Three Years Ago Today, 18-year-old Jennika Lee Suazo Was Found Dead; Family Awaits Justice
Her mother, Jennie Lee Seipp, told us how hard it is to wait for news of movement in solving her daughter’s death. “Its coming on [three] years of her horrible passing…still no news from E.P.D. or Department of Justice.”
Eureka Police spokesperson Brittany Powell told us Saturday, “We are working with the Department of Justice on forensic and DNA evidence. Once all of the evidence has been evaluated and all results are received, we will follow up with any new leads and present the report to the District Attorney’s Office for review and recommendations.”
Powell said that solving Suazo’s homicide has required thorough police work. “The Eureka Police Department is working diligently to resolve this investigation and bring Jennika’s killer to justice,” she said in a prepared statement. “Working through investigations where there were no eye witnesses or other immediate identifying suspect information are time consuming and require a level of thoroughness above and beyond most investigations to ensure a case can be filed and prosecuted in front of a jury.”
If anyone has information, EPD asks them to contact Senior Detective Cosetti at [email protected].
Earlier Chapters:
- Home Marked off With Crime Scene Tape
- Suspicious Death Investigated by EPD
- See also the final person in this list (Record Number of Homicides in 2016)
- For a Time, the Candles Pushed back the Dark: A Community Grieves for Jennika
- Family to Hold Candlelight Walk for Teen One Month After Her ‘Suspicious’ Death
- Mother Accepts Diploma for Daughter Who Died Under Suspicious Circumstances
- EPD Still Awaiting DNA in Case of 18-Year-Old Jennika Determined to Have Died of Asphyxia Almost One Year Ago
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Why does it take over three years to evaluate the evidence ?
Racism
Get off the crack she’s white as me…
I think you missed what may have been satirical innuendo, and a reference to the Lawson case.
And just a reminder to skin tone haters: a persons skin color doesn’t always tell you who they are.
I have a bi-racial half sister who is paler than me, but her dad was black.
All that reveals is some heavy freckling on her face.
You haven’t heard of the rape kit backlog before?
Not that it’s right or acceptable, but it’s how things are.
I’m still waiting for someone to find Karen Mitchell, with it going on for over 22 years now.
Even farther back in the eighties there was a disabled guy that like to talk to truckers that disappeared and also never found.
With crimes, often they can not be solved or proven…..sad…..
Not sure if you are insinuating this but isn’t that around the same time as the serial killer trucker (from Arcata or maybe Trinidad? ) who was dismembering young woman?
Wayne Adam Ford. He really stuck to women, I don’t think he would have been involved with the man in question.
Half of me hopes it really was Robert Durst who killed her, just so we can all have some closure knowing he’s in jail.
Anthony Lee Hamilton, her mother’s boyfriend and roommate killed her, he lived with Jennika and her mother at the time, he currently is in Del Norte County jail for shooting a Del Norte County sheriff in a high speed car chase.
I am Jennika’s aunt and my husband Jon Japport and I raised Jennika from 2009-2011, until her mom moved her in that “clean and sober house”.
I was referring to the Karen Mitchell case, not this one. It’s considered a possibility that Karen Mitchell was murdered by Robert Durst, who is probably a serial killer.
Were Jennika, her mother, and her mother’s boyfriend all living in that same sober living house?
Yes, her mother Jennie is my younger sister. My husband, Jon Japport and I raised Jennika from 2009-2011, until her mother moved her into that house in June of 2011, her mother Jennie had been together as a couple and living with Anthony Lee Hamilton while my husband and I had Jennika.
I 100% agree!!!
Humboldt county just forgets about women
Doggo,
Sad to say that’s true.
you can watch “the Jinx” from HBO on youtube about Robert Durst, who owned a house up here in trinidad. Theres footy of the old Garberville payphones! I recommend watching the whole thing.You will understand some inside (NY) jokes from Fred Armison in New Girl.
But if you don’t have time there are videos of just the last 5 min. of the series, where Durst makes an ‘explosive’ confession on a hot mike.
Peace to her family, hope this let’s some people know it ain’t just the Lawson case going unsolved.
Right? And this young lady wasn’t engaged in violently assaulting someone with her friends. Justice doesn’t always come, even when the victim is innocent.
Its sad their taking so long, hopefully it means there just watching for a match on the already processed DNA.
The difference between this and the Lawson case is that there were dozens of witnesses and APD didn’t utilize their resources to find out what happened when it happened. There’s a lot more to that case, and the two shouldn’t be compared.
The comparison is about the ongoing and never improving incompetence of police agencies in this county to investigate murder. If it is not readily apparent and requires brain work to find the culprit, we are shit out of luck.
There was also dozens of people near Jenikas body. There was the same number of people who witnessed who murdered these young people, zero. We’re comparing 2 teens murdered during a small time span, that’s a logical comparison to me. One mother harassed the entire county and forced them to focus their resources on her and the other mother understood that there’s a lot of murders in this county and didn’t blame the entire county for racism or harrass people in parking lots. and yes the fact that there were two murders of teens in a short time span and one of the teens was engage in hurting someone with his friends and the one who was assaulting someone violently gets more press and more resources while the mom is telling the entire county we are racist is a big deal to me and a valid comparison.
Its so hard as a family member to sit and wait….. Wait till when???? Im mean, how long does it take , REALLY? Her mother (my cousin) needs closure… We as a family need closure…. This is truly hard….. Thank you kym kemp for caring enough to not forget Jennika Suazo. The EPD has…. I want JUSTICE for her. She didnt deserve this and neither does her mother.
