Mother of missing girl Bianca Jones, on verge of losing home, gets a helping hand
Banika Jones’ 2-year-old daughter disappeared in December. Four months later, she was going to be evicted from the Detroit home where she had lived all her life. Jones, who was looking for a job when Bianca went missing, had fallen behind on bills. She was set to be evicted April 5 after her grandmother, who owned the home, took out a reverse mortgage, officials said. “I was devastated,” Jones, 32, said Thursday. “I really didn’t know what I was going to do.” But a day before she was to be put out, she got help from Working Homes/Working Families, the...
Read MoreBianca Jones’ father charged with murder in disappearance of toddler (MI)
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced murder charges for D’Andre Louis Lane, the father of missing 2-year-old Bianca Jones, Wednesday in the Detroit toddler’s disappearance case. Worthy announced her decision to charge Lane Wednesday with first-degree felony murder and first-degree child abuse several months after Bianca was last seen in December even though her body was never recovered. “The human body is sometimes the best piece of evidence we have,” said Worthy, who noted even though investigators haven’t found Bianca, she feels the case against Lane is...
Read MoreLittle Black Girls Are Still Missing
http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A//blackandmissing.org/2011/12/little-black-girls-are-still-missing/&layout=standard&show_faces=false&width=450&action=like&colorscheme=light Three weeks after her disappearance, the search for 2-year-old Detroit toddler Bianca Jones continues. On Christmas Eve, the family of the girl held a church vigil in her honor, singing “Jesus Loves Me” and wearing buttons with pictures of Bianca, missing since Dec. 2. As time passes, the outcome of the search continues to look bleaker, but her family refuses to give up hope of...
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