LANCASTER : Four Charged With Murder, Kidnaping in Baby’s Death
Charges were filed Thursday against four Willowbrook men accused of killing a 7-month-old baby they had taken as collateral from a man they tried to rob, authorities said.
The men, described by sheriff’s deputies as gang members, were captured Wednesday after a high-speed chase in Lancaster that ended when their car spun out of control and crashed. Also in the car was the baby, Jainah Alexis Spencer, who died a short time later from injuries suffered in the crash, authorities said.
Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies transferred three of the suspects, also injured in the crash, from Lancaster hospitals Thursday after receiving a tip that fellow gang members would try to spring them, said Sgt. Bob Denham.
The three were taken to County-USC Medical Center’s Jail Ward. The fourth, who was not injured, is in the Downtown Los Angeles County Jail.
Facing one count of murder, four counts of robbery and two counts of kidnaping each are Marcel Cloud, 29; Calvin Robinson, 29; David Brian, 28, and Kenyon Pitts, 20. Authorities continued to search for two accomplices who participated in the abduction.
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