The mom of the person suspected within the dying of Oakley resident Alexis Gabe three years in the past won’t face expenses as an adjunct to the crime, the Contra Costa District Lawyer’s Workplace stated Thursday.
Gabe, 24, was final seen alive on Jan. 26, 2022, when she drove to the the Antioch house of her ex-boyfriend, Marshall Curtis Jones III.
Alexis Gabe. (Picture courtesy of metropolis of Oakley)
Gabe’s automobile was discovered deserted in Oakley and authorities consider Jones killed her and took her physique to the Sierra foothills. Her partial stays have been present in November 2022 in Amador County, together with duct tape and black plastic trash luggage.
Jones, 27, was fatally shot by police in Kent, Washington, in June 2022, after he reportedly charged at police with a knife after they went to arrest him in reference to the killing.
Prosecutors had investigated whether or not Jones’ mom, Alicia Coleman-Clark, had acted as an adjunct after the actual fact in reference to Gabe’s dying.
These included acquiring a warrant to look flight buy information, to find out whether or not Coleman-Clark had facilitated the acquisition of an airline ticket for her son’s flight to Seattle in February 2022.
The information didn’t present that Coleman-Clark was concerned within the ticket buy, however as an alternative it appeared the flight was organized by means of a third-party vendor, the district legal professional’s workplace stated.
The investigation additionally included a forensic examination of clothes discovered with Gabe’s stays and a re-interview with Coleman-Clark’s former boyfriend.
FILE: Dozens of individuals attend a candlelight vigil for Alexis Gabe in Oakley Civic Heart Plaza on Friday, Dec. 9, 2022. Alexis went lacking on Jan. 26, 2022. Her partial stays have been discovered 10 months later in Amador County. (Picture by Glenn Gehlke/Native Information Issues)
Prosecutors additionally regarded into efforts to discover a second plastic bag that had been recovered with Gabe’s physique, to check it for DNA. The second bag wasn’t with the lady’s stays that have been despatched to California State College, Chico for forensic testing.
“After an exhaustive effort by Antioch and Oakley Police to determine its whereabouts, law enforcement confirmed to the District Attorney’s Office the bag was never provided to any local law enforcement agency. As such, there is no second bag to test for the presence of a contributor’s DNA.”
The district legal professional’s workplace concluded that though some data had raised suspicion about Coleman-Clark, there was inadequate proof to cost her.
“We extend our deepest condolences to the Gabe family for the unimaginable loss of Alexis,” District Lawyer Diana Becton stated. “Our office has worked tirelessly over the past three years to pursue every lead. While we have concluded our investigation into this matter, we remain committed to supporting the Gabe family.”
Gabe’s household voiced their displeasure with the choice in a social media submit Thursday. “We are extremely disappointed,” wrote Gwyn Gabe, Alexis’ father, on the Justice for Alexis Gabe Fb group. “We just concluded a conversation with DA Diana Becton and DA Simon O’Connell. Despite having a substantial amount of evidence, they still declined to pursue charges.”
