But the DA's office told HFD that only proved that Tata was not at home. Investigators were told on Friday to contact the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services to make sure Tata was the sole proprietor and did not have any other staff who could have been in the house at the time.
They were also told to interview more relatives of the children.
When they did and returned Friday afternoon, they were told again by the DA's office that they didn't have enough evidence.
Then HFD informed prosecutors they had a tip Tata was preparing to leave the United States.
"Investigator Ruben Hernandez called the DA's office," Galvan said. As a Houston police sergeant listened, Hernandez informed an assistant district attorney that a Crime Stopper's tip indicated Tata was preparing to flee the country and that she was a flight risk.
"It was a little frustrating for us," said Galvan.
Arson investigators went back and conducted more interviews and returned on Saturday. Again they were told there was not enough proof that another adult was not in the house at the time.
So they went out again on Sunday.
Galvan said he is still not clear what convinced the DA's office to file charges.
"I don't know what the last piece of the puzzle was for them to accept the charges," Galvan said......" [end excerpt]
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Story gives more detail of how the suspect and her family stalled the investigation and how the DA's office kept making investigators run in circles.
[excerpt] ".....Tata's brother, Ron Tata, has denied that his sister had left the toddlers, who ranged in age from about 16 months to 3 years, when the fire occurred, saying she had gone to the bathroom and passed out when she saw the house filling with smoke.
A law enforcement source has said "there's no question she went shopping." An eyewitness said Saturday that he saw Tata arrive at the day care in a van, then watched as she carried a bag of groceries to the door. When she opened the door, smoke rushed out and she began screaming for help.
"It doesn't add up," said Daniel Tantua, the church's choir director, who said Tata was known for being responsible with children...." [end excerpt] Source
It takes a village...
Did deep enough and I bet you find Quannell X or Queen Sheila running interference for this mass murderer.
Houston is full of third-worlders who don’t know that you don’t leave infants and toddlers in a house with oil cooking on the stove. It is a sanctuary city....a swamp of Progressive political correctness that elected a lesbian mayor, so outrageous events such as this one will occur from time to time.
I doubt HFD or the DA actually thought that she could scram out of the country that quickly, but even so: Anyone who thinks that race WASN’T a factor in the delays in getting a warrant for her has no clue how 21st century America works.
As it is, I’m just as glad that she’s gone. Quannell and his type would have turned her trial into a circus, she’s not coming back here (England, no doubt, will welcome her), and she saved us probably a million dollars (if not more) in incarceration and trial costs. [ and best of all, some legal-eagle, just graduated from a B, or lower law school, will still NOT have a job...as a public defender in this case ].
Another Nigerian Scam that kills 4 and the Nigerian husband and wife flee back to Nigeria after the bilked the people of money and seek sanctuary where they are unable to be extradited and live a life of luxury in Lagos. There it is the American Dream as promised by Van Jones - reparations to the Third World Oil Rich Country of Nigeria. the former slave port whereby slaves from the interior of Africa were kidnapped by the tribes of Nigeria and sold into slavery to the West Indies. Thats right reparations to a a country that focuses on one thing Scams on Americans, you name it they strive to do it.
Good luck getting her back from Nigeria. she will be sunk in the swamp that is Nigeria.
The documents allege that Tata had left the children without any adult supervision at the time. I was looking for them to say Tata “Allegedly “ left the country
I would not be surprised if Jessica Tata got help from her family to flee. Now, there is claims that this Jessica Tata set fire to a school bathroom in 2002. I don’t know how credible this is. I have seen this at other sites as well.
http://www.nowpublic.com/world/houston-day-care-fire-3-children-killed-2760684.html
A classmate of Tata comes forward. Describes her as irresponsible and a con artist. Rumor had it, she did set fire in the bathroom.
http://instantnewskaty.com/2011/03/01/19673