A magistrate has given prosecutors a final, short extension in the case against Angela Mejia, who is charged in connection with the killing of 9-year-old Chantel Crump.
During a court appearance Wednesday, Mejia’s attorney, Wendel Alexander, applied for the matter to be thrown out, arguing that the delay in advancing the case amounts to a failure to prosecute. He said the prolonged proceedings, coupled with the intense public scrutiny surrounding the case, have unfairly affected his client.
Chief Magistrate Ngaio Emanuel rejected the application to dismiss but allowed one last adjournment. The court was informed that the case file is with the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Crump’s body was discovered in the Weatherills area on March 15, 2025, days after she was reportedly taken near her home by a woman in a vehicle.
Mejia has been on remand since her first court appearance and remains in custody.
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The same scenario gonna play out in the Asot case. Just imagine, a young child abducted on her way home from school, murdered, buried, and to this day her parents are kept in the dark as to the true cause of her death. Poor people justice being played out.
Awesome, should have been dismissed but I am okay with this final adjournment. They should not have charged the woman without probable cause. I don’t wish that on anyone. Not even on ABLP. Do things the right way.
The next thing, the government must provide her with funds to travel for safety. Living in Antigua and Barbuda after the charges are dismissed places her in ultra-hazardous living situation, in the country.
@my way of helping only way this case is going is straight to the HIGH COURT and that piss poor excuse of a woman going to do 25 YEARS TO LIFE to KIDNAP AND KILL OFF THE PEOPLE CHILD!!! AND YOUR PEDOPHILE ASS SHOILD BE IN JAIL RIGHT NEXT TO THE BITCH!!!!!
What a SHITHOLE country run by a bigger SHITHOLE Administration. WE ALREADY KNOW HOW THIS WILL END. I believe a local would have been already tried and convicted. Outsiders are more preferred and most Antiguans cannot come to that realization as yet. Remember they depend on these people to retain power