We're going through it.". If you didnt do the right thing, do the right thing now and tell us where they are now. Wills said. For more than a year, worried people all over the country have asked: Where are the boys?, The question now is where are the boys bodies? said Rosanna Wills, Orrin and Orsons biological cousin. and last updated 8:46 AM, Mar 02, 2022 BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) The Bakersfield Police Department released a case update for the disappearance of Orrin and "They dont need to hand out children to any old people to get rid them. Two brothers, Orson West, 3, and Orrin West, 4, went missing days before Christmas, on December 21, 2020. Investigation has revealed that Orrin and Orson West are deceased. pic.twitter.com/3VojKlE6yY. He realized he left the gate open and conducted a frantic search of the neighborhood before calling 911, Trezell West told police. At the Disney California Adventure Food and Wine Festival, you will find a palate-dazzling smorgasbord of cuisines and cocktails to indulge in. The boys were declared dead by the Kern County District Attorney's Office last year even though their bodies have not been found. All rights reserved. Robert Pair. Their adoptive parents, Trezell West, 35, and Jacqueline West, 32, claimed that the two boys disappeared from the backyard while playing. I can feel it.\"In response to her accusations, Trezol West told the station, \"That's understandable. This is not the outcome, that we and so many have hoped and prayed for in this case and there will not be a resolution in this case until those boys are brought home, added Chief Greg Terry of the Bakersfield Police Department at the conference. During the question-and-answer portion of the press conference, two reporters asked two different questions about the three-month gulf between the brothers alleged murders and their formally reported disappearance. Missing toddlers Orrin and Orson West are shown in undated family photos. The judge ordered they be held without bail. 5. Nine months later, they remain missing. They don't know anything.Cal City Police Chief talks about private investigator involved in case of missing boys Orrin and Orson West.The search continues for two toddlers Orrin and Orson West from California City who went missing from their foster home. BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) The sun had sunk below the horizon and temperatures were dropping when Orrin and Orson West were reported missing from their California City home Dec. 21, 2020. RELATED: Search continues for missing California toddlers who disappeared days before Christmas. Jacqueline and Trezell West have been charged with six-felony counts, including two counts of second-degree murder. Since that initial investigation, Cal City PD, the Federal Bureau of Investigations, Kern County Sheriff's Office and BPD have assisted in the investigation. In a 2021 interview, Jacqueline West said: "Everybody's making their own conclusions. According to Trezell and Jacqueline West, the boys adoptive parents, the boys disappeared from their backyard on Dec. 21. Orrin and Orson Wests new parents, Trezell and Jacqueline West, were captured by experts on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Despite not having the boys' remains, Zimmer is confident she has a strong case against the Wests. He said the standard of proof at grand jury proceedings is much lower than the standard of being found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt required at trial. Authorities and the community are still searching for two missing boys in California City. Who is involved? On June 1, 2021, police gave an update detailing efforts that had been made to locate Orrin and Orson. Its been 10 months and there are still no answers Who is involved? You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. Many more questions still remain. Ryan Dean, the boys mother, filed a claim the precursor to a lawsuit seeking $40 million. [] This is not a resolution in this case and there will not be a resolution completely in this case until these boys are brought home. Orrin was 4 years old and Orson was 3 at the time they vanished. Police have undergone multiple massive searches for the boys. The truth has to and will come to light.. The case of the disappearance of Orrin and Orson West seemed to have deteriorated for a year at this point. And, they havent been found. Violent crime is no stranger, but homicides remain relatively rare. Pettus said. According to the latest facts released by BPD, all associated family members including the adoptive and biological parents have been interviewed by police, some on multiple occasions. On Dec. 29, 2020, California City Police Chief Jon Walker announced foul play was suspected and said a second search of the home had been conducted and unidentified items seized for analysis. She says she does not know how this injury occurred. Wednesday, Kern County District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer revealed new details in the murder indictment handed down Tuesday along with the news we had all feared would be coming. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. Suspecting abuse, Human Services took the child, the claim says. These are babies. The District Attorney's Office says its investigation revealed the West boys, born Cincere and Classic Pettus, had died approximately three months before the couple reported them as missing. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Over the past 24 hours, several charges were filed and both parents were arrested. Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way. "We deserve to know what happened to those babies," California City resident Robyn Plantz said. WebA brief synopsis of what occurred: On December 23rd, Orrin, 4 and Orsin, West were reported missing by their adoptive parents. Prosecutors have also asked for reports to be sealed. The little words that the biological family are left with are sending a strong message to Jaqueline and Trezell. While her family waits for word from police on what's next in the investigation, Pettus is questioning what could've been done to avoid the tragedy. (California City Police Dept.). Some of her concerns stem from what she said appeared to be injuries to one of the boy's bodies. I feel like my kids are somewhere around here. Copyright 2023 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. Two brothers, Orson West, 3, and Orrin West, 4, went missing days before Christmas, on December 21, 2020. Copyright 2023 KABC Television, LLC. