Families mourn baby's death at West Sacramento vigil
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Updated: 11:20 PM PST Feb 16, 2021
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Updated: 11:20 PM PST Feb 16, 2021
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INVESTIGATION AND HOW SHE WAS HONORED BY LOVED ONES TONIGHT. MELANIE: JUST ONE DAY AFTER THEY FOUND BABY AMANDA MARIE OWENS DEAD FROM TRAUMATIC INJURIES INSIDE A WEST SACRAMENTO MOTEL ROOM, THERE IS A VISIBLE STRUGGLE TO FIND COMFORT BUT FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THE CHILD TRY, AT A VIGIL IN HER HONOR. >> WE KNOW THAT THERE’S HURT SO WE PRAY THAT YOU COMFORT THEM AT THIS TIME FATHER GOD. MELANIE: THE BABY’S BIOLOGICAL FATHER TALKING ABOUT HIS LOVE FOR HER. OWENS: SHE SHOWED ME WHAT IT WAS WHAT REAL LOVE IS. LISA: AND WONDERS WHAT HER LIFE WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE HAD IT NOT BEEN CUT SHORT. OWENS: MY DAUGHTER WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT SHE WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BABY I EVER SEEN. MELANIE: EARLIER IN THE DAY. A 24-HOUR MANHUNT FOR DERRICK WOODS, WANTED IN CONNECTION TO AMANDA OWENS’ DEATH CAME TO AN END. AUTHORITIES INCLUDING THE US MARSHALS ARRESTED AT A HOME IN SACRAMENTO. WE ALSO KNOW ANOTHER CHILD WAS HURT DURING THE INCIDENT THE CHILD IS RECOVERING. MELANIE: PRAYER AND CELEBRATION OF HER LIFE. >> IN JESUS NAME,