Advertisement

Santa Clarita / Antelope Valley : 2 Fugitives Identified in Fiery Death of Baby Girl : Chase: The gang members fled from the scene of a crash in which the 7-month-old died. Four others are in court.

Share
TIMES STAFF WRITER

Sheriff’s deputies Friday released the identities of two men wanted in connection with the death of a 7-month-old girl in a police chase.

Jainah Alexis Spencer died in a fiery crash in Lancaster after being taken “as collateral” by a group of six armed robbers seeking money from her father, authorities said. The girl and her father, Robert Davis, were abducted from an Inglewood apartment and driven to the house of Davis’ mother in Lancaster.

Four men were arrested after their car crashed in Lancaster as they fled from pursuing sheriff’s deputies early Wednesday morning. The car spun out of control after hitting a ditch, smashed into a tree and burst into flames.

Advertisement

Marcel Cloud, 29; Herman St. Aimie, 29; David Brian, 28, and Kenyon Pitts, 20, were brought into court for arraignment Friday, and the case was continued until March 9. The four are being held without bail.

Still at large are Ronald Cains, 22, and Cephus Sudduth, 26, both gang members from South-Central Los Angeles, deputies said Friday.

“My investigators have barely stopped (hunting them) since this thing began,” said Sheriff’s Lt. Ray Peavy, who is overseeing the investigation.

A sheriff’s spokeswoman said St. Aimie gave an assumed name--Calvin Robinson--when he was arrested.

Meanwhile, Pitts’ mother said her son was forced to take part in the kidnaping by the others, who wanted the use of his car.

Adrianne Allen, 36, said her son must have been forced to join the kidnapers because he would not have willingly driven his car to Lancaster, more than 100 miles away, since it had bad brakes.

Advertisement

“He had to pump on them to get it to stop,” she said.

It was Pitts’ car that crashed and caught fire, killing the baby.

“Our hearts are pouring out to the family that lost the baby, and my son is deeply sorry that that happened,” Allen said. “We’d like to do whatever we could, if we could, to help them.”

Advertisement