New details emerged in the deaths of Raechyl Blackshear and her 14-year-old daughter, who — just days before they were killed — had reported that she was sexually abused in their home.
A woman holds a program while attending the memorial for Raechyl and Jayla Blackshear at Lighthouse Christian Fellowship in Anchorage on Thursday, April 28, 2022. The memorial was held by friends and family of Raechyl and Jayla who were found dead in their home in mid-April. Jalonni Blackshear, who is married to Raechyl, is suspected in the killings.
On March 30, the morning after the argument, Jayla told her mother she had been sexually abused in their home while Raechyl Blackshear was working an overnight shift as a nurse at a local hospital, according to a bail memorandum written by prosecutors last month and filed this week. The 34-year-old mother took her daughter to the hospital, and they were then directed to Alaska CARES, where a sexual abuse evidence kit was collected.
A shotgun was fired inside the home and security footage shows the slugs penetrating the home’s walls and landing in the yard and surrounding area of the neighborhood, the bail memorandum said. A nationwide manhunt began for Jalonni Blackshear. Nearly a dozen local and federal law enforcement agencies searched for him and on April 20, Jalonni Blackshear was arrested in New York City by the U.S. Marshals Service.
The state Department of Corrections was aware of the charges against Jalonni Blackshear, a spokeswoman for the department has said. Officials at the department, where he was employed as a correctional officer since 2018, were not aware of the ongoing investigation into the sexual abuse until after Blackshear separated from employment with the department on April 6, she said.
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