Who is Raeleena S. Barlett? Wiki, Biography, Age, Family, Charged, Investigation

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In a case that raises doubts about the 6-month-old girl's cause of death, a Missouri mother has been accused of dumping her baby daughter's body.The Jackson County Jail is housing 25-year-old Raeleena S. Barlett in connection with Kha'liya Bridgewater's passing.

According to prosecutors, the case was first discovered on May 13 when Kansas City police were called to a report of a baby being discovered dead in a 19-acre vacant lot. Kha'liya's remains were discovered to be severely decomposed.\ Prosecutors stated that "the Jackson County Medical Examiner has ruled that the cause and manner of the child's death are undetermined." The investigation found no evidence of the youngster having been physically abused.

Raeleena S. Barlett Age

Raeleena S. Barlett is 25 years old.

Raeleena S. Barlett Incident Detail

Several witnesses, whose names have been withheld due to document restrictions, related witnessing news reports about a baby's body being discovered. Marty Lammers, her grandfather's ex-wife and granddaughter, apparently got in touch with information suggesting the remains might have belonged to her. In a statement to KMBC on June 1, Lammers said, "Our first instinct when this came across the news that first night...our first reaction was to call KC Tips Hotline."

According to Lammers, his granddaughter "always smiles in all the pictures I have of her," as quoted by The Kansas City Star. She had her fingers tucked into her mouth as though she had just freed herself from a fish line. She was a really sweet and gorgeous baby.Investigators found that Barlett did not inform the authorities that her daughter had died. She supposedly didn't make any funeral plans.

According to numerous witnesses, Barlett allegedly told them varied tales concerning Kha'liya's fate. According to the records, she informed one person via Facebook Message that the baby had passed away on May 4. She allegedly notified someone else on May 7 about the baby's passing on May 6. Witness #2 claimed that on May 6, Barlett visited her residence and informed her that the infant had passed away from sudden infant death syndrome while resting on May 4.

This woman informed the detectives that she last saw the infant on Easter, or April 9, 2023. When she entered Barlett's flat, according to Witness #7, there was always a garbage stench, but on April 23, there was a "unbearable smell." According to investigators, "she claimed Barlett never told her that her baby had died."Documents said that Kha'liya's death and finding occurred after Barlett's boyfriend apparently realized he was not the child's father.

On April 14, he allegedly told Witness #6 about having the baby's hair's DNA examined. Police in Kansas City found that Suspect #2 was not the father. His DNA was already available to them on record. documents indicated that Witness #6 claimed she stopped by the child's location on April 11 to check on him or her and found the diaper to be full with worms.On April 11, Barlett allegedly said to Witness #6: "He [the current boyfriend] won't let me touch her.

Witness #1 reported that Barlett told her and another person the baby had passed away while sobbing. This person was purportedly informed by Barlett about waking up to see the baby dead and bluish in the face.However, Barlett allegedly stated that she asked the two witnesses not to notify anyone about the death and that police and an ambulance attended.

According to the documentation, these two witnesses paid Barlett $500 after she requested assistance with the cremation costs. Documents show that when Barlett did ultimately speak with the police after Hurricane Miranda, she claimed to only have two children and not the infant. But she supposedly later acknowledged having a third, now-deceased kid.

Barlett "provided numerous versions of events for the night [redacted] died and claimed to not know how she died during questioning," according to the police' report. The documents that have been redacted state that she related a tale about her partner alerting her to the baby's choking. According to Barlett, when she went to check on her daughter, she was cold to the touch, rigid, and covered with gnats.She claimed she tried to dial 911, but [redacted] broke her iPhone and wouldn't let her leave the apartment, according to what the police reported.

"She reported that when she awoke some time later, her deceased infant [redacted] was not in bed with her. She also claimed to have seen [redacted] fasten the infant into her car seat and depart the apartment. She instructed [redacted] to tell folks he took [redacted] to Texas despite having informed her he was going to Arkansas.She allegedly claimed that she did not contact 911 after he departed because her electricity was out, her Wi-Fi was out, and her phone had died.

Documents show that Barlett kept altering her account. She offered investigators a different account of her experiences before to discovering Kha'liya dead, for instance, on August 4. In according with the documents, Barlett "stated the plan was for [redacted] to take [redacted] to Texas so his mother could pay for a funeral and insisted she did not know how [redacted] ended up abandoned in a field."

According to the police, on May 25, Suspect #2 was taken into custody on an unrelated warrant. After Miranda, he originally insisted that he knew nothing about the infant and that despite seeing news headlines about its finding, he was unaware of it. He requested to consult with his lawyer when informed that his name had come up in the investigation and that it was thought he might have information.

After a brief break, Suspect #2 allegedly resumed the interview, waived his right to counsel, and confessed that "he knew Barlett and [redacted], who he referred to as [redacted]." He stated he last saw the child on May 14, this year, two and a half to three weeks before Mother's Day, according to the records. According to records, the boyfriend said that Barlett informed him via the messaging app TextNow a few days prior to May 15 that the kid had died from SIDS and that she had later informed him that she had phoned the police and an ambulance.

He claimed that while Kha'liya was emaciated and grew smaller as she aged, he did not believe Barlett purposefully mistreated or killed the infant. Instead, he thought Kha'liya might have perished as a result of neglect.Barlett allegedly failed to accompany the infant to government program appointments for vitamins and growth-promoting supplements. He claimed to be aware of Barlett's bad parenting and her propensity to neglect her kids. Although the infant had his last name, the boyfriend claimed indicated there was nothing he could do about it.