By BILL HUTCHINSON and SABINA GHEBREMEDIN, ABC News (LAFAYETTE PARISH, La.) — A woman has been arrested on charges related to the disappearence of 15-year-old Quawan “Bobby” Charles, whose naked and disfigured body was found in the drainage ditch of a Louisiana sugarcane field days after his mother reported him missing. The arrest of Janet [.]
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This photo provided by the Iberia Parish Sheriffâs Office, in New Iberia, Louisiana, shows Janet Irvin. On Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, Irvin was arrested in connection with the disappearance and death of a Black teen whose body was found days after he was reported missing in late 2020. (Iberia Parish Sheriffâs Office via AP) February 09, 2021 - 4:37 PM
A Louisiana woman was arrested Tuesday in connection with the disappearance and death late last year of a Black teen whose body was found days after he was reported missing.
Janet Irvin, 37, was jailed on charges of felony failure to report 15-year-old Quawan âBobbyâ Charles missing and of contributing to juvenile delinquency, Sheriff Tommy Romero said in a news release and video statements.
A Louisiana woman was arrested Tuesday in connection with the disappearance and death late last year of a Black teen whose body was found days after he was reported missing. Janet Irvin, 37, was jailed on charges of felony failure to report 15-year-old Quawan “Bobby” Charles missing and of contributing to juvenile delinquency, Sheriff Tommy […]
Louisiana woman arrested in Black teen’s disappearance and death I hope this arrest begins to help this family heal, and by no means is this case closed, Sheriff Tommy Romero says
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A Louisiana woman was arrested Tuesday in connection with the disappearance and death late last year of a Black teen whose body was found days after he was reported missing.
Janet Irvin, 37, was jailed on charges of felony failure to report 15-year-old
Quawan “Bobby” Charles missing and of contributing to juvenile delinquency, Sheriff
Tommy Romero said in a news release and video statements.
He said no bond has been set for Irvin, who was arrested in nearby Lafayette Parish and then moved to the Iberia Parish jail. Deputy
Updated: 10:51 AM PST, January 22, 2021
The drowning death of Quawan Bobby Charles has been ruled a homicide. His family s lawyers say a new, independent toxicology report sheds light on his mysterious death.
New light has been shed on the mysterious death of Quawan Bobby Charles, a 15-year-old Louisiana boy whose body was found facedown in a sugar cane field, according to lawyers for his family.
Charles had been reported missing Oct. 30. His remains were found on Nov. 3, more than 20 miles away from his father s home, where he was last seen by relatives. The teen s death has been ruled a homicide by the Iberia Parish Sheriff s Office, but the circumstances surrounding his drowning remain unclear.