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ANTHONY and ALAYNA HINOJOSA - 4 and 3 yo (2009) - Huron (SW of Detroit) MI
by TomTerrific0420 Wed Oct 14, 2009 12:10 pm
A 29-year-old Huron Township woman has been charged with murder in the burning deaths of her two young children.Wayne
County Prosecutor Kym Worthy charged Sharon Hinojosa with two counts of
first -and- second-degree murder as well as arson of a dwelling
Tuesday. If convicted, she faces life in prison.
Hinojosa was arrested Saturday, a day after her children were killed in
her boyfriend's Huron Township trailer home on Clairet Street.Hinojosa
escaped the fire with her 1-year-old son, Aiden. Neighbors were unable
to save 4-year-old Anthony Hinojosa and 3-year-old Alayna Hinojosa."Most
of us, the parents we all know, would run into a firing inferno to save
their children and not act as this defendant allegedly did," said
Worthy.Worthy said she believes Sharon Hinojosa intentionally
left the two children that were not fathered by her boyfriend, Jason
Whistler, behind."Me and my wife, she can't have kids. We would
have taken those kids, no problem," said a neighbor Joseph Dickes. "All
she had to do was ask. It didn't have to come to that."Howard Caudill,
the father of 4 year-old victim Anthony Hinojosa, spoke out Tuesday for the first time since the tragedy."You
can't imagine what I'm going through. It's just terrible," Caudill
said. "(Anthony) was full of life, funny and smart and full of life,
and so was Alayna. It ain't all about Anthony. It's about her too. Them
babies, they found them together and they'll be together for eternity."When
asked about the charges against Anthony's mother, Sharon Hinojosa,
Caudill said, "You're a sick person to do something like that, a very
sick person. Them babies didn't deserve that; they didn't deserve that.
"The community was in disbelief Tuesday after hearing that
the children's mother was charged in the heinous crime."I
think she deserves it. I think it's a shame what she did to her
children… It's just sickening," said another neighbor, Linda Page.
Neighbor Jim Quillan said that after Sharon Hinojosa escaped the fire around
3:15 a.m. Friday she banged on his door for help.Quillan said he and another neighbor
ran over to the home and began breaking out windows in an attempt to save the children."When
we busted the windows, we could hear the kids screaming. It was bad,"
Quillan said. "There was so much smoke and fire, we couldn't get them
out. It was devastating. To know those kids were in there and we
couldn't get them out.""As a mother, I can't imagine how it must
have been for those two children to lose their lives in that firing
inferno as they burned to death," said Worthy. "It has to be one of the
worst ways to die."Quillan claims that Sharon Hinojosa
intentionally misled him and other neighbors who were trying to save
the children from the flames.“If she would have told us the right window from the get-go,
we would probably have those kids here today,” said Quillan.
Prosecutors said they believe Sharon Hinojosa acted alone and
nobody else was involved in the arson.Worthy said it's up to the police to decide
when Sharon Hinojosa will be arraigned.She is currently in the hospital.
Worthy said she was admitted after drinking rubbing alcohol.Anthony
and Alayna Hinojosa will be buried together. Visitation for the
children will be Wednesday from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Voran Funeral
Home. The service will be Thursday at 11 a.m. at the funeral home.A
memorial fund at the Bank of America in Taylor has been set up to help
the family pay for the children's funeral. Money can be sent to the
Alayna and Anthony Hinojosa fund.Funds for the burial are being collected at
he Leo's Coney Island on Telegraph Road in Taylor, Mich.Also,
a spaghetti dinner to raise funds for the funeral is being held Tuesday
night at the Picture Perfect restaurant on Beech Daly Street.
County Prosecutor Kym Worthy charged Sharon Hinojosa with two counts of
first -and- second-degree murder as well as arson of a dwelling
Tuesday. If convicted, she faces life in prison.
Hinojosa was arrested Saturday, a day after her children were killed in
her boyfriend's Huron Township trailer home on Clairet Street.Hinojosa
escaped the fire with her 1-year-old son, Aiden. Neighbors were unable
to save 4-year-old Anthony Hinojosa and 3-year-old Alayna Hinojosa."Most
of us, the parents we all know, would run into a firing inferno to save
their children and not act as this defendant allegedly did," said
Worthy.Worthy said she believes Sharon Hinojosa intentionally
left the two children that were not fathered by her boyfriend, Jason
Whistler, behind."Me and my wife, she can't have kids. We would
have taken those kids, no problem," said a neighbor Joseph Dickes. "All
she had to do was ask. It didn't have to come to that."Howard Caudill,
the father of 4 year-old victim Anthony Hinojosa, spoke out Tuesday for the first time since the tragedy."You
can't imagine what I'm going through. It's just terrible," Caudill
said. "(Anthony) was full of life, funny and smart and full of life,
and so was Alayna. It ain't all about Anthony. It's about her too. Them
babies, they found them together and they'll be together for eternity."When
asked about the charges against Anthony's mother, Sharon Hinojosa,
Caudill said, "You're a sick person to do something like that, a very
sick person. Them babies didn't deserve that; they didn't deserve that.
"The community was in disbelief Tuesday after hearing that
the children's mother was charged in the heinous crime."I
think she deserves it. I think it's a shame what she did to her
children… It's just sickening," said another neighbor, Linda Page.
Neighbor Jim Quillan said that after Sharon Hinojosa escaped the fire around
3:15 a.m. Friday she banged on his door for help.Quillan said he and another neighbor
ran over to the home and began breaking out windows in an attempt to save the children."When
we busted the windows, we could hear the kids screaming. It was bad,"
Quillan said. "There was so much smoke and fire, we couldn't get them
out. It was devastating. To know those kids were in there and we
couldn't get them out.""As a mother, I can't imagine how it must
have been for those two children to lose their lives in that firing
inferno as they burned to death," said Worthy. "It has to be one of the
worst ways to die."Quillan claims that Sharon Hinojosa
intentionally misled him and other neighbors who were trying to save
the children from the flames.“If she would have told us the right window from the get-go,
we would probably have those kids here today,” said Quillan.
Prosecutors said they believe Sharon Hinojosa acted alone and
nobody else was involved in the arson.Worthy said it's up to the police to decide
when Sharon Hinojosa will be arraigned.She is currently in the hospital.
Worthy said she was admitted after drinking rubbing alcohol.Anthony
and Alayna Hinojosa will be buried together. Visitation for the
children will be Wednesday from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Voran Funeral
Home. The service will be Thursday at 11 a.m. at the funeral home.A
memorial fund at the Bank of America in Taylor has been set up to help
the family pay for the children's funeral. Money can be sent to the
Alayna and Anthony Hinojosa fund.Funds for the burial are being collected at
he Leo's Coney Island on Telegraph Road in Taylor, Mich.Also,
a spaghetti dinner to raise funds for the funeral is being held Tuesday
night at the Picture Perfect restaurant on Beech Daly Street.
Last edited by TomTerrific0420 on Fri May 06, 2011 1:36 am; edited 2 times in total
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Re: ANTHONY and ALAYNA HINOJOSA - 4 and 3 yo (2009) - Huron (SW of Detroit) MI
by TomTerrific0420 Sun Jul 18, 2010 2:42 am
A woman accused of setting a trailer fire that killed two of her
children is competent to stand trial, Wayne County Circuit Judge Daniel
Hathaway ruled Thursday.
A trial for Sharon Hinojosa, 29, of Huron Township is set for 9 a.m. Oct. 18.
She is charged with two counts each of first- and second-degree murder and arson in the Oct. 9
deaths of 3-year-old Alayna Hinojosa and 4-year-old Anthony Hinojosa.
Hinojosa faces life in prison if convicted.
A competency evaluation was first requested Oct. 14 when her case was in 34th District Court in Romulus.
Results from that evaluation through a forensic center
for psychiatry took several months, delaying a preliminary examination of the evidence against her.
The center’s results were returned Feb. 8 and said Hinojosa was competent.
The preliminary examination then was held March 24 before 34th District Judge Brian Oakley.
Hinojosa was bound over for trial to Wayne County Circuit
Court, where another competency evaluation was requested. The results
of that evaluation were made public Thursday.
Hinojosa escaped the 3 a.m. fire on Clairet Road with her 1-year-old son, Aiden.
Neighbors testified that they tried frantically to rescue the other two children, but were unsuccessful.
Hinojosa was arrested the next day after questioning by Huron police.
Another child of hers was not there at the time.
children is competent to stand trial, Wayne County Circuit Judge Daniel
Hathaway ruled Thursday.
A trial for Sharon Hinojosa, 29, of Huron Township is set for 9 a.m. Oct. 18.
She is charged with two counts each of first- and second-degree murder and arson in the Oct. 9
deaths of 3-year-old Alayna Hinojosa and 4-year-old Anthony Hinojosa.
Hinojosa faces life in prison if convicted.
A competency evaluation was first requested Oct. 14 when her case was in 34th District Court in Romulus.
Results from that evaluation through a forensic center
for psychiatry took several months, delaying a preliminary examination of the evidence against her.
The center’s results were returned Feb. 8 and said Hinojosa was competent.
The preliminary examination then was held March 24 before 34th District Judge Brian Oakley.
Hinojosa was bound over for trial to Wayne County Circuit
Court, where another competency evaluation was requested. The results
of that evaluation were made public Thursday.
Hinojosa escaped the 3 a.m. fire on Clairet Road with her 1-year-old son, Aiden.
Neighbors testified that they tried frantically to rescue the other two children, but were unsuccessful.
Hinojosa was arrested the next day after questioning by Huron police.
Another child of hers was not there at the time.
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Re: ANTHONY and ALAYNA HINOJOSA - 4 and 3 yo (2009) - Huron (SW of Detroit) MI
by Watcher_of_all Thu May 05, 2011 6:11 pm
Father of sole child to survive mobile home fire speaks out
Published: Sunday, October 25, 2009
HURON TWP. — Justin Whisler’s gut feeling tells him there is no way Sharon Hinojosa, his former girlfriend, could be guilty of the murder charges she faces in the deaths of two of her children.
But the thoughts consuming his mind since he learned that their 1-year-old son, Aiden, might have been a target as well tell him his gut feeling could be very wrong.
Whisler hasn’t spoken publicly since the two children died in the fire at 3 a.m. Oct. 9, but he sat down with The News-Herald Newspapers for an interview Wednesday afternoon with information that might shock many.
An investigative report on the case validates much of Whisler’s account.
Hinojosa, 29, has been charged with two counts each of first- and second-degree murder in the deaths of Alayna Hinojosa, 3, and Anthony Hinojosa, 4. Whisler, 25, is not the father of those children, but is Aiden’s father.
Whisler said his son was pulled out of Hinojosa’s burning car near the home in Huron Estates Mobile Home Park on Clairet Road during the fire.
Whisler said Aiden was discovered in the parked car by a 16-year-old girl close to the family who lives in Huron Estates.
According to the father, a cigarette was found sitting inside the gas tank cubby hole of Hinojosa’s car.
Whisler said some form of accelerant, which he suspects might have been tiki torch oil, had been poured on the front end of the vehicle. He said he has no idea why his son was separated from the other children, but he believes Aiden’s life might have been in jeopardy, too.
http://thenewsherald.com/articles/2009/10/25/news/doc4ae31ad36b7f8682133306.txt?viewmode=2
Published: Sunday, October 25, 2009
HURON TWP. — Justin Whisler’s gut feeling tells him there is no way Sharon Hinojosa, his former girlfriend, could be guilty of the murder charges she faces in the deaths of two of her children.
But the thoughts consuming his mind since he learned that their 1-year-old son, Aiden, might have been a target as well tell him his gut feeling could be very wrong.
Whisler hasn’t spoken publicly since the two children died in the fire at 3 a.m. Oct. 9, but he sat down with The News-Herald Newspapers for an interview Wednesday afternoon with information that might shock many.
An investigative report on the case validates much of Whisler’s account.
Hinojosa, 29, has been charged with two counts each of first- and second-degree murder in the deaths of Alayna Hinojosa, 3, and Anthony Hinojosa, 4. Whisler, 25, is not the father of those children, but is Aiden’s father.
Whisler said his son was pulled out of Hinojosa’s burning car near the home in Huron Estates Mobile Home Park on Clairet Road during the fire.
Whisler said Aiden was discovered in the parked car by a 16-year-old girl close to the family who lives in Huron Estates.
According to the father, a cigarette was found sitting inside the gas tank cubby hole of Hinojosa’s car.
