On June 15, a Memphis, Tennessee neighborhood faced distress when a City Watch Endangered Child Alert was issued. The Memphis Police Department sprung into action after a mother reported her four-year-old daughter as missing.

Brittany Jackson, 25, stated that around 7:55 AM, upon rising from sleep, she discovered the front door of her apartment ajar with her daughter absent from the premises.

The child, Sequoia Samuels, stood roughly three feet tall, weighed close to 30 pounds, and had a feeding tube attached on the left side of her stomach. In response to this alarming situation, investigators immediately started their efforts to solve the baffling disappearance.

Yet, the very next day brought forth chilling news. Authorities revealed the discovery of a child’s remains in a dumpster connected to the couple’s residence. Initial indications suggested that these remains belonged to the missing child.

Further probing revealed a more sinister timeline. The evidence pointed out that the child had passed away a few weeks prior to the reported vanishing.

Jackson, when questioned further, admitted to falsely reporting the incident. She disclosed that her boyfriend, Jaylon Hobson, 21, had subjected her daughter to repeated physical harm over a span of weeks, which ended in a lethal attack. After this last assault, Sequoia became lifeless. While Hobson tried to resuscitate her, all efforts were in vain. Shockingly, Jackson refrained from assisting her child.

What followed Sequoia’s passing is equally unsettling. Witness accounts detailed that her body was wrapped in trash bags and kept within the residence for an extended period. The remains were then discarded in a trash container and moved to the eastern part of the apartment complex.

Making matters worse, it was revealed that three more children, aged four, five, and six, were living in the apartment. They were present during the time the deceased child’s remains were reportedly kept on the property, raising significant worries about their mental and emotional well-being.

Upon questioning, Hobson denied any part in the child’s disappearance and demise, asserting he last saw Sequoia alive on June 11, 2023. This claim, however, was challenged by the police, who cited the deteriorated condition of the recovered remains.

This week, a grand jury has formally charged both Brittney Jackson and Jaylon Hobson. They face two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated child abuse, and one count each of abuse of a corpse, tampering with evidence, and false reporting.

Both are now detained at the Shelby County Detention Center. Jackson’s bond is fixed at $500,000, while Hobson’s is set at $50,000.