It’s so sad and just absolutely ridiculous it is taking them so long to figure this out!! I pray for my sister jennie and the rest of our family to get justice for my sweet niece jennika… #justice4jennika
So sad! Per past link, EPD said 22 people were residing at the residence. What? Somebody had to of seen or heard something
Makes me really wonder about most of the “sober living homes” out there. 23 people including the victim under one roof? How many “staff” were there? What else was going on that no one saw?
Anthony Lee Hamilton, the mother’s boyfriend, who lived with them at the time of Jennika’s murder, he is currently in the Del Norte County jail for shooting a Del Norte County sheriff, not for Jennika’s murder. I am Jennika’s aunt and my husband Jon Japport and I raised Jennika from 2009-2011, until her mom moved her in that “clean and sober house”.
“Somebody had to of seen or heard something…”
Kind of sounds like the Lawson case…
Nothing like the Lawson case. She wasn’t stabbed to death, she wasn’t at a coke party, she wasn’t jumped.
She went home and felt safe at a place she called home with 22 other persons. Unless they were all on coke and she lost her phone, still doesn’t fit your narrative. She was strangled by one of 22 junkies in a halfway house. You’re comparison deserves a Fuck You
Anger management is available.
Reading comprehension is desirable.
I think the commenter was remarking on the single similarity of there being an excellent chance of witnesses, or even more likely in this case, someone who heard or knows something first-hand but is not stepping forward.
And that’s likely true.
Ummmm…sounds like your version of the Lawson case is nothing like the Lawson case, either.
Lawson wasn’t, “jumped,” either. He was one of the, “jumpers.”
In my opinion it was her mother’s boyfriend!!
She didn’t feel safe. Jennika repeatedly told people she was afraid of her mom’s boyfriend and worried he would hurt her there. She was found dead stuffed in a closet with her mouth stuffed with socks right after that.
The police and the family know who did it. And they know why. Several people have told them. They just can’t arrest the person without enough tangible evidence to have a good chance at conviction.
Anthony Lee Hamilton, the mother’s boyfriend did it, who lived with them at the time of Jennika’s murder, he is currently in the Del Norte County jail for shooting a Del Norte County sheriff, not for Jennika’s murder. I am Jennika’s aunt and my husband Jon Japport and I raised Jennika from 2009-2011, until her mom moved her in that “clean and sober house”. #JusticeforJennika
If what you say is true, their are other avenues of justice, they might not be legal, but who cares at this point.
If the law fails you , I won’t. Contact me
I’d think twice about hiring a hit man off a comment section on an internet news site.
That’s my theory ummmmm.
“When the system fails you, create your own system.” Large pelican cases work, air tight and undetected with metal detectors and dogs. Crab pot with no buoy works very well also.( make sure you tip the boat captain well). If you use a gun, change your barrel and pick up your brass.ALWAYS wear gloves. Good luck
I don’t think you will do a damn thing. #internettoughguy
Exactly! A lot of persons , even law enforcement believe they know who did it. It’s not what you know, It’s what you can prove.
Anthony Lee Hamilton, the mother’s boyfriend, who lived with them at the time of Jennika’s murder, he is currently in the Del Norte County jail for shooting a Del Norte County sheriff, not for Jennika’s murder. I am Jennika’s aunt and my husband Jon Japport and I raised Jennika from 2009-2011, until her mom moved her in that “clean and sober house”. #JusticeforJennika
My condolences.
DNA does not lie
I hope you get justice and closure
Thank you, YES please God! #JusticeforJennika
DNA does not lie but DNA evidence can easily be misinterpreted and misunderstood.
There are many examples of innocent people getting tagged with erroneous DNA evidence. It can and does happen
And never forget our dear Stephanie Gawboy- prayers to all.
Justice for Stephanie Gawboy! She’d give her last cent to help others. Such a loss to this community!
Rest in peace Stephanie. ❤️ I think about her still.
Very sad! Justice for Stefinie Gawboy! Meditating on truth, light, and justice being served for Stefinie, JENNIKA LEE SUAZO, Josiah + others! Healing thoughts for families and friends!
Maybe her family should have told the press Jennika was black, so everyone would be outraged and working hard to bring the actual murderer to justice like they did with david lawson……oh wait. They’re still waiting for a white suspect.
Justice here is a fucking joke.
Facepalm
Justice for Jennika.
Justice for Ben Taggart.
Justice for Josiah.
I’m a J4J supporter – but I haven’t forgotten the unsolved murders of Young People who have gone while I’ve lived here. We stand with you.
Thank you for posting this update.
My deepest condolences to her loved ones and family, words can’t describe what you have been through.
So tragic and so confusing that these cases with leads go unresolved while family’s suffer.
DNA evidence should be enough to indict someone.
DNA evidence that could mean nothing but incidental contamination? There has to be a link between the DNA and how it got there. If a person is indicted when that can not be proven, they will be found not guilty and never again brought to trial no matter what further evidence might be developed.
Justice for Bo Triantos. His alleged killer Brandon Watson is in jail awaiting trial in April. Let’s hope the DAs office does their job and makes sure this violent punk goes to prison for this murder
We need a new DA!
i lived at that same sober living house with my dad a couple months before jennika was murdered and i am fairly confident it was [edit] who murdered her. he was always violent and starting fights. he was very violent to jennika too and also very perverted towards her. i was only 13 so i just thought he was a jerk. but now that i am old enough to understand i remember jennika was always afraid of him and was terrified he was going to hurt her. he scared me and my brother so we tried to stay away from him. i am positive it was him because no one but him would ever even think of hurting jennika. she was a friend to everyone and everybody at the house when i lived there loved her. except for him, he is a disgusting perv and needs to be brought to justice. jennika deserves justice!