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. At that point, 44 search warrants had been served, 83 people interviewed and 170 items seized. Charles Pettus, Brenda's son and the biological father of Orson and Orrin, filed a lawsuit against Kern County and the state of California in late 2021. No information was released on new developments. Our priority is to find out where our boys are and their safe return, the statement read. The answer to that is no,' Zimmer said. Orson West, 3, and Orrin West, 4. 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I would think the same thing. Police and the FBI searched the Wests home and seized phones and other electronic devices. Trial of adoptive parents of Orrin and Orson West to begin Photo by: 23ABC News Trezell and Jacqueline West, the adoptive parents of Orrin and Orson West, Orrin was taken from Dean on Nov. 13, 2016, after she returned home from work and found the then-3-month-old crying uncontrollably, the claim says. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. The West boys, 3-year-old Orson and 4-year-old Orrin, have been on the minds of law enforcement officers and the community for over five months now. Hours before the arrest, Trezell West was tracked down by 17 News at a post office in Edison, witnesses report seeing him take-off in an RV that was found Tuesday evening about 17 miles west of Bakersfield, that is where the arrest took place. Police said this case "is not a cold case." The California City Police Department originally investigated the case, as the last place the boys were seen was at the home of their adoptive parents in Cal City. Their bodies have never been found. Then, on March 1, the adoptive parents were each charged with second-degree murder in connection with the boys' deaths. Trezell and Jacqueline West were indicted Tuesday on two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of cruelty to a child and falsely reporting an emergency. Thats all I want, is to find my babies. Further postponements are possible. Pair says detectives conducted a search for the boys Thursday, but wouldn't provide details. The adoptive parents thanked the community for the outpouring of support. "Nobody likes to be accused of that, but I think the product of the work when the truth comes to light is going to speak for itself. She blames the Wests for the boys' disappearance, saying, \"They did something. The FBI agents and the Bakersfield Police Department searched a field in Bakersfield for remains in March 2021. 4-year-old Orrin and 3-year-old Orson West were reported missing on December 21, 2020 by their adoptive parents, Trezell and Jacqueline West. The Wests are being held without bail and were also each charged with two counts of willful cruelty to a child as well as one count of filing an emergency false report. "I think they need to watch that system. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. All Rights Reserved. 4-year-old Orrin West, left, and 3-year-old Orson West reportedly disappeared in fall 2020. ! chanted participants in a February 2021 vigil in Bakersfield. I cant comment on whether I think theyre alive or not, Walker told Nexstars KGET at the time. "This morning, I'm saddened to announce that the investigation has revealed that Orrin and Orson West are deceased," said Zimmer. 67.205.29.114 West/Watkins Family "We offered a reward out of our own pockets," the missing boys' uncle, Jamal Watkins, told ABC News. Hutton removed the pictures then confronted someone at the neighbors house. Investigators haven't released information about what led to the conclusion that the boys are no longer alive. Orrin and Orson West's missing poster (Copy). In this episode, we talk about the arrest, go over the indictment and discuss what we've learned so far. Dean was informed that Kern County Human Services was removing [Orson] from her home, because [Orrin] had been removed, and they remove siblings together, the claim says. Jacqueline and Trezell are accused of killing the two young boys in December 2020. Officers were called and Hutton was cited for outstanding misdemeanor warrants and released, police said. BPD said a detective has been assigned as the full0time lead investigator along with a team of detectives and crime analysts. We want to bring them home to give them a proper burial.. The case has been frustrating for detectives as they diligently work and try to follow up on possible credible tips while weeding out outlandish conspiracies. BPD took over the investigation on March 1. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Follow the article till the end to learn more. CALIFORNIA CITY, Calif. (KABC) -- Just days before Christmas, Orrin West and his younger brother Orson were reported missing from their home in California City. We now realize that the search for the boys began after the real tragedy had already occurred. But the boys remained missing and no arrests were made. Orson West, 3, and Orrin West, 4, appear in images released by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The following day, the boys' biological mother arrived from Bakersfield to help search.I just had to be here because my babies are supposedly missing from this house, Ryan Dean said, KGET reports. Jacqueline and Trezell West, the adoptive parents of Orrin and Orson West, will be in court on Wed, March 1. The boys' biological father, Charles Pettus, criticized the authorities for taking Orrin and Orson and placing them in the West's home and has filed a lawsuit against the county. The Bakersfield Police Department took over the investigation and in March about 50 officers and FBI agents scoured a dirt lot near Casa Loma Apartments. Knowing that Orrin and Orson West are actually dead is tugging at the heartstrings of many in the community. Nine months later, they remain missing. "As a matter of fact, there have been many, hundreds, of what we call no-body homicides prosecuted across the United States successfully.". This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. According to BPD, in connection to this case, 83 people have been interviewed, 44 search warrants have been conducted on residences and electronic devices, 170 items have been seized, over 200 tips have been received, `16 mass area searches have been conducted and three searches have been conducted outside of California. Pair says they are keeping the case close to the vest, despite being accused of not working hard enough to find the boys because they are African American. Robert Pair says they've heard it all. It alleges the department unlawfully took the children and put them in harms way. Originally set to start in May, the trial was moved back to July 25. Trezell West said he kept an eye on the boys as he gathered firewood. 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