Whisler said some form of accelerant, which he suspects might have been tiki torch oil, had been poured on the front end of the vehicle. He said he has no idea why his son was separated from the other children, but he believes Aiden’s life might have been in jeopardy, too.
http://thenewsherald.com/articles/2009/10/25/news/doc4ae31ad36b7f8682133306.txt?viewmode=2
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Re: ANTHONY and ALAYNA HINOJOSA - 4 and 3 yo (2009) - Huron (SW of Detroit) MI
by Watcher_of_all Thu May 05, 2011 6:14 pm
Mother's challenge of confession denied by judge
Posted On: 10/7/2010
HURON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A judge has denied a motion by a Michigan woman challenging her confession in the arson deaths of her two young children.
The Wayne County prosecutor's office says Thursday that Circuit Court Judge Daniel Hathaway also denied Sharon Hinojosa's (hee-noh-HOH'-sah's) challenge to her competency in waiving her Miranda rights.
She is charged with felony murder and arson, and faces life in prison without parole if convicted of the murder charge. A jury trial is to start Oct. 18.
Hinojosa is accused of setting a fire Oct. 9, 2009 in her boyfriend's Huron Township trailer, about 20 miles southwest of Detroit. Hinojosa's 3-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son were killed. Authorities say she fled with another child.
http://www.9and10news.com/Category/Story/?id=259712&cID=2
Posted On: 10/7/2010
HURON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A judge has denied a motion by a Michigan woman challenging her confession in the arson deaths of her two young children.
The Wayne County prosecutor's office says Thursday that Circuit Court Judge Daniel Hathaway also denied Sharon Hinojosa's (hee-noh-HOH'-sah's) challenge to her competency in waiving her Miranda rights.
She is charged with felony murder and arson, and faces life in prison without parole if convicted of the murder charge. A jury trial is to start Oct. 18.
Hinojosa is accused of setting a fire Oct. 9, 2009 in her boyfriend's Huron Township trailer, about 20 miles southwest of Detroit. Hinojosa's 3-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son were killed. Authorities say she fled with another child.
http://www.9and10news.com/Category/Story/?id=259712&cID=2
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Re: ANTHONY and ALAYNA HINOJOSA - 4 and 3 yo (2009) - Huron (SW of Detroit) MI
by Banditbird Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:04 am
Prosecutors deciding whether to charge Huron Township mom accused of killing kids in fire
Published: Monday, October 12, 2009, 1:59 PM Updated: Monday, October 12, 2009, 2:04 PM
The Associated Press By The Associated Press
Prosecutors are reviewing a warrant request against 29-year-old Sharon Hinojosa, of Huron Township, in the fire deaths of her two young children.
Wayne County prosecutor's office spokeswoman Maria Miller says possible charges against Hinojosa were being looked at Monday.
Hinojosa was arrested Saturday, a day after 4-year-old Anthony Hinojosa and 3-year-old Alayna Hinojosa were killed in her boyfriend's Huron Township trailer home.
Sharon Hinojosa escaped the fire with her 1-year-old son. Neighbors were unable to save her two older children.
Neighbors said Sharon Hinojosa and 25-year-old Justin Whisler were going through a breakup.
The Associated Press wasn't able to determine whether Hinojosa was represented by an attorney.
http://blog.mlive.com/news/detroit_impact/print.html?entry=/2009/10/prosecutors_deciding_whether_t.html
Published: Monday, October 12, 2009, 1:59 PM Updated: Monday, October 12, 2009, 2:04 PM
The Associated Press By The Associated Press
Prosecutors are reviewing a warrant request against 29-year-old Sharon Hinojosa, of Huron Township, in the fire deaths of her two young children.
Wayne County prosecutor's office spokeswoman Maria Miller says possible charges against Hinojosa were being looked at Monday.
Hinojosa was arrested Saturday, a day after 4-year-old Anthony Hinojosa and 3-year-old Alayna Hinojosa were killed in her boyfriend's Huron Township trailer home.
Sharon Hinojosa escaped the fire with her 1-year-old son. Neighbors were unable to save her two older children.
Neighbors said Sharon Hinojosa and 25-year-old Justin Whisler were going through a breakup.
The Associated Press wasn't able to determine whether Hinojosa was represented by an attorney.
http://blog.mlive.com/news/detroit_impact/print.html?entry=/2009/10/prosecutors_deciding_whether_t.html
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Re: ANTHONY and ALAYNA HINOJOSA - 4 and 3 yo (2009) - Huron (SW of Detroit) MI
by Banditbird Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:05 am
Still no charges against Sharon Hinojosa, accused of killing two children in fire
Published: Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 9:37 AM Updated: Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 9:38 AM
Jonathan Oosting | MLive.com By Jonathan Oosting | MLive.com
Prosecutors still have not decided to press charges against a Huron Township mother accused of setting fire to her mobile home Friday, killing two of her children while she escaped with a third.
Instead, Sharon Hinojosa, 29, remains in police custody, and prosecutors aren't talking.
A decision will have to be made today, however.
Police took Hinojosa into custody on Saturday and, as the Detroit Free Press points out, must release her if charges are not filed within 72 hours of the arrest.
Hinojosa escaped the fire with her 1-year-old son, but 4-year-old Anthony and 3-year-old Alayna died in the fire.
Pauline Zack, 18, who baby-sat for the family for the past year, said Hinojosa "couldn't even spank her own kids or tell them no, let alone do anything to hurt them."
Neighbors and relatives said Friday that Hinojosa was in the process of breaking up with her boyfriend, Justin Whisler, 25, father of the youngest child.
http://blog.mlive.com/news/detroit_impact/print.html?entry=/2009/10/still_no_charges_against_sharo.html
Published: Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 9:37 AM Updated: Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 9:38 AM
Jonathan Oosting | MLive.com By Jonathan Oosting | MLive.com
Prosecutors still have not decided to press charges against a Huron Township mother accused of setting fire to her mobile home Friday, killing two of her children while she escaped with a third.
Instead, Sharon Hinojosa, 29, remains in police custody, and prosecutors aren't talking.
A decision will have to be made today, however.
Police took Hinojosa into custody on Saturday and, as the Detroit Free Press points out, must release her if charges are not filed within 72 hours of the arrest.
Hinojosa escaped the fire with her 1-year-old son, but 4-year-old Anthony and 3-year-old Alayna died in the fire.
Pauline Zack, 18, who baby-sat for the family for the past year, said Hinojosa "couldn't even spank her own kids or tell them no, let alone do anything to hurt them."
Neighbors and relatives said Friday that Hinojosa was in the process of breaking up with her boyfriend, Justin Whisler, 25, father of the youngest child.
http://blog.mlive.com/news/detroit_impact/print.html?entry=/2009/10/still_no_charges_against_sharo.html
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Re: ANTHONY and ALAYNA HINOJOSA - 4 and 3 yo (2009) - Huron (SW of Detroit) MI
by Banditbird Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:07 am
Sharon Hinojosa, mom of two kids killed in mobile home fire, charged with murder
Published: Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 8:31 AM Updated: Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 9:24 AM
The Associated Press By The Associated Press
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A woman intentionally set a fire at her boyfriend's mobile home in suburban Detroit, killing two of her young children while fleeing with a third, a prosecutor said Tuesday in filing murder charges.
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy did not specify a motive, saying only that Sharon Hinojosa "knowingly left the children who were not fathered by her boyfriend."
Hinojosa, 29, was charged with arson, second-degree murder and felony murder, which is murder committed during another crime. The maximum penalty is life in prison.
"This should send chills up the spine of every person. I can't imagine the abject horror of the last seconds of their young lives," Worthy said.
She said Hinojosa set the fire around 3 a.m. Friday in Huron Township, about 20 miles southwest of Detroit, killing daughter Alayna Hinojosa, 3, and son Anthony Hinojosa, 4. Hinojosa escaped with a 1-year-old son, Worthy said, while Alayna and Anthony remained trapped inside.
"I cannot tell you how disgusting this case has been. ... It has to be one of the worst ways to die," the prosecutor said.
Hinojosa, meanwhile, was in a hospital after drinking rubbing alcohol. Worthy would not provide details about how or when it happened, but Hinojosa has been in custody since the weekend.
Her attorney, Mike Granzeier, declined to comment on the case.
Hinojosa's arraignment was not immediately set. A judge may have to conduct it at the hospital, Huron Township Police Chief Greg Hinzmann said. Her condition was not disclosed but is not considered life-threatening.
A neighbor, Joe Dickes, said he tried to rescue the children, first through the door and then through windows, but flames were too intense.
"We heard the screams inside. There was nothing we could do," he said, referring to himself and another neighbor.
"Sharon was running up and down the street. She didn't care," Dickes recalled. "She said, 'I couldn't wake them up.' Come on, you can throw them out the door."
http://blog.mlive.com/news/detroit_impact/print.html?entry=/2009/10/sharon_hinojosa_mom_of_two_kid.html
Published: Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 8:31 AM Updated: Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 9:24 AM
The Associated Press By The Associated Press
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A woman intentionally set a fire at her boyfriend's mobile home in suburban Detroit, killing two of her young children while fleeing with a third, a prosecutor said Tuesday in filing murder charges.
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy did not specify a motive, saying only that Sharon Hinojosa "knowingly left the children who were not fathered by her boyfriend."
Hinojosa, 29, was charged with arson, second-degree murder and felony murder, which is murder committed during another crime. The maximum penalty is life in prison.
"This should send chills up the spine of every person. I can't imagine the abject horror of the last seconds of their young lives," Worthy said.
She said Hinojosa set the fire around 3 a.m. Friday in Huron Township, about 20 miles southwest of Detroit, killing daughter Alayna Hinojosa, 3, and son Anthony Hinojosa, 4. Hinojosa escaped with a 1-year-old son, Worthy said, while Alayna and Anthony remained trapped inside.
"I cannot tell you how disgusting this case has been. ... It has to be one of the worst ways to die," the prosecutor said.
Hinojosa, meanwhile, was in a hospital after drinking rubbing alcohol. Worthy would not provide details about how or when it happened, but Hinojosa has been in custody since the weekend.
Her attorney, Mike Granzeier, declined to comment on the case.
Hinojosa's arraignment was not immediately set. A judge may have to conduct it at the hospital, Huron Township Police Chief Greg Hinzmann said. Her condition was not disclosed but is not considered life-threatening.
A neighbor, Joe Dickes, said he tried to rescue the children, first through the door and then through windows, but flames were too intense.
"We heard the screams inside. There was nothing we could do," he said, referring to himself and another neighbor.
"Sharon was running up and down the street. She didn't care," Dickes recalled. "She said, 'I couldn't wake them up.' Come on, you can throw them out the door."
http://blog.mlive.com/news/detroit_impact/print.html?entry=/2009/10/sharon_hinojosa_mom_of_two_kid.html
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Re: ANTHONY and ALAYNA HINOJOSA - 4 and 3 yo (2009) - Huron (SW of Detroit) MI
by Banditbird Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:08 am
Sharon Hinojosa Set Fire to Her Home, Burning Two Children to Death
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By Pete Kotz in Bad Moms, Child Abuse, arson, homicide
Wednesday, October 14, 2009, at 12:40 pm
Mom left 4-year-old Anthony Hinojosa in the burning trailer home
At 3 a.m., according to police, Sharon Hinojosa purposely set fire to her mobile home in Huron Township, Michigan, just outside of Detroit. She grabbed her 1-year-old son, but left her other two children -- ages 3 and 4 -- behind.
Joe Dickes and another neighbor saw the fire and tried to rescue the kids. But they couldn't get through the door or the windows; the fire was out of control. "We heard the screams inside," he told the Associated Press. "There was nothing we could do."
What shocked him more is that their mother didn't seem worried that her two kids were burning to death. "Sharon was running up and down the street. She didn't care. She said, 'I couldn't wake them up.' Come on, you can throw them out the door...
Sharon Hinojosa and boyfriend Justin Whisler with the three kids
Among the dead were daughter Alayna Hinojosa, 3, and son Anthony Hinojosa, 4. Mother Sharon, meanwhile, was hospitalized for drinking rubbing alcohol, but is expected to recover.
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged mom, 29, with arson and murder. And if you read between the lines, it seems Sharon no longer wanted the two older kids. Worthy asserts she "knowingly left the children who were not fathered by her boyfriend... This should send chills up the spine of every person. I can't imagine the abject horror of the last seconds of their young lives."
http://www.truecrimereport.com/2009/10/sharon_hinojosa_set_fire_to_he.php
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By Pete Kotz in Bad Moms, Child Abuse, arson, homicide
Wednesday, October 14, 2009, at 12:40 pm
Mom left 4-year-old Anthony Hinojosa in the burning trailer home
At 3 a.m., according to police, Sharon Hinojosa purposely set fire to her mobile home in Huron Township, Michigan, just outside of Detroit. She grabbed her 1-year-old son, but left her other two children -- ages 3 and 4 -- behind.
