the bathtub and tried to douse her successful acold h2o to aftermath her up. He slapped the telephone retired of the mother's hands arsenic she attempted to telephone 911. He wrapped Oaklee successful a broad and drove to the abandoned gathering successful Morgantown wherever helium near her small body.
Walters instructed the mother, according to tribunal documents, that their alibi was that they near Oaklee astatine a hospital. He is facing aggregate charges including 2 counts of Neglect of a Depending Resulting successful Death and Assisting a Criminal.
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