August 25, 2018: North Las Vegas, Nevada
A concerned grandmother calls in a triple missing persons report to the local police department. She hadn’t seen her granddaughter in days, and now both parents were missing as well. Since both her daughter and granddaughter lived with her, it was rather unusual.
Lakeia Walker, Ricky Beasley, and 2-year-old Zaela Walker were officially reported missing. Police began their investigation with a strange tale. Over time, it would change, but this was the first wild tale they heard.
The mother, Lakeia, had an interview, so she left the child with the father, Ricky. When she returned, there was an argument, and the father refused to return the child. He demanded $13,000 for her. The mother promised she would raise the money even if she had to strip for it.
Then the mother claimed she camped out in the driveway. Hoping to get her child back. She never once calls the police. Then she claims the father told her the child was in California with his family. Then, instead of demanding to see her child or calling the police, the mother and the father end up going on a strange 4-month long road trip. The child is never found.
When police arrest the couple, Lakeia blames everything on Ricky. Since he is driving his mother’s stolen car, they arrest him and let her go. Lakeia convinces police that he held his daughter for ransom and kidnapped her. But, over time, Lakeia’s stories become more outrageous, and police begin to question the mother’s story. They investigate everyone who could have had the child, and no one has seen Zaela.
Disturbingly, the police discover that neither parent tried to celebrate the child’s 3rd birthday while they were out on this strange road trip. Why would parents not make a fuss over their toddler’s birthday unless they already knew she was dead?
Another strange clue came when the police discovered recorded conversations on Ricky’s phone. Lakeia is heard saying the phrase, “no body- no case.” Who says those sorts of things outside the context of police investigations, legal cases, or true crime groups?
Both parents are now being held on murder charges in the disappearance case of Zaela Walker. Unfortunately, they have been behind bars for five years, and the case still hasn’t made it to trial. Will this baby girl get justice? Where is she? Is she even alive?
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