Joe Dickes and another neighbor saw the fire and tried to rescue the kids. But they couldn't get through the door or the windows; the fire was out of control. "We heard the screams inside," he told the Associated Press. "There was nothing we could do."
What shocked him more is that their mother didn't seem worried that her two kids were burning to death. "Sharon was running up and down the street. She didn't care. She said, 'I couldn't wake them up.' Come on, you can throw them out the door...
Sharon Hinojosa and boyfriend Justin Whisler with the three kids
Among the dead were daughter Alayna Hinojosa, 3, and son Anthony Hinojosa, 4. Mother Sharon, meanwhile, was hospitalized for drinking rubbing alcohol, but is expected to recover.
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged mom, 29, with arson and murder. And if you read between the lines, it seems Sharon no longer wanted the two older kids. Worthy asserts she "knowingly left the children who were not fathered by her boyfriend... This should send chills up the spine of every person. I can't imagine the abject horror of the last seconds of their young lives."
http://www.truecrimereport.com/2009/10/sharon_hinojosa_set_fire_to_he.php
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Re: ANTHONY and ALAYNA HINOJOSA - 4 and 3 yo (2009) - Huron (SW of Detroit) MI
by Banditbird Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:09 am
Police: Mom of 2 kids dead in Huron Township fire arrested
Published: Saturday, October 10, 2009, 11:56 PM Updated: Sunday, October 11, 2009, 9:56 AM
The Associated Press By The Associated Press
fire-huron-township-mobile-home-sharon-hinojosa.JPGFox 2Sharon Hinojosa poses in a photograph with Justin Whisler. Anthony Hinojosa (left) and Alayna Hinojosa (right) died in the fire.
HURON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The mother of two children who died in a fire at a mobile home near Detroit has been arrested in the deaths, police said Saturday.
Huron Township police said in a statement Saturday that 29-year-old Sharon Hinojosa was arrested in the deaths and arson of the mobile home, and the Wayne County prosecutor's office would decide whether charges would be brought. No additional information was released, and police said they didn't know whether Hinojosa had a lawyer.
The trailer was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived Friday morning in the Wayne County community about 20 miles southwest of Detroit. Neighbors tried to save 4-year-old Anthony Hinojosa and 3-year-old Alayna Hinojosa but couldn't.
Hinojosa escaped with a 1-year-old son.
Pauline Zack, 18, who baby-sat for the family for the past year, said Hinojosa "couldn't even spank her own kids or tell them no, let alone do anything to hurt them."
Neighbors and relatives said Friday that Hinojosa was in the process of breaking up with her boyfriend, Justin Whisler, 25.
Whisler's mother, Cindi Whisler, said her family is devastated.
"This is the most tragic situation that could ever happen to someone in their lifetime," she said Saturday. "I'm in shock over the whole thing."
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Published: Saturday, October 10, 2009, 11:56 PM Updated: Sunday, October 11, 2009, 9:56 AM
The Associated Press By The Associated Press
fire-huron-township-mobile-home-sharon-hinojosa.JPGFox 2Sharon Hinojosa poses in a photograph with Justin Whisler. Anthony Hinojosa (left) and Alayna Hinojosa (right) died in the fire.
HURON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The mother of two children who died in a fire at a mobile home near Detroit has been arrested in the deaths, police said Saturday.
Huron Township police said in a statement Saturday that 29-year-old Sharon Hinojosa was arrested in the deaths and arson of the mobile home, and the Wayne County prosecutor's office would decide whether charges would be brought. No additional information was released, and police said they didn't know whether Hinojosa had a lawyer.
The trailer was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived Friday morning in the Wayne County community about 20 miles southwest of Detroit. Neighbors tried to save 4-year-old Anthony Hinojosa and 3-year-old Alayna Hinojosa but couldn't.
Hinojosa escaped with a 1-year-old son.
Pauline Zack, 18, who baby-sat for the family for the past year, said Hinojosa "couldn't even spank her own kids or tell them no, let alone do anything to hurt them."
Neighbors and relatives said Friday that Hinojosa was in the process of breaking up with her boyfriend, Justin Whisler, 25.
Whisler's mother, Cindi Whisler, said her family is devastated.
"This is the most tragic situation that could ever happen to someone in their lifetime," she said Saturday. "I'm in shock over the whole thing."
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Re: ANTHONY and ALAYNA HINOJOSA - 4 and 3 yo (2009) - Huron (SW of Detroit) MI
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Hundreds gather to remember Huron Township children killed in mobile home fire
Published: Saturday, October 17, 2009, 5:32 PM Updated: Saturday, October 17, 2009, 6:26 PM
Aaron Foley | MLive.com By Aaron Foley | MLive.com
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About 350 relatives and friends gathered at a funeral service for two young children killed in a mobile home fire that police say was deliberately set by their mother.
29-year-old Sharon Hinojosa sits in jail with arson and murder charges related to the deaths of her 3-year-old daughter Alayna and her 4-year-old son Anthony. She faces life in prison.
According to investigators, Hinojosa deliberately set the fire to her mobile home, escaping with her 1-year-old son but leaving the older children inside to die. Witnesses who heard the children screaming tried to rescue them to no avail.
Hinojosa's boyfriend, who owned the home, is the father of the youngest child but not the older two, something Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said was key to the case.
The News-Herald reports that bouquets of balloons blew in the wind outside the funeral home where the service was held. The children were buried together.
"There were a lot of tears," said one woman who preferred to remain unidentified.
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Published: Saturday, October 17, 2009, 5:32 PM Updated: Saturday, October 17, 2009, 6:26 PM
Aaron Foley | MLive.com By Aaron Foley | MLive.com
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About 350 relatives and friends gathered at a funeral service for two young children killed in a mobile home fire that police say was deliberately set by their mother.
29-year-old Sharon Hinojosa sits in jail with arson and murder charges related to the deaths of her 3-year-old daughter Alayna and her 4-year-old son Anthony. She faces life in prison.
According to investigators, Hinojosa deliberately set the fire to her mobile home, escaping with her 1-year-old son but leaving the older children inside to die. Witnesses who heard the children screaming tried to rescue them to no avail.
Hinojosa's boyfriend, who owned the home, is the father of the youngest child but not the older two, something Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said was key to the case.
The News-Herald reports that bouquets of balloons blew in the wind outside the funeral home where the service was held. The children were buried together.
"There were a lot of tears," said one woman who preferred to remain unidentified.
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Re: ANTHONY and ALAYNA HINOJOSA - 4 and 3 yo (2009) - Huron (SW of Detroit) MI
by Banditbird Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:14 am
Mom of kids killed in trailer home fire led a troubled life, according to friends and relatives
Published: Saturday, October 24, 2009, 10:56 AM Updated: Saturday, October 24, 2009, 11:36 AM
Aaron Foley | MLive.com By Aaron Foley | MLive.com
Despite reports that Sharon Hinojosa intentionally killed her children that she didn't share with her boyfriend, those that knew her say she is incapable of such a thing.
Hinojosa faces charges of arson and felony murder after police and prosecutors say she set her mobile home ablaze with two of her children inside. 4-year-old Anthony and 3-year-old Alayna perished while Hinojosa and her 1-year-old son escaped.
The father of the 1-year-old, Justin Whisler, owned the mobile home. The Detroit News reports that Whisler and Hinojosa broke up, and he evicted her when he found a new girlfriend.
From The Detroit News, Oct. 24: Acquaintances said they couldn't imagine her intentionally hurting her children. "She loved those kids more than anyone or anything," said Pauline Zack, a frequent baby sitter. Hinojosa's feelings about her boyfriend were another matter. Besides allegedly burning his trailer, she apparently tried to implicate him in the crime, said her friend Misty Dickes. Two days before the fire, she asked Dickes to temporarily take her children, telling her that Whisler was threatening to firebomb the home, said Dickes. "I figured she would eventually kill him but not the kids," said Dickes' husband, Joe.
Still, when Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced charges against Hinojosa, a determining factor was that Hinojosa "knowingly left the children who were not fathered by her boyfriend."
Hinojosa was invovled in a string of relationships which produced four children. "She was always looking for someone new to love her," said her cousin, Bobbie Lynn May.
Her relationship with Whisler was particularly disastrous. When Whisler didn't come home, Hinojosa and the children drove around looking for him. On one occassion, Hinojosa tracked him down at a friend's house and screamed for him to come outside before breaking a window at the home.
She then slashed the tire of his car. A misdemeanor charge against her for destruction of property was pending at the time of the fire.
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Published: Saturday, October 24, 2009, 10:56 AM Updated: Saturday, October 24, 2009, 11:36 AM
Aaron Foley | MLive.com By Aaron Foley | MLive.com
Despite reports that Sharon Hinojosa intentionally killed her children that she didn't share with her boyfriend, those that knew her say she is incapable of such a thing.
Hinojosa faces charges of arson and felony murder after police and prosecutors say she set her mobile home ablaze with two of her children inside. 4-year-old Anthony and 3-year-old Alayna perished while Hinojosa and her 1-year-old son escaped.
The father of the 1-year-old, Justin Whisler, owned the mobile home. The Detroit News reports that Whisler and Hinojosa broke up, and he evicted her when he found a new girlfriend.
From The Detroit News, Oct. 24: Acquaintances said they couldn't imagine her intentionally hurting her children. "She loved those kids more than anyone or anything," said Pauline Zack, a frequent baby sitter. Hinojosa's feelings about her boyfriend were another matter. Besides allegedly burning his trailer, she apparently tried to implicate him in the crime, said her friend Misty Dickes. Two days before the fire, she asked Dickes to temporarily take her children, telling her that Whisler was threatening to firebomb the home, said Dickes. "I figured she would eventually kill him but not the kids," said Dickes' husband, Joe.
Still, when Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced charges against Hinojosa, a determining factor was that Hinojosa "knowingly left the children who were not fathered by her boyfriend."
Hinojosa was invovled in a string of relationships which produced four children. "She was always looking for someone new to love her," said her cousin, Bobbie Lynn May.
Her relationship with Whisler was particularly disastrous. When Whisler didn't come home, Hinojosa and the children drove around looking for him. On one occassion, Hinojosa tracked him down at a friend's house and screamed for him to come outside before breaking a window at the home.
She then slashed the tire of his car. A misdemeanor charge against her for destruction of property was pending at the time of the fire.
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Re: ANTHONY and ALAYNA HINOJOSA - 4 and 3 yo (2009) - Huron (SW of Detroit) MI
by Banditbird Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:17 am
Ex-boyfriend of Sharon Hinojosa, mom accused of killing kids in mobile home fire, reveals more details of day of fire
Published: Sunday, October 25, 2009, 11:29 AM Updated: Sunday, October 25, 2009, 12:19 PM
Aaron Foley | MLive.com By Aaron Foley | MLive.com
fire-huron-township-mobile-home-sharon-hinojosa.JPGFox 2Justin Whisler and Sharon Hinojosa pose with 1-year-old Aiden, 4-year-old Anthony and 3-year-old Alayna.
The ex-boyfriend of a woman accused of killing two of her children by setting their mobile home ablaze says his 1-year-old son was also at risk of losing his life in a burning car.
Although it has been reported that two of Sharon Hinojosa's children -- 4-year-old Anthony and 3-year-old Alayna -- died in a mobile home fire, Justin Whisler says Hinojosa's car was also torched that day and the couple's 1-year-old son, Aiden, was inside.
“The car door was not locked, but it was on fire,” Whisler tells The News-Herald. “He was taken to a hospital and ended up with one of her relatives.”
Whisler owned the mobile home and shared it with Hinojosa and the children. He is not the father of the two children killed.
After several arguments, Whisler and Hinojosa broke up and he evicted her from the property shortly before the arson. Hinojosa is also charged with felony murder, or murder that occurs during another crime.
Whisler suspects tiki torch oil was poured on the hood of Hinojosa's car, and a cigarette was found in the cubby hole of the car's gas tank.
He said Hinojosa called him three times, and on the third time she said that someone firebombed the trailer but Aiden was not inside.
Now, Aiden is in foster care and Whisler is working to get custody of him. Whisler says he doesn't believe Hinojosa would intentionally harm their children and showed no indication of violence toward the children in the past.
Since the incident, however, Whisler says his reputation has been damaged. Early in the investigation, he says many believed he was responsible for the fire and was receiving death threats.
