Jashyah Moore, New Jersey Runaway, Tells Jamie Moore’s Mom To Throw Bleach In Her Eyes, Forcing Her To Roll Her Arms

A teenage girl who has been missing for nearly a month has told investigators she will be on the run to escape horrific abuse at the hands of her mother, according to a criminal complaint filed by the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. submit.

Jashyah Moore, 14, details extreme cases of years of neglect and abuse by her mother Jamie Moore. The complaint describes Moore’s abuse, accusing her of stabbing her daughter with a steak knife in the shoulder, “causing a laceration that is still visible.”

Moore is also alleged to have sprayed bleach in her daughter’s eyes, pulled her braids out and used various objects to hit her, including a frying pan. According to the complaint, she also hit her daughter with her hands and placed her knee on Jashyah’s neck and back, “making it difficult for her to breathe”.

The 14-year-old girl is said to be “forced to cook” for herself and her brother, or else would not eat that day. The girl’s mother was also charged with “educational neglect”, which prevented her from attending or enrolling in classes. Instead, the lawsuit alleges, Moore sent Jashyah out for processing, a statement East Orange police said they corroborated.

On October 14, Jashyah disappeared from a deli in East Orange. Moore reported her disappearance, and for the next four weeks, the distraught mother showed up little by little. “I haven’t slept, I haven’t eaten,” she said NBC New York on November 9, Moore said she believes Jashyah has been kidnapped. “Imagine if it was your child missing, how would you feel?”

Under pressure from national media attention, authorities launched a massive search effort. East Orange Police, New Jersey State Police and the FBI went around neighborhoods and posted flyers with the help of volunteers. A reward of up to $20,000 was offered for information leading to the girl.

And then the 14-year-old boy was discovered in Harlem on Thursday night. Jashyah, who cut her braids to avoid being recognized, initially denied who she was to the officers. She finally admits her identity, saying she will stay at a women’s shelter in Brooklyn.

“The young woman appeared to have run away and did not want anyone to know where she was,” Essex County Acting Prosecutor Theodore Stephens III said Friday, shortly before the announcement of Moore’s arrest. “She seems to feel more comfortable where she is.”

Jashyah told police that on October 14, her mother assaulted her after she returned from the deli without her family’s food benefit card. According to the complaint, Moore cursed at her, grabbed her by the neck and scratched her. Moore then allegedly took her daughter back to the restaurant, saying she couldn’t go home without her card.

“The victim said she walked away knowing she could not return home because her mother would beat her and leave her bruised,” the lawsuit alleges.

During a press conference on November 5, Moore recalled a far different story. “So I said, ‘Honey, back off your steps, because you’ve lost it before and found it,’ she recounted tearfully. “‘So it could be right outside or where you went in your pocket, it could fall out.” So she did. She went away, she stepped back. That was the time. I finally saw her”.

Moore, who turned 40 on Monday, remained in the Essex County Correctional Facility after she arrested on two counts of endangering children. She was accused of physical abuse and neglect.

Volunteers who helped coordinate the search efforts expressed relief that the girl was safe but said they had been duped, and were searching with Moore. One volunteer, Tony Olajuwon, said: “We felt like we were tied, tied, lied to. NBC New York.

Both Jashyah and her 3-year-old brother have been removed from Moore’s custody and assigned to the New Jersey Department of Child Protection and Permanency.

A hearing on Moore’s detention is scheduled for Wednesday.