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This photo provided by the Iberia Parish Sheriffâs Office, in New Iberia, Louisiana, shows Janet Irvin. On Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, Irvin was arrested in connection with the disappearance and death of a Black teen whose body was found days after he was reported missing in late 2020. (Iberia Parish Sheriffâs Office via AP) February 09, 2021 - 4:37 PM
A Louisiana woman was arrested Tuesday in connection with the disappearance and death late last year of a Black teen whose body was found days after he was reported missing.
Janet Irvin, 37, was jailed on charges of felony failure to report 15-year-old Quawan âBobbyâ Charles missing and of contributing to juvenile delinquency, Sheriff Tommy Romero said in a news release and video statements.
By Peter Martinez Woman arrested in Quawan Charles case
A Louisiana woman was charged Tuesday in connection to the death of Quawan Bobby Charles, a Black teen whose body was found in a sugar cane field in November. Janet Irvin, 37, faces charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and failure to report a missing child, according to the Iberia Parish Sheriff s Office.
The 15-year-old was allegedly picked up outside of his father s Baldwin, Louisiana, home on October 30 by two people, who Charles family has said were Irvin and her 17-year-old son. Charles parents said that at the time, they didn t know the woman or her son and never consented to him leaving with them.
A woman who reportedly was one of the last people to be seen with Quawan “Bobby” Charles, a Black teen who was found dead in a ditch near a sugar cane field in Loreauville, La., has been arrested in relation to the disturbing case.
Louisiana woman arrested in Black teen’s disappearance and death I hope this arrest begins to help this family heal, and by no means is this case closed, Sheriff Tommy Romero says
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A Louisiana woman was arrested Tuesday in connection with the disappearance and death late last year of a Black teen whose body was found days after he was reported missing.
Janet Irvin, 37, was jailed on charges of felony failure to report 15-year-old
Quawan “Bobby” Charles missing and of contributing to juvenile delinquency, Sheriff
Tommy Romero said in a news release and video statements.
He said no bond has been set for Irvin, who was arrested in nearby Lafayette Parish and then moved to the Iberia Parish jail. Deputy