Whisler has not been in contact with Hinojosa since.
“I don’t want to talk to her or see her. I don’t have any questions for her. If she didn’t want them, why not just give them away?”
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Published: Sunday, October 25, 2009, 11:29 AM Updated: Sunday, October 25, 2009, 12:19 PM
Aaron Foley | MLive.com By Aaron Foley | MLive.com
fire-huron-township-mobile-home-sharon-hinojosa.JPGFox 2Justin Whisler and Sharon Hinojosa pose with 1-year-old Aiden, 4-year-old Anthony and 3-year-old Alayna.
The ex-boyfriend of a woman accused of killing two of her children by setting their mobile home ablaze says his 1-year-old son was also at risk of losing his life in a burning car.
Although it has been reported that two of Sharon Hinojosa's children -- 4-year-old Anthony and 3-year-old Alayna -- died in a mobile home fire, Justin Whisler says Hinojosa's car was also torched that day and the couple's 1-year-old son, Aiden, was inside.
“The car door was not locked, but it was on fire,” Whisler tells The News-Herald. “He was taken to a hospital and ended up with one of her relatives.”
Whisler owned the mobile home and shared it with Hinojosa and the children. He is not the father of the two children killed.
After several arguments, Whisler and Hinojosa broke up and he evicted her from the property shortly before the arson. Hinojosa is also charged with felony murder, or murder that occurs during another crime.
Whisler suspects tiki torch oil was poured on the hood of Hinojosa's car, and a cigarette was found in the cubby hole of the car's gas tank.
He said Hinojosa called him three times, and on the third time she said that someone firebombed the trailer but Aiden was not inside.
Now, Aiden is in foster care and Whisler is working to get custody of him. Whisler says he doesn't believe Hinojosa would intentionally harm their children and showed no indication of violence toward the children in the past.
Since the incident, however, Whisler says his reputation has been damaged. Early in the investigation, he says many believed he was responsible for the fire and was receiving death threats.
Whisler has not been in contact with Hinojosa since.
“I don’t want to talk to her or see her. I don’t have any questions for her. If she didn’t want them, why not just give them away?”
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Re: ANTHONY and ALAYNA HINOJOSA - 4 and 3 yo (2009) - Huron (SW of Detroit) MI
by Banditbird Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:20 am
Case against Sharon Hinojosa, Huron Township mom accused of killing two kids in fire, progresses
Published: Thursday, March 18, 2010, 3:04 PM Updated: Thursday, March 18, 2010, 5:07 PM
Aaron Foley | MLive.com By Aaron Foley | MLive.com
sharon-hinojosa.jpgFox 2Justin Whisler and Sharon Hinojosa pose with 1-year-old Aiden, 4-year-old Anthony and 3-year-old Alayna.
Witnesses told a judge that a woman accused of deliberately setting a fire that killed two of her children that on the day they died, she seemed unresponsive and unconcerned.
Neighbors and relatives of Sharon Hinojosa were called to testify as prosecutors seek to prove that the fire at her mobile home was no accident.
As previously reported, 29-year-old Hinojosa was arrested after the fire killed her two oldest children, 4-year-old Anthony and 3-year-old Alayna. She escaped the blaze with her 1-year-old son, Aiden.
Before the fire, Hinojosa had broken up with her boyfriend, Justin Whisler, who is the father of Aiden but not the father of the oldest two. Prosecutors believe that Hinojosa wanted to save her relationship with Whisler by killing the other two children.
WDIV, March 17: Hinojosa's former neighbor, Joseph Dickes, took the stand Wednesday and told the court that Hinojosa purposely led him and another neighbor who were trying to save the kids to the wrong bedroom."She was in the front of the trailer watching us trying to get in -- nowhere near those kids' bedroom," said Dickes. "At this time, we had already wasted ten minutes on the wrong side of the trailer."
The News-Herald, March 18: Dickes said Hinojosa was on her cellphone a good deal of the time. His wife, Misty, also testified. She and her daughter often baby-sat for the children. In a low, soft voice, Misty Dickes said Hinojosa confided in her that she would have fewer problems without the kids.
The Detroit Free Press reports that Hinojosa's case has been moved to Wayne County Circuit Court and she will appear before a judge on March 24.
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Published: Thursday, March 18, 2010, 3:04 PM Updated: Thursday, March 18, 2010, 5:07 PM
Aaron Foley | MLive.com By Aaron Foley | MLive.com
sharon-hinojosa.jpgFox 2Justin Whisler and Sharon Hinojosa pose with 1-year-old Aiden, 4-year-old Anthony and 3-year-old Alayna.
Witnesses told a judge that a woman accused of deliberately setting a fire that killed two of her children that on the day they died, she seemed unresponsive and unconcerned.
Neighbors and relatives of Sharon Hinojosa were called to testify as prosecutors seek to prove that the fire at her mobile home was no accident.
As previously reported, 29-year-old Hinojosa was arrested after the fire killed her two oldest children, 4-year-old Anthony and 3-year-old Alayna. She escaped the blaze with her 1-year-old son, Aiden.
Before the fire, Hinojosa had broken up with her boyfriend, Justin Whisler, who is the father of Aiden but not the father of the oldest two. Prosecutors believe that Hinojosa wanted to save her relationship with Whisler by killing the other two children.
WDIV, March 17: Hinojosa's former neighbor, Joseph Dickes, took the stand Wednesday and told the court that Hinojosa purposely led him and another neighbor who were trying to save the kids to the wrong bedroom."She was in the front of the trailer watching us trying to get in -- nowhere near those kids' bedroom," said Dickes. "At this time, we had already wasted ten minutes on the wrong side of the trailer."
The News-Herald, March 18: Dickes said Hinojosa was on her cellphone a good deal of the time. His wife, Misty, also testified. She and her daughter often baby-sat for the children. In a low, soft voice, Misty Dickes said Hinojosa confided in her that she would have fewer problems without the kids.
The Detroit Free Press reports that Hinojosa's case has been moved to Wayne County Circuit Court and she will appear before a judge on March 24.
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Re: ANTHONY and ALAYNA HINOJOSA - 4 and 3 yo (2009) - Huron (SW of Detroit) MI
by Banditbird Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:23 am
Mom Arraigned In Children's Death
Grieving Father Speaks Out
POSTED: Tuesday, October 13, 2009
UPDATED: 6:00 pm EDT October 14, 2009
DETROIT -- A 29-year-old Huron Township woman was arraigned on several murder charges in connection with the burning death of her two young children in a mobile home fire.
Magistrate Allen Hindman of the 34th District Court arraigned Sharon Hinojosa from a hospital bed at about 4:45 p.m. Tuesday on two counts of first -and- second-degree murder as well as arson of a dwelling Tuesday. If convicted, she faces life in prison.
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worth said Hinojosa was hospitalized after she drank rubbing alcohol.
Hindman did not set bail for Hinojosa. Also, no preliminary date was set.
A judge has granted Hinojosa's lawyer's request for a gag order in the case. A gag order will prevent anyone involved in the criminal case from talking about it.
"Anybody on the jury that is a mom, a grandma a dad, they are going to feel the same way I do. Why?" said nearby resident Wilma Wamsher.
Raw Video: Charges Listed Against Mom In Fire Deaths
Hinojosa was arrested Saturday, a day after her children were killed in her boyfriend's Huron Township trailer home on Clairet Street.
Hinojosa escaped the fire with her 1-year-old son, Aiden. Neighbors were unable to save 4-year-old Anthony Hinojosa and 3-year-old Alayna Hinojosa.
"Most of us, the parents we all know, would run into a firing inferno to save their children and not act as this defendant allegedly did," said Worthy.
Worthy said she believes Sharon Hinojosa intentionally left the two children that were not fathered by her boyfriend, Jason Whistler, behind.
"Me and my wife, she can't have kids, we would have taken those kids, no problem," said neighbor Joseph Dickes. "All she had to do was ask. It didn't have to come to that."
Howard Caudill, the father of 4 year-old victim Anthony Hinojosa, spoke out Tuesday for the first time since the tragedy.
"You can't imagine what I'm going through. It's just terrible," Caudill said. "(Anthony) was full of life, funny and smart and full of life, and so was Alayna. It ain't all about Anthony. It's about her too. Them babies, they found them together and they'll be together for eternity."
When asked about the charges against Anthony's mother, Sharon Hinojosa, Caudill said, "You're a sick person to do something like that, a very sick person. Them babies didn't deserve that; they didn't deserve that."
The community was in disbelief Tuesday after hearing that the children's mother was charged in connection with their deaths.
"I think she deserves it. I think it's a shame what she did to her children… It's just sickening," said neighbor Linda Page.
Neighbor Jim Quillan said that after Sharon Hinojosa escaped the fire around 3:15 a.m. Friday she banged on his door for help.
Quillan said he and another neighbor ran over to the home and began breaking out windows in an attempt to save the children.
"When we busted the windows, we could hear the kids screaming. It was bad," Quillan said. "There was so much smoke and fire, we couldn't get them out. It was devastating. To know those kids were in there and we couldn't get them out."
"As a mother, I can't imagine how it must have been for those two children to lose their lives in that firing inferno as they burned to death," said Worthy. "It has to be one of the worst ways to die."
Quillan claims that Sharon Hinojosa intentionally misled him and other neighbors who were trying to save the children from the flames.
“If she would have told us the right window from the get-go, we would probably have those kids here today,” said Quillan.
Prosecutors said they believe Sharon Hinojosa acted alone and nobody else was involved in the arson.
Anthony and Alayna Hinojosa will be buried together. Visitation for the children will be Wednesday from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Voran Funeral Home. The service will be Thursday at 11 a.m. at the funeral home.
A memorial fund at the Bank of America in Taylor has been set up to help the family pay for the children's funeral. Money can be sent to the Alayna and Anthony Hinojosa fund.
Funds for the burial are being collected at the Leo's Coney Island on Telegraph Road in Taylor, Mich.
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/21282575/detail.html
Grieving Father Speaks Out
POSTED: Tuesday, October 13, 2009
UPDATED: 6:00 pm EDT October 14, 2009
DETROIT -- A 29-year-old Huron Township woman was arraigned on several murder charges in connection with the burning death of her two young children in a mobile home fire.
Magistrate Allen Hindman of the 34th District Court arraigned Sharon Hinojosa from a hospital bed at about 4:45 p.m. Tuesday on two counts of first -and- second-degree murder as well as arson of a dwelling Tuesday. If convicted, she faces life in prison.
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worth said Hinojosa was hospitalized after she drank rubbing alcohol.
Hindman did not set bail for Hinojosa. Also, no preliminary date was set.
A judge has granted Hinojosa's lawyer's request for a gag order in the case. A gag order will prevent anyone involved in the criminal case from talking about it.
"Anybody on the jury that is a mom, a grandma a dad, they are going to feel the same way I do. Why?" said nearby resident Wilma Wamsher.
Raw Video: Charges Listed Against Mom In Fire Deaths
Hinojosa was arrested Saturday, a day after her children were killed in her boyfriend's Huron Township trailer home on Clairet Street.
Hinojosa escaped the fire with her 1-year-old son, Aiden. Neighbors were unable to save 4-year-old Anthony Hinojosa and 3-year-old Alayna Hinojosa.
"Most of us, the parents we all know, would run into a firing inferno to save their children and not act as this defendant allegedly did," said Worthy.
Worthy said she believes Sharon Hinojosa intentionally left the two children that were not fathered by her boyfriend, Jason Whistler, behind.
"Me and my wife, she can't have kids, we would have taken those kids, no problem," said neighbor Joseph Dickes. "All she had to do was ask. It didn't have to come to that."
Howard Caudill, the father of 4 year-old victim Anthony Hinojosa, spoke out Tuesday for the first time since the tragedy.
"You can't imagine what I'm going through. It's just terrible," Caudill said. "(Anthony) was full of life, funny and smart and full of life, and so was Alayna. It ain't all about Anthony. It's about her too. Them babies, they found them together and they'll be together for eternity."
When asked about the charges against Anthony's mother, Sharon Hinojosa, Caudill said, "You're a sick person to do something like that, a very sick person. Them babies didn't deserve that; they didn't deserve that."
The community was in disbelief Tuesday after hearing that the children's mother was charged in connection with their deaths.
"I think she deserves it. I think it's a shame what she did to her children… It's just sickening," said neighbor Linda Page.
Neighbor Jim Quillan said that after Sharon Hinojosa escaped the fire around 3:15 a.m. Friday she banged on his door for help.
Quillan said he and another neighbor ran over to the home and began breaking out windows in an attempt to save the children.
