The 28-year-old accused of kidnapping, raping and killing 8-year-old neighbor girl Sandra Cantu is being held without bail at the San Joaquin County Jail. A grand jury handed down an indictment in August that also charges her with drugging a 7-year-old girl in January and a 37-year-old man in March. She pleaded not guilty last month to all the charges.
An incident report from the jail says that a couple days before her Aug. 17 court hearing, Huckaby hid behind a mattress and wrapped a blanket around her neck. She was taken to a “safety cell” and refused to eat dinner.
An Aug. 12 report says that a deputy found Huckaby lying on the floor by her bed. She said she felt dizzy and then passed out. The jail ordered a psychiatric nurse to check up on the inmate.
About a half-hour later, another jail employee found Huckaby sitting next to her bed with a trash can. When the employee asked her what was wrong, Huckaby replied, “I took pills,” according to the incident report. An ambulance took her to a doctor for treatment, records show.
Huckaby apparently acted up the morning of her last court appearance in an attempt to get out of going to the proceeding. She showed up in court with a couple fresh scratches on her forehead and on her left forearm.
Huckaby’s ex-husband accused her of trying to kill herself before. In a Southern California court when Johnny Huckaby was arguing for custody of their 5-year-old daughter, he said his ex-wife tried to kill herself by swallowing razor blades the day Sandra’s body was found April 6.
The Jacobson Elementary School second-grader went missing on March 27 and her body was found stuffed in a suitcase days later. The girl lived a few doors down from Huckaby in the Orchard Estates Mobile Home Park.
More than 70 people testified before a secret grand jury that charged Huckaby with murder and three enhancements that could qualify her for the death penalty: kidnapping, lewd and lascivious acts on a child and rape by instrument. A separate count charges her with having sex with a child younger than 10.
Huckaby has yet to enter a plea, and is due in court on Sept. 10 in Stockton. A gag order bars anyone involved with the case from speaking publicly about it.
Prosecutor Thomas Testa said at the last hearing that the case is a death penalty case until otherwise indicated.
•Contact Tracy Press reporter Jennifer Wadsworth at 830-4225 or jwadsworth@tracypress.com.
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WHY MH was living in the mobile home may be more significant. Her family gave conflicting reasons - one was to help her aging grandparents, and the other was as a last chance to help her straighten her life out (her mental state went lower after the divorce, the problem with stealing/getting busted for second offense/claiming incompetent to stand trial [which seems weird for a theft charge]/put on probation again/ordered to have mental counseling [reason not given, but someone obviously knew she had issues], etc.
A defensible CST evaluation should address the following issues using direct quotations from the defendant whenever possible:
1. The defendant’s ability to understand the charges, including:
• the legal and practical meaning of these charges;
• the implications of his/her current legal situation;
• the roles and functions of the courtroom personnel; and
• the ability to differentiate between various pleas and verdicts.
2. The defendant’s ability to assist in
his/her defense, which includes:
• describing his/her behavior and whereabouts at the time of the alleged crime(s);
• effectively interacting with defense counsel; and
• behaving in an appropriate manner in the courtroom.
MH claimed she was incompetent to stand trial after a theft incident - she was deemed CST and told to get counseling - this is more serious and MH is probably more wigged out now than then. Will see what happens...
Although I don't think its a cry for attention but yet a desperate attempt to not deal with the reality of the horrible things she did.
Those poor people she hurt, lets hope that justice is served and she doesn't take the families closure by killing herself first.
Just how genuine is her insanity?
Just look the other way next time, maybe she'll get tired of seeking attention.
She needs to be in psychiatric ward, in total isolation, in padded cell, with bread and water. Period.
Sorry, dark side of Amy speaking again!
Her sins may be so great that it is too ugly for her to revist in her mind day after day? Tough, she brought it on herself to be tormented by her acts!
No sympathy for MH, my sympathy goes to Sandra Cantu's family. News, don't you dare try to gain public's sympathy for MH.
If the attempt was real, one would think you would just lay in bed waiting for the desired results, and not tell someone what you just did.
I'd sure love to slip her a .38 handgun somehow, so she could really find a permanent solution to her problem. But there's no way to be sure she wouldn't use it on someone else...