Melissa Huckaby Indicted in Murder of Sandra Cantu

by Jordan Yerman | August 18, 2009 at 07:21 am

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Melissa Huckaby has been indicted by a Grand Jury for kidnapping, raping and killing Sandra Cantu, as well as furnishing a harmful substance to Daniel Plowman, and furnishing a harmful substance and child abuse in the case of a still-unnamed seven-year-old girl.

Both children survived the poisoning, and are listed as victim-witnesses against Melissa Huckaby. All evidence from these additional crimes are admissable in the upcoming Sandra Cantu murder trial.

The body of eight-year-old Sandra Cantu, of Tracy, CA, was found in a suitcase in a pond near the trailer park where both Melissa Huckaby and Sandra Cantu's family live.

Huckaby, 28, was indicted on charges of murder with three special circumstances: kidnapping, lewd and lascivious acts on a child and rape with an instrument. The grand jury also added a charge of having sex with a child under 10 years old.

Melissa Huckaby appeared in San Joaquin County Superior Court to hear the charges in the case that has shocked both the community and the nation: Melissa Huckaby is a Sunday School teacher, and the mother of one of Sandra Cantu's friends.