"When we busted the windows, we could hear the kids screaming. It was bad," Quillan said. "There was so much smoke and fire, we couldn't get them out. It was devastating. To know those kids were in there and we couldn't get them out."
"As a mother, I can't imagine how it must have been for those two children to lose their lives in that firing inferno as they burned to death," said Worthy. "It has to be one of the worst ways to die."
Quillan claims that Sharon Hinojosa intentionally misled him and other neighbors who were trying to save the children from the flames.
“If she would have told us the right window from the get-go, we would probably have those kids here today,” said Quillan.
Prosecutors said they believe Sharon Hinojosa acted alone and nobody else was involved in the arson.
Anthony and Alayna Hinojosa will be buried together. Visitation for the children will be Wednesday from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Voran Funeral Home. The service will be Thursday at 11 a.m. at the funeral home.
A memorial fund at the Bank of America in Taylor has been set up to help the family pay for the children's funeral. Money can be sent to the Alayna and Anthony Hinojosa fund.
Funds for the burial are being collected at the Leo's Coney Island on Telegraph Road in Taylor, Mich.
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Re: ANTHONY and ALAYNA HINOJOSA - 4 and 3 yo (2009) - Huron (SW of Detroit) MI
by Banditbird Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:24 am
ROMULUS: Woman found competent to stand trial in fire that killed two children
Published: Tuesday, February 16, 2010
By Jackie Harrison-Martin
ROMULUS — Sharon Hinojosa has been found competent to stand trial for murder in the deaths of two of her children in a mobile home fire in October, according to an official at 34th District Court.
Hinojosa, 29, is charged with two counts of felony murder and second-degree murder. She was scheduled to appear before Judge Brian Oakley at 9 a.m. yesterday for a preliminary examination of the evidence against her.
The exam was adjourned after Hinojosa’s attorney was diagnosed over the weekend with pneumonia.
The exam has been rescheduled for 9 a.m. March 17.
Six witnesses were expected to be called to testify.
The exam initially had been delayed until a psychiatric exam of Hinojosa could be completed and reviewed.
Hinojosa was arrested after a raging fire at 3 a.m. Oct. 9 engulfed a mobile home in Huron Township Estates. The mobile home was owned by Hinojosa’s then on-again-off-again boyfriend, Jason Whisler. They have an infant son, Aiden, together.
Hinojosa escaped the fire with Aiden, but prosecutors believe she intentionally left two of her other children, Alayna, 3, and Anthony, 4, inside.
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said at an Oct. 13 press conference that Hinojosa knowingly turned the mobile home into an inferno.
Witnesses at the scene told police Hinojosa told them the wrong window where the children were inside the fiery mobile unit and they were unable to get them out.
Before the fire, Whisler was evicting Hinojosa from the trailer, which he owned. Family and friends appear to agree that the two had a turbulent relationship, but many said Hinojosa gave every appearance of being a good mother.
A Wayne County judge issued a gag order in the case to prevent those who might have to testify from talking to the media.
Members of the Hinojosa family said they are devastated by the deaths of the two children and the fact that their mother has been charged.
Early on, family members had little information about the events that occurred that day and one family member said they can’t accept the idea that Hinojosa deliberately set the mobile home on fire.
Many of them are looking for answers to their questions.
http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2010/02/16/news/doc4b7b0338baa53232035499.txt?viewmode=fullstory
Published: Tuesday, February 16, 2010
By Jackie Harrison-Martin
ROMULUS — Sharon Hinojosa has been found competent to stand trial for murder in the deaths of two of her children in a mobile home fire in October, according to an official at 34th District Court.
Hinojosa, 29, is charged with two counts of felony murder and second-degree murder. She was scheduled to appear before Judge Brian Oakley at 9 a.m. yesterday for a preliminary examination of the evidence against her.
The exam was adjourned after Hinojosa’s attorney was diagnosed over the weekend with pneumonia.
The exam has been rescheduled for 9 a.m. March 17.
Six witnesses were expected to be called to testify.
The exam initially had been delayed until a psychiatric exam of Hinojosa could be completed and reviewed.
Hinojosa was arrested after a raging fire at 3 a.m. Oct. 9 engulfed a mobile home in Huron Township Estates. The mobile home was owned by Hinojosa’s then on-again-off-again boyfriend, Jason Whisler. They have an infant son, Aiden, together.
Hinojosa escaped the fire with Aiden, but prosecutors believe she intentionally left two of her other children, Alayna, 3, and Anthony, 4, inside.
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said at an Oct. 13 press conference that Hinojosa knowingly turned the mobile home into an inferno.
Witnesses at the scene told police Hinojosa told them the wrong window where the children were inside the fiery mobile unit and they were unable to get them out.
Before the fire, Whisler was evicting Hinojosa from the trailer, which he owned. Family and friends appear to agree that the two had a turbulent relationship, but many said Hinojosa gave every appearance of being a good mother.
A Wayne County judge issued a gag order in the case to prevent those who might have to testify from talking to the media.
Members of the Hinojosa family said they are devastated by the deaths of the two children and the fact that their mother has been charged.
Early on, family members had little information about the events that occurred that day and one family member said they can’t accept the idea that Hinojosa deliberately set the mobile home on fire.
Many of them are looking for answers to their questions.
http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2010/02/16/news/doc4b7b0338baa53232035499.txt?viewmode=fullstory
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Re: ANTHONY and ALAYNA HINOJOSA - 4 and 3 yo (2009) - Huron (SW of Detroit) MI
by Banditbird Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:25 am
HURON TWP: Financial donations were used to bury children; remainder to go into a trust fund
Published: Tuesday, November 03, 2009
By Jackie Harrison-Martin
HURON TWP. — Hinojosa was a common name Downriver until Oct. 9. Then, it became infamous.
That’s when siblings Anthony and Alayna Hinojosa — 4 and 3, respectively — died in a mobile home fire, and other Hinojosa family members say they began a life marked by grief, harassment and suspicion.
The children died in the 3 a.m. fire at Huron Estates mobile home park that police believe was set by their mother, Sharon Elaine Hinojosa, 29.
The Hinojosa family remains devastated.
Hinojosa is charged with two counts each of first- and second-degree murder and one count of arson. She faces a sentence of life in prison, and is being held without bond in the Wayne County Jail.
She is awaiting a preliminary examination of the evidence against her, pending the results of a psychiatric evaluation.
One immediate family member spoke shortly after the fire, but members of the Hinojosa family have since refused repeated interview requests from media outlets.
But, constant suspicion and accusations over how donated money from the community was spent prompted the family to seek out the media to tell its story.
According to Stephanie Hinojosa, Sharon Hinojosa’s aunt, the family agreed that she would speak on behalf of the family, whose members decided to contact The News-Herald Newspapers.
Stephanie Hinojosa said she was the one who opened a memorial fund at Bank of America for the children. She said many people were generous, and there was enough money to pay for the funeral and headstones.
She said there is about $2,100 left over, and she is putting it in a trust fund for Sharon Hinojosa’s two surviving children.
“It will not be used for anything else,” Stephanie Hinojosa said. “We have been accused of paying for lawyer fees for Sharon with the money. That is not true. We all did give money for an attorney for her, but it was our own money.”
Some also have expressed concerns that some of the money might have gone to Justin Whisler, the father of Sharon Hinojosa’s youngest child, Aiden. Stephanie Hinojosa said that is not true, either. She said her family has little communication with Whisler, but it is trying to get custody of the 1-year-old.
Whisler — who is not Anthony and Alayna’s father — has said that he intends to take custody of his son. Aiden was placed in foster care after the fire.
According to police, Sharon Hinojosa set the trailer on fire with Anthony and Alayna inside, but left the trailer with Aiden. Her older daughter lives with her father and was not at the trailer.
Whisler recently said that Aiden was found in Sharon Hinojosa’s car, which also was on fire. He said a teenager found the baby and took him to safety. He said a cigarette was found inside the gas tank door.
Stephanie Hinojosa said the family, including its children, has been tormented by public ridicule since the fire.
“Everywhere we go when we show identification, people say, ‘Oh my God, do you know her?’” Stephanie Hinojosa said. “Kids go to school, and people are saying things to them.”
She said the family has tried to stay out of the public eye and just do what it can for its children. But once the questions and rumors started swirling, the Hinojosas decided that they couldn’t do that any longer.
Stephanie Hinojosa said she has spoken with her niece once since the fire, but just for a minute. Although Sharon Hinojosa has been charged, her aunt said the family does not accept the idea that she deliberately set the trailer on fire and left Anthony and Alayna inside to die.
If Stephanie Hinojosa could talk at length with her niece, she said she would just like to know what happened.
“Please, what happened,” she said, trying to maintain her composure. “That’s one of the hardest things. Is it true? Is it not true? We are hearing all of the information as the public does.”
She said that she and the family love Sharon Hinojosa, but are devastated by what happened.
“No mother or father or human agrees with what was done,” she said.
Stephanie Hinojosa said her niece was raised by a foster family and was not close with her biological family.
Although the Hinojosas would come together for major family functions, Stephanie Hinojosa said they lost touch on things pertaining to everyday life.
She said her niece was emotionally disconnected from her biological family, and none of them knew about the problems she might have been dealing with and how severe they might have been.
“We were never contacted,” Stephanie Hinojosa said. “If someone would have called us — a friend or the baby sitter — I don’t know if we could have made a difference or not, but we always come together to help family.
“I’m sure everybody — her biological family, her foster family and the Whisler family — is second-guessing the whole thing and what we should have or could have done. People get wrapped up in their own lives and then it’s too late. A lot of families are affected by this.”
Stephanie Hinojosa said she is learning abut matters that were going on in her niece’s life that is news to her. In fact, there is so much information being spread around, she said, that she doesn’t know what to believe.
Nevertheless, most everyone who knows Sharon Hinojosa and Whisler are speaking about the turbulent relationship they had. They were estranged at the time, and Sharon Hinojosa was being evicted from the trailer he owned.
Stephanie Hinojosa said what is most important to her now is that the two surviving children are protected as much as possible.
She said that although the Hinojosa family wants custody of Aiden, her family will support the Whisler family should he be given to them. She said the Hinojosas will come together with all the families involved to do what is best for the children.
“We don’t want to bash or judge anyone,” she said. “This is so unreal. No one can believe it.”
http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2009/11/03/news/doc4af0bb4984234593515750.txt?viewmode=fullstory
Published: Tuesday, November 03, 2009
By Jackie Harrison-Martin
HURON TWP. — Hinojosa was a common name Downriver until Oct. 9. Then, it became infamous.
That’s when siblings Anthony and Alayna Hinojosa — 4 and 3, respectively — died in a mobile home fire, and other Hinojosa family members say they began a life marked by grief, harassment and suspicion.
The children died in the 3 a.m. fire at Huron Estates mobile home park that police believe was set by their mother, Sharon Elaine Hinojosa, 29.
The Hinojosa family remains devastated.
Hinojosa is charged with two counts each of first- and second-degree murder and one count of arson. She faces a sentence of life in prison, and is being held without bond in the Wayne County Jail.
She is awaiting a preliminary examination of the evidence against her, pending the results of a psychiatric evaluation.
One immediate family member spoke shortly after the fire, but members of the Hinojosa family have since refused repeated interview requests from media outlets.
But, constant suspicion and accusations over how donated money from the community was spent prompted the family to seek out the media to tell its story.
According to Stephanie Hinojosa, Sharon Hinojosa’s aunt, the family agreed that she would speak on behalf of the family, whose members decided to contact The News-Herald Newspapers.
Stephanie Hinojosa said she was the one who opened a memorial fund at Bank of America for the children. She said many people were generous, and there was enough money to pay for the funeral and headstones.
She said there is about $2,100 left over, and she is putting it in a trust fund for Sharon Hinojosa’s two surviving children.
“It will not be used for anything else,” Stephanie Hinojosa said. “We have been accused of paying for lawyer fees for Sharon with the money. That is not true. We all did give money for an attorney for her, but it was our own money.”
Some also have expressed concerns that some of the money might have gone to Justin Whisler, the father of Sharon Hinojosa’s youngest child, Aiden. Stephanie Hinojosa said that is not true, either. She said her family has little communication with Whisler, but it is trying to get custody of the 1-year-old.
Whisler — who is not Anthony and Alayna’s father — has said that he intends to take custody of his son. Aiden was placed in foster care after the fire.
According to police, Sharon Hinojosa set the trailer on fire with Anthony and Alayna inside, but left the trailer with Aiden. Her older daughter lives with her father and was not at the trailer.
Whisler recently said that Aiden was found in Sharon Hinojosa’s car, which also was on fire. He said a teenager found the baby and took him to safety. He said a cigarette was found inside the gas tank door.
Stephanie Hinojosa said the family, including its children, has been tormented by public ridicule since the fire.
“Everywhere we go when we show identification, people say, ‘Oh my God, do you know her?’” Stephanie Hinojosa said. “Kids go to school, and people are saying things to them.”
She said the family has tried to stay out of the public eye and just do what it can for its children. But once the questions and rumors started swirling, the Hinojosas decided that they couldn’t do that any longer.
Stephanie Hinojosa said she has spoken with her niece once since the fire, but just for a minute. Although Sharon Hinojosa has been charged, her aunt said the family does not accept the idea that she deliberately set the trailer on fire and left Anthony and Alayna inside to die.
If Stephanie Hinojosa could talk at length with her niece, she said she would just like to know what happened.
“Please, what happened,” she said, trying to maintain her composure. “That’s one of the hardest things. Is it true? Is it not true? We are hearing all of the information as the public does.”
She said that she and the family love Sharon Hinojosa, but are devastated by what happened.
“No mother or father or human agrees with what was done,” she said.
Stephanie Hinojosa said her niece was raised by a foster family and was not close with her biological family.
Although the Hinojosas would come together for major family functions, Stephanie Hinojosa said they lost touch on things pertaining to everyday life.
She said her niece was emotionally disconnected from her biological family, and none of them knew about the problems she might have been dealing with and how severe they might have been.
“We were never contacted,” Stephanie Hinojosa said. “If someone would have called us — a friend or the baby sitter — I don’t know if we could have made a difference or not, but we always come together to help family.
“I’m sure everybody — her biological family, her foster family and the Whisler family — is second-guessing the whole thing and what we should have or could have done. People get wrapped up in their own lives and then it’s too late. A lot of families are affected by this.”
Stephanie Hinojosa said she is learning abut matters that were going on in her niece’s life that is news to her. In fact, there is so much information being spread around, she said, that she doesn’t know what to believe.
Nevertheless, most everyone who knows Sharon Hinojosa and Whisler are speaking about the turbulent relationship they had. They were estranged at the time, and Sharon Hinojosa was being evicted from the trailer he owned.
Stephanie Hinojosa said what is most important to her now is that the two surviving children are protected as much as possible.
She said that although the Hinojosa family wants custody of Aiden, her family will support the Whisler family should he be given to them. She said the Hinojosas will come together with all the families involved to do what is best for the children.
“We don’t want to bash or judge anyone,” she said. “This is so unreal. No one can believe it.”
http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2009/11/03/news/doc4af0bb4984234593515750.txt?viewmode=fullstory
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Re: ANTHONY and ALAYNA HINOJOSA - 4 and 3 yo (2009) - Huron (SW of Detroit) MI
by Banditbird Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:27 am
Witness: Mom Didn't Help Kids In Fire
More Charges Filed Against Woman
POSTED: Wednesday, March 17, 2010
UPDATED: 6:39 pm EDT March 17, 2010
WAYNE COUNTY, Mich. -- Chilling testimony was heard Wednesday in a court hearing for a 29-year-old Huron Township woman facing seven charges in connection with the burning death of her two young children.
Watch: Witness Testifies Against Mom Accused In Fatal Fire
Sharon Hinojosa has been charged with two counts of felony murder, two counts of premeditated murder, two counts of second-degree murder and arson in the October burning deaths of her children.
Hinojosa was arrested a day after her children were killed in her boyfriend's Huron Township trailer home on Clairet Street.
Hinojosa escaped the fire with her live-in boyfriend's 1-year-old son, Aiden. Neighbors were unable to save 4-year-old Anthony Hinojosa and 3-year-old Alayna Hinojosa.
Hinojosa's former neighbor, Joseph Dickes, took the stand Wednesday and told the court that Hinojosa purposely led him and another neighbor who were trying to save the kids to the wrong bedroom.
"She was in the front of the trailer watching us trying to get in -- nowhere near those kids' bedroom," said Dickes. "At this time, we had already wasted ten minutes on the wrong side of the trailer."
Hinojosa cried as she listened to Dickes tell the court that he could hear the kids screaming.
"If she would have said the kids are on the other side of the bedroom I could have gotten them out," said Dickes.
A fire inspector took the stand next and said that there were two unconnected points of origin where the fire was started. Shaun Williams said that the fire was set on the front porch and on the living room and accelerant was used to ignite the flames.
"It was incendiary in nature and on purpose," said Williams.
Another neighbor took the stand and said that Hinojosa had confided in her that her live-in boyfriend didn't like her children and that life would be better without them.
"Without the kids, there would be less problems," said Misty Dickes.
The prosecutors will now try to prove that Hinojosa deliberately killed her children in order to save her failing love affair.
Hinojosa was bound over for trial and will appear next in court on March 24.
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/22869986/detail.html
More Charges Filed Against Woman
POSTED: Wednesday, March 17, 2010
UPDATED: 6:39 pm EDT March 17, 2010
WAYNE COUNTY, Mich. -- Chilling testimony was heard Wednesday in a court hearing for a 29-year-old Huron Township woman facing seven charges in connection with the burning death of her two young children.
Watch: Witness Testifies Against Mom Accused In Fatal Fire
Sharon Hinojosa has been charged with two counts of felony murder, two counts of premeditated murder, two counts of second-degree murder and arson in the October burning deaths of her children.
Hinojosa was arrested a day after her children were killed in her boyfriend's Huron Township trailer home on Clairet Street.
Hinojosa escaped the fire with her live-in boyfriend's 1-year-old son, Aiden. Neighbors were unable to save 4-year-old Anthony Hinojosa and 3-year-old Alayna Hinojosa.
Hinojosa's former neighbor, Joseph Dickes, took the stand Wednesday and told the court that Hinojosa purposely led him and another neighbor who were trying to save the kids to the wrong bedroom.
"She was in the front of the trailer watching us trying to get in -- nowhere near those kids' bedroom," said Dickes. "At this time, we had already wasted ten minutes on the wrong side of the trailer."
Hinojosa cried as she listened to Dickes tell the court that he could hear the kids screaming.
"If she would have said the kids are on the other side of the bedroom I could have gotten them out," said Dickes.
A fire inspector took the stand next and said that there were two unconnected points of origin where the fire was started. Shaun Williams said that the fire was set on the front porch and on the living room and accelerant was used to ignite the flames.
"It was incendiary in nature and on purpose," said Williams.
Another neighbor took the stand and said that Hinojosa had confided in her that her live-in boyfriend didn't like her children and that life would be better without them.
"Without the kids, there would be less problems," said Misty Dickes.
The prosecutors will now try to prove that Hinojosa deliberately killed her children in order to save her failing love affair.
Hinojosa was bound over for trial and will appear next in court on March 24.
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/22869986/detail.html
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Re: ANTHONY and ALAYNA HINOJOSA - 4 and 3 yo (2009) - Huron (SW of Detroit) MI
by Banditbird Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:28 am
Funeral Held For Young Fire Victims
Mother Charged With Starting Fire
POSTED: Thursday, October 15, 2009
UPDATED: 12:29 pm EDT October 15, 2009
TAYLOR, Mich. -- Hundreds of people attended a funeral on Thursday for the two children who were killed when their mobile home caught on fire last week.
Alayna, 3 and her brother, 4-year-old Anthony, died when their home in the Huron Estates Mobile Home Park was set on fire around 3 a.m. Friday, said police.
Their mother, Sharon Hinojosa, 29, was charged in connection with the double homicide.
The funeral was held at Voran Funeral Home in Taylor.
Hinojosa and her 1-year-old boy, Aiden, escaped the fire and ran to a neighbor's home for help.
Police said Hinojosa made a frantic call to 911.
“My house is on fire. My kids are in the house,” Hinojosa told the operator.
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Jim Quillan said the mother knocked on his door, screaming her house was on fire.
Quillan said he and another neighbor ran over to the home and began breaking out windows in an attempt to save the children.
"When we busted the windows, we could hear the kids screaming. It was bad," Quillan said.
He said they tried to go inside, but the fire was too intense.
"There was so much smoke and fire, we couldn't get them out," Quillan said. "It was devastating. To know those kids were in there and we couldn't get them out."
Quillan claims that Hinojosa intentionally misled him and other neighbors who were trying to save the children from the flames.
“If she would have told us the right window from the get-go, we would probably have those kids here today,” said Quillan.
But Hinojosa’s family and friends said she could have never committed such a heinous crime and that she was a good mother.
“I don’t think she would do something like that. She always took care of them babies,” said Hinojosa’s father, Raymond.
"It's not like she chose just to save Aiden. She tried to save the other two. She can't change that, and she's going to have to live with that. That's a hard thing to live with," said the children's sobbing baby sitter, Pauline Zack.
Neighbors said the family recently moved in. The home was purchased by Sharon Hinojosa's ex-boyfriend, Justin Whistler, who is the father of the 1-year-old child who was saved.
Whistler's mother told Local 4 that he moved out of the home when the couple recently separated and he had just sent an eviction notice to Sharon Hinojosa.
Neighbors said the couple fought often before he moved out. Whistler was questioned by police and released.
"Justin -- he had his quirks. Everyone does. Nobody's perfect, but he loved those kids unconditionally. He used to play with them all the time. He was the best dad those kids could have had," said Zack. "Justin would have never done it. I don’t care what anyone says. He would have never done it."
From the very beginning, arson investigators called the fire on Clairet Road suspicious. Investigators said it appeared someone also tried to ignite Sharon Hinojosa's car in the driveway.
“There are a lot of prayers for those babies, a lot of prayers because they didn’t deserve this,” said Sharon Hinojosa’s sister, Stephanie Hinojosa.
A makeshift memorial, decorated with teddy bears, flowers, candles, balloons and Anthony's baby blanket, was erected near the burned-out mobile home Sunday.
A distraught Whistler visited the memorial site and the home where the children died for the first time since the incident Monday.
"It feels good to see everybody to come out and helping and supporting the kids. But it's still disappointing that it happened to begin with," said Hinojosa's neighbor Barbara Loftis.
Funds for the burial are being collected at the Leo's Coney Island on Telegraph Road in Taylor, Mich.
Also, a memorial fund at the Bank of America in Taylor has been set up to help the family pay for the children's funeral. Money can be sent to the Alayna and Anthony Hinojosa fund.
A not-guilty plea was entered for Sharon Hinojosa pending psychological exams.
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/21305089/detail.html
Mother Charged With Starting Fire
POSTED: Thursday, October 15, 2009
UPDATED: 12:29 pm EDT October 15, 2009
TAYLOR, Mich. -- Hundreds of people attended a funeral on Thursday for the two children who were killed when their mobile home caught on fire last week.
Alayna, 3 and her brother, 4-year-old Anthony, died when their home in the Huron Estates Mobile Home Park was set on fire around 3 a.m. Friday, said police.
Their mother, Sharon Hinojosa, 29, was charged in connection with the double homicide.
The funeral was held at Voran Funeral Home in Taylor.
Hinojosa and her 1-year-old boy, Aiden, escaped the fire and ran to a neighbor's home for help.
Police said Hinojosa made a frantic call to 911.
“My house is on fire. My kids are in the house,” Hinojosa told the operator.
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Jim Quillan said the mother knocked on his door, screaming her house was on fire.
Quillan said he and another neighbor ran over to the home and began breaking out windows in an attempt to save the children.
"When we busted the windows, we could hear the kids screaming. It was bad," Quillan said.
He said they tried to go inside, but the fire was too intense.
"There was so much smoke and fire, we couldn't get them out," Quillan said. "It was devastating. To know those kids were in there and we couldn't get them out."
Quillan claims that Hinojosa intentionally misled him and other neighbors who were trying to save the children from the flames.
“If she would have told us the right window from the get-go, we would probably have those kids here today,” said Quillan.
But Hinojosa’s family and friends said she could have never committed such a heinous crime and that she was a good mother.
“I don’t think she would do something like that. She always took care of them babies,” said Hinojosa’s father, Raymond.
"It's not like she chose just to save Aiden. She tried to save the other two. She can't change that, and she's going to have to live with that. That's a hard thing to live with," said the children's sobbing baby sitter, Pauline Zack.
Neighbors said the family recently moved in. The home was purchased by Sharon Hinojosa's ex-boyfriend, Justin Whistler, who is the father of the 1-year-old child who was saved.
Whistler's mother told Local 4 that he moved out of the home when the couple recently separated and he had just sent an eviction notice to Sharon Hinojosa.
Neighbors said the couple fought often before he moved out. Whistler was questioned by police and released.
"Justin -- he had his quirks. Everyone does. Nobody's perfect, but he loved those kids unconditionally. He used to play with them all the time. He was the best dad those kids could have had," said Zack. "Justin would have never done it. I don’t care what anyone says. He would have never done it."
From the very beginning, arson investigators called the fire on Clairet Road suspicious. Investigators said it appeared someone also tried to ignite Sharon Hinojosa's car in the driveway.
“There are a lot of prayers for those babies, a lot of prayers because they didn’t deserve this,” said Sharon Hinojosa’s sister, Stephanie Hinojosa.
A makeshift memorial, decorated with teddy bears, flowers, candles, balloons and Anthony's baby blanket, was erected near the burned-out mobile home Sunday.
A distraught Whistler visited the memorial site and the home where the children died for the first time since the incident Monday.
"It feels good to see everybody to come out and helping and supporting the kids. But it's still disappointing that it happened to begin with," said Hinojosa's neighbor Barbara Loftis.
Funds for the burial are being collected at the Leo's Coney Island on Telegraph Road in Taylor, Mich.
Also, a memorial fund at the Bank of America in Taylor has been set up to help the family pay for the children's funeral. Money can be sent to the Alayna and Anthony Hinojosa fund.
A not-guilty plea was entered for Sharon Hinojosa pending psychological exams.
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/21305089/detail.html
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Re: ANTHONY and ALAYNA HINOJOSA - 4 and 3 yo (2009) - Huron (SW of Detroit) MI
by Banditbird Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:29 am
ROMULUS: Mother bound over for trial in deaths of two of her children
Published: Thursday, March 18, 2010
By Jackie Harrison-Martin
ROMULUS — A mother accused of deliberately setting a trailer fire that claimed the lives of two of her children was bound over for trial Wednesday morning by 34th District Judge Brian Oakley.
Sharon Hinojosa is charged with two counts of first degree premeditated murder, two counts of felony murder, two counts of second degree murder and one count of arson in the deaths of Alayna Hinojosa, 3, and Anthony Hinojosa, 4.
The two counts of premeditated murder were added Wednesday.
She is being held without bond.
The children died in a blaze that engulfed their mobile home in Huron Township Estates at 3 a.m. Oct. 9.
Hinojosa appeared emotional at times and unmoved at other points as seven people gave testimony.
She wiped away tears as the woman she called her mother, who actually is a cousin who raised her, spoke about the telephone call she received from Hinojosa the morning of the fire.
Bobbie Lynn May told the court Hinojosa called her Florida house and told her the trailer was on fire and that she brought her infant son, Aiden, out, but couldn’t get to the other children.
Since the fire, May said, Hinojosa told her there was tiki oil on a picture and that she put it there.
As testimony continued, it was pointed out that Hinojosa told several differing stories about what happened to different people.
Brandi Lynn May, Hinojosa’s sister, gave tearful testimony, saying Hinojosa told her that Justin Whisler, Hinojosa’s on-again-off-again boyfriend at the time, shot the baby and that Anthony and Alayna were dead.
She said Hinojosa had a frantic tone of voice and said nothing about a fire.
Brian May, who adopted Hinojosa when she was 11, said Hinojosa also called him and said the trailer was on fire. He also said that she kept saying her babies were dead and that “he” has a bomb.
Brian May testified that he believes Hinojosa was referring to Whisler.
Huron police Detective Jonathan Bettendorf was at the scene that night. He and a Brownstown Township police detective questioned Hinojosa.
The Huron officer said Hinojosa gave three differing accounts of what occurred that night.
Bettendorf said Hinojosa first said someone knocked on the door and she smelled smoke.
In the second account, he said Hinojosa told them she might have flicked a cigarette and it might have landed on chemicals.
He said that in the third account Hinojosa said she used tiki oil to burn a picture and it might have spilled near a trash can by the front door.
A neighbor gave an animated and passionate account of what occurred and how he heard the screams of the children once the fire got to their room.
Joseph Dickes said he went inside the trailer looking for the children, but was forced out by flames. He said he broke out windows trying to get to them and was calling their names, but unknowingly was on the wrong side of the trailer.
He testified that he might have been able to save the children had he been told he was searching in the wrong area.
Dickes said Hinojosa was on her cellphone a good deal of the time. His wife, Misty, also testified. She and her daughter often baby-sat for the children.
In a low, soft voice, Misty Dickes said Hinojosa confided in her that she would have fewer problems without the kids.
Most everyone close to Hinojosa and Whisler said the two had a turbulent relationship. The trailer was owned by Whisler and he was evicting Hinojosa.
Whisler’s mother was in the courtroom, but he did not show up for the hearing. Prosecuting attorney Laura Weingarden told the judge she was confident she did not need his testimony to have Hinojosa bound over for trial, so she was not going to pursue having a bench warrant issued for him.
She later said she fully expected that he would be in court and has no idea why he did not show up after getting a subpoena.
Huron fire Capt. Shawn Williams told the court how they found the two children and confirmed that an “ignitable liquid” was found inside the trailer.
He said there were two points of origin for the fire, one on the porch and another in the living room near the front door.
Williams said burn samples taken from the scene did not come back positive for tiki oil and the fire patterns were not consistent with damage caused by a fire bomb.
He said it appears more of an ignitable liquid was poured inside the trailer than on the outside.
http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2010/03/18/none/doc4ba130068f3da105098381.txt?viewmode=fullstory
Published: Thursday, March 18, 2010
By Jackie Harrison-Martin
ROMULUS — A mother accused of deliberately setting a trailer fire that claimed the lives of two of her children was bound over for trial Wednesday morning by 34th District Judge Brian Oakley.
Sharon Hinojosa is charged with two counts of first degree premeditated murder, two counts of felony murder, two counts of second degree murder and one count of arson in the deaths of Alayna Hinojosa, 3, and Anthony Hinojosa, 4.
The two counts of premeditated murder were added Wednesday.
She is being held without bond.
The children died in a blaze that engulfed their mobile home in Huron Township Estates at 3 a.m. Oct. 9.
Hinojosa appeared emotional at times and unmoved at other points as seven people gave testimony.
She wiped away tears as the woman she called her mother, who actually is a cousin who raised her, spoke about the telephone call she received from Hinojosa the morning of the fire.
Bobbie Lynn May told the court Hinojosa called her Florida house and told her the trailer was on fire and that she brought her infant son, Aiden, out, but couldn’t get to the other children.
Since the fire, May said, Hinojosa told her there was tiki oil on a picture and that she put it there.
As testimony continued, it was pointed out that Hinojosa told several differing stories about what happened to different people.
Brandi Lynn May, Hinojosa’s sister, gave tearful testimony, saying Hinojosa told her that Justin Whisler, Hinojosa’s on-again-off-again boyfriend at the time, shot the baby and that Anthony and Alayna were dead.
She said Hinojosa had a frantic tone of voice and said nothing about a fire.
Brian May, who adopted Hinojosa when she was 11, said Hinojosa also called him and said the trailer was on fire. He also said that she kept saying her babies were dead and that “he” has a bomb.
Brian May testified that he believes Hinojosa was referring to Whisler.
Huron police Detective Jonathan Bettendorf was at the scene that night. He and a Brownstown Township police detective questioned Hinojosa.
The Huron officer said Hinojosa gave three differing accounts of what occurred that night.
Bettendorf said Hinojosa first said someone knocked on the door and she smelled smoke.
In the second account, he said Hinojosa told them she might have flicked a cigarette and it might have landed on chemicals.
He said that in the third account Hinojosa said she used tiki oil to burn a picture and it might have spilled near a trash can by the front door.
A neighbor gave an animated and passionate account of what occurred and how he heard the screams of the children once the fire got to their room.
Joseph Dickes said he went inside the trailer looking for the children, but was forced out by flames. He said he broke out windows trying to get to them and was calling their names, but unknowingly was on the wrong side of the trailer.
He testified that he might have been able to save the children had he been told he was searching in the wrong area.
Dickes said Hinojosa was on her cellphone a good deal of the time. His wife, Misty, also testified. She and her daughter often baby-sat for the children.
In a low, soft voice, Misty Dickes said Hinojosa confided in her that she would have fewer problems without the kids.
Most everyone close to Hinojosa and Whisler said the two had a turbulent relationship. The trailer was owned by Whisler and he was evicting Hinojosa.
Whisler’s mother was in the courtroom, but he did not show up for the hearing. Prosecuting attorney Laura Weingarden told the judge she was confident she did not need his testimony to have Hinojosa bound over for trial, so she was not going to pursue having a bench warrant issued for him.
She later said she fully expected that he would be in court and has no idea why he did not show up after getting a subpoena.
Huron fire Capt. Shawn Williams told the court how they found the two children and confirmed that an “ignitable liquid” was found inside the trailer.
He said there were two points of origin for the fire, one on the porch and another in the living room near the front door.
Williams said burn samples taken from the scene did not come back positive for tiki oil and the fire patterns were not consistent with damage caused by a fire bomb.
He said it appears more of an ignitable liquid was poured inside the trailer than on the outside.
http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2010/03/18/none/doc4ba130068f3da105098381.txt?viewmode=fullstory
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Re: ANTHONY and ALAYNA HINOJOSA - 4 and 3 yo (2009) - Huron (SW of Detroit) MI
by Banditbird Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:30 am
DETROIT: Mother found competent to stand trial in murder case
Published: Friday, July 16, 2010
By Jackie Harrison-Martin
DETROIT — A trial date for a mother accused of intentionally setting a fire that claimed the lives of two of her children is set for 9 a.m. Oct. 18.
Results from a competency exam made public Thursday say Sharon Hinojosa, 29, is competent to stand trial for the deaths of 3-year-old Alayna and 4-year-old Anthony Hinojosa.
Both died in a 3 a.m. trailer fire in Huron Township Oct. 9, 2009.
Read more about the story in an upcoming edition of The News-Herald Newspapers.
http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2010/07/16/none/doc4c409d3ed4fca319835500.txt?viewmode=fullstory
Published: Friday, July 16, 2010
By Jackie Harrison-Martin
DETROIT — A trial date for a mother accused of intentionally setting a fire that claimed the lives of two of her children is set for 9 a.m. Oct. 18.
Results from a competency exam made public Thursday say Sharon Hinojosa, 29, is competent to stand trial for the deaths of 3-year-old Alayna and 4-year-old Anthony Hinojosa.
Both died in a 3 a.m. trailer fire in Huron Township Oct. 9, 2009.
Read more about the story in an upcoming edition of The News-Herald Newspapers.
http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2010/07/16/none/doc4c409d3ed4fca319835500.txt?viewmode=fullstory
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Re: ANTHONY and ALAYNA HINOJOSA - 4 and 3 yo (2009) - Huron (SW of Detroit) MI
by Banditbird Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:31 am
DETROIT: Trial for woman accused of setting mobile home on fire postponed until July
Published: Tuesday, May 10, 2011
By Jackie Harrison-Martin
DETROIT — Competency-related concerns led to the postponement of jury selection and the trial for a Huron Township woman accused of setting a mobile home on fire, killing two of her children.
Jury selection was set to begin in Wayne County Circuit Court on Monday for the trial of Sharon Hinojosa, 29, in the deaths of Alayna Hinojosa, 3, and Anthony Hinojosa, 4.
The case is adjourned until July 18.
According to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office, Hinojosa will be evaluated at a forensic center.
Wayne County Circuit Judge Daniel Hathaway will select an independent examiner for the evaluation.
At differing times, police said Hinojosa has been found both incompetent and competent to stand trial. The latest request for a competency evaluation came from the defense team.
Township police were at court Monday expecting the jury selection process to begin.
The children died in an early morning fire Oct. 9, 2009, at Huron Estates Mobile Home Park.
Hinojosa carried another child, her 1-year-old son Aiden, out of the burning home.
Her fourth child was not there.
A township detective began the process of contacting witnesses and informing them of the postponement Monday. According to police, at least 15 witnesses, including fire and police personnel and Hinojosa’s neighbors, were preparing to testify.
Hinojosa was found competent to stand trial after the last evaluation, according to information on the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office website.
Hinojosa, who has been in jail without bond since the children died, faces up to life in prison if convicted.
http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2011/05/10/news/doc4dc9972e58689565459508.txt?viewmode=fullstory
Published: Tuesday, May 10, 2011
By Jackie Harrison-Martin
DETROIT — Competency-related concerns led to the postponement of jury selection and the trial for a Huron Township woman accused of setting a mobile home on fire, killing two of her children.
Jury selection was set to begin in Wayne County Circuit Court on Monday for the trial of Sharon Hinojosa, 29, in the deaths of Alayna Hinojosa, 3, and Anthony Hinojosa, 4.
The case is adjourned until July 18.
According to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office, Hinojosa will be evaluated at a forensic center.
Wayne County Circuit Judge Daniel Hathaway will select an independent examiner for the evaluation.
At differing times, police said Hinojosa has been found both incompetent and competent to stand trial. The latest request for a competency evaluation came from the defense team.
Township police were at court Monday expecting the jury selection process to begin.
The children died in an early morning fire Oct. 9, 2009, at Huron Estates Mobile Home Park.
Hinojosa carried another child, her 1-year-old son Aiden, out of the burning home.
Her fourth child was not there.
A township detective began the process of contacting witnesses and informing them of the postponement Monday. According to police, at least 15 witnesses, including fire and police personnel and Hinojosa’s neighbors, were preparing to testify.
Hinojosa was found competent to stand trial after the last evaluation, according to information on the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office website.
Hinojosa, who has been in jail without bond since the children died, faces up to life in prison if convicted.
http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2011/05/10/news/doc4dc9972e58689565459508.txt?viewmode=fullstory
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Re: ANTHONY and ALAYNA HINOJOSA - 4 and 3 yo (2009) - Huron (SW of Detroit) MI
by Banditbird Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:32 am
Sharon Hinojosa, mom accused of setting fire that killed kids, found competent to stand trial
Published: Friday, March 11, 2011, 5:49 AM Updated: Friday, March 11, 2011, 5:53 AM
The Associated Press By The Associated Press
fire-huron-township-mobile-home-sharon-hinojosa.JPGFox 2Sharon Hinojosa poses in a photograph with Justin Whisler. Anthony Hinojosa (left) and Alayna Hinojosa (right) died in the fire.
A woman accused of setting a trailer fire that killed her 3-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son has been found competent for a trial that's scheduled to begin May 9 in Wayne County Circuit Court.
Sharon Hinojosa (hee-noh-HOH'-sah) is accused of setting a fire Oct. 9, 2009, in her boyfriend's Huron Township trailer, about 20 miles southwest of Detroit. Four-year-old Anthony and 3-year-old Alayna Hinojosa were killed. Authorities say the then-29-year-old woman fled with another child.
Last October, Judge Daniel Hathaway ruled that Hinojosa's confession could be used in the trial.
Hinojosa is charged with felony murder and arson, and faces life in prison without parole if convicted as charged.
Phone and e-mail messages seeking comment were left with defense lawyer Bryan Sherer after business hours Thursday.
http://blog.mlive.com/news/detroit_impact/print.html?entry=/2011/03/sharon_hinojosa_mom_accused_of.html
Published: Friday, March 11, 2011, 5:49 AM Updated: Friday, March 11, 2011, 5:53 AM
The Associated Press By The Associated Press
fire-huron-township-mobile-home-sharon-hinojosa.JPGFox 2Sharon Hinojosa poses in a photograph with Justin Whisler. Anthony Hinojosa (left) and Alayna Hinojosa (right) died in the fire.
A woman accused of setting a trailer fire that killed her 3-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son has been found competent for a trial that's scheduled to begin May 9 in Wayne County Circuit Court.
Sharon Hinojosa (hee-noh-HOH'-sah) is accused of setting a fire Oct. 9, 2009, in her boyfriend's Huron Township trailer, about 20 miles southwest of Detroit. Four-year-old Anthony and 3-year-old Alayna Hinojosa were killed. Authorities say the then-29-year-old woman fled with another child.
Last October, Judge Daniel Hathaway ruled that Hinojosa's confession could be used in the trial.
Hinojosa is charged with felony murder and arson, and faces life in prison without parole if convicted as charged.
Phone and e-mail messages seeking comment were left with defense lawyer Bryan Sherer after business hours Thursday.
http://blog.mlive.com/news/detroit_impact/print.html?entry=/2011/03/sharon_hinojosa_mom_accused_of.html
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Re: ANTHONY and ALAYNA HINOJOSA - 4 and 3 yo (2009) - Huron (SW of Detroit) MI
by mermaid55 Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:06 pm
Judge Allows Mom's Confession In Children's Deaths
Sharon Hinojosa Accused Of Setting Fire That Killed Her 2 Children In 2009
July 22, 2011
DETROIT -- A judge on Friday said the confession of a Michigan mother that she set a mobile home on fire with her children inside would be allowed as evidence in her murder trial.
Sharon Hinojosa is accused of setting fire to her boyfriend's home in Huron Township on Oct. 9, 2009. She got out with her then 1-year-old son, but her 4-year-old son Anthony Hinojosa and 3-year-old daughter Alayna Hinojosa were killed.
She is charged with felony murder and arson. She faces mandatory life in prison if convicted as charged.
Wayne County Circuit Judge Daniel Hathaway found her competent to stand trial, which is scheduled for October.
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/28637247/detail.html
Sharon Hinojosa Accused Of Setting Fire That Killed Her 2 Children In 2009
July 22, 2011
DETROIT -- A judge on Friday said the confession of a Michigan mother that she set a mobile home on fire with her children inside would be allowed as evidence in her murder trial.
Sharon Hinojosa is accused of setting fire to her boyfriend's home in Huron Township on Oct. 9, 2009. She got out with her then 1-year-old son, but her 4-year-old son Anthony Hinojosa and 3-year-old daughter Alayna Hinojosa were killed.
She is charged with felony murder and arson. She faces mandatory life in prison if convicted as charged.
Wayne County Circuit Judge Daniel Hathaway found her competent to stand trial, which is scheduled for October.
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/28637247/detail.html
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Re: ANTHONY and ALAYNA HINOJOSA - 4 and 3 yo (2009) - Huron (SW of Detroit) MI
by mermaid55 Mon Oct 17, 2011 2:42 pm
DETROIT: Court finds mother competent to stand trial in her children’s deaths
Published: Tuesday, July 26, 2011
DETROIT — Results from yet another evaluation for Sharon Hinojosa say she is competent to stand trial in the deaths of two of her four children.
Hinojosa is charged with two counts each of felony murder and second-degree murder, as well as one count of arson, in the Oct. 9, 2009, deaths of 3-year-old Alayna Hinojosa and 4-year-old Anthony Hinojosa.
A new trial date has been set for Oct. 31 in Wayne County Circuit Court.
Hinojosa was first evaluated by the state, which found her competent.
An independent evaluation then was requested by the defense.
The results of that competency evaluation said she was incompetent to stand trial.
The most recent exam, which again found her competent, was through an independent evaluation.
Police are not sure if this is the final competency evaluation, or whether the trial could be delayed yet again.
An early morning fire swept through the mobile home in Huron Township Estates where Hinojosa and her children were staying.
She is accused of deliberately setting the fire.
A preliminary examination of the evidence against her was held before 34th District Judge Brian Oakley early last year.
During that exam, police, family members and several neighbors testified.
Neighbors gave emotional testimony about Hinojosa’s behavior that morning, saying that she was on the telephone a good deal of the time.
One neighbor said Hinojosa sent him and others trying to rescue the children to the wrong side of the mobile home as flames engulfed it.
There was testimony that the children could be heard screaming from the mobile home, but neighbors could not get inside.
According to police, an accelerant was found throughout the mobile home.
The exam also found that Hinojosa told several people different stories as to what was going on at the house at the time of the fire.
Police said Hinojosa originally pointed the finger at her then on-again-off-again boyfriend, Justin Whisler, who owned the trailer.
Whisler is the father of one of Hinojosa’s four children. She carried that child, 1-year-old Adain, out of the trailer.
Hinojosa’s fourth child did not reside with her.
She and Whisler were taken to the police station the morning of the fire and questioned.
Whisler eventually was released, but Hinojosa has been in custody ever since.
Police said that through their questioning of Hinojosa it became evident she was responsible for the fire.
Whisler was expected to be in attendance during the preliminary exam, but he did not show up for court.
Whisler spoke exclusively with The News-Herald Newspapers shortly after the fire, saying that in his heart he couldn’t believe Hinojosa would do such a thing.
Relatives and neighbors said that the couple had a volatile relationship and some said Whisler had asked Hinojosa to leave.
He said he left the home when she didn’t and was seeing someone else.
http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2011/07/26/news/doc4e2f23365d494069033324.txt?viewmode=fullstory
Published: Tuesday, July 26, 2011
DETROIT — Results from yet another evaluation for Sharon Hinojosa say she is competent to stand trial in the deaths of two of her four children.
Hinojosa is charged with two counts each of felony murder and second-degree murder, as well as one count of arson, in the Oct. 9, 2009, deaths of 3-year-old Alayna Hinojosa and 4-year-old Anthony Hinojosa.
A new trial date has been set for Oct. 31 in Wayne County Circuit Court.
Hinojosa was first evaluated by the state, which found her competent.
An independent evaluation then was requested by the defense.
The results of that competency evaluation said she was incompetent to stand trial.
The most recent exam, which again found her competent, was through an independent evaluation.
Police are not sure if this is the final competency evaluation, or whether the trial could be delayed yet again.
An early morning fire swept through the mobile home in Huron Township Estates where Hinojosa and her children were staying.
She is accused of deliberately setting the fire.
A preliminary examination of the evidence against her was held before 34th District Judge Brian Oakley early last year.
During that exam, police, family members and several neighbors testified.
Neighbors gave emotional testimony about Hinojosa’s behavior that morning, saying that she was on the telephone a good deal of the time.
One neighbor said Hinojosa sent him and others trying to rescue the children to the wrong side of the mobile home as flames engulfed it.
There was testimony that the children could be heard screaming from the mobile home, but neighbors could not get inside.
According to police, an accelerant was found throughout the mobile home.
The exam also found that Hinojosa told several people different stories as to what was going on at the house at the time of the fire.
Police said Hinojosa originally pointed the finger at her then on-again-off-again boyfriend, Justin Whisler, who owned the trailer.
Whisler is the father of one of Hinojosa’s four children. She carried that child, 1-year-old Adain, out of the trailer.
Hinojosa’s fourth child did not reside with her.
She and Whisler were taken to the police station the morning of the fire and questioned.
Whisler eventually was released, but Hinojosa has been in custody ever since.
Police said that through their questioning of Hinojosa it became evident she was responsible for the fire.
Whisler was expected to be in attendance during the preliminary exam, but he did not show up for court.
Whisler spoke exclusively with The News-Herald Newspapers shortly after the fire, saying that in his heart he couldn’t believe Hinojosa would do such a thing.
Relatives and neighbors said that the couple had a volatile relationship and some said Whisler had asked Hinojosa to leave.
He said he left the home when she didn’t and was seeing someone else.
http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2011/07/26/news/doc4e2f23365d494069033324.txt?viewmode=fullstory
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Re: ANTHONY and ALAYNA HINOJOSA - 4 and 3 yo (2009) - Huron (SW of Detroit) MI
by mermaid55 Tue Nov 01, 2011 2:05 pm
Last Updated: October 29. 2011 1:00AM
Wayne briefs: Trial for mom accused in kids' deaths set to start
Detroit
The trial of a Huron Township woman accused of intentionally setting a fire that killed her two toddlers starts Monday in Wayne County Circuit Court before Judge Daniel Hathaway. In July, Sharon Hinojosa was found competent to stand trial in the deaths of her son Anthony, 4, and daughter Alayna, 3, in October 2009. Police allege Hinojosa set the fire in the family's trailer in the 27000 block of Clairet Drive to get back at a boyfriend. She's charged with two counts of felony murder, two counts of second-degree murder and arson.
From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20111029/METRO01/110290363/Wayne-briefs--Trial-for-mom-accused-in-kids’-deaths-set-to-start#ixzz1cSjgaPnQ
Wayne briefs: Trial for mom accused in kids' deaths set to start
Detroit
The trial of a Huron Township woman accused of intentionally setting a fire that killed her two toddlers starts Monday in Wayne County Circuit Court before Judge Daniel Hathaway. In July, Sharon Hinojosa was found competent to stand trial in the deaths of her son Anthony, 4, and daughter Alayna, 3, in October 2009. Police allege Hinojosa set the fire in the family's trailer in the 27000 block of Clairet Drive to get back at a boyfriend. She's charged with two counts of felony murder, two counts of second-degree murder and arson.
From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20111029/METRO01/110290363/Wayne-briefs--Trial-for-mom-accused-in-kids’-deaths-set-to-start#ixzz1cSjgaPnQ
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