JOZLYNN MARTINEZ - 2 yo (2010) - Grand Rapids MI

GRAND RAPIDS -- Police say a man wanted in connection with an Amber Alert and a missing 2-year-old girl in Grand Rapids was arrested tonight in the Lansing area, but the child was not with him.
Police said Jeffrey Lynn Malmberg was arrested about 6:30 p.m.
Authorities say they still do not know where Jozlynn Martinez is, and continue to try and track the little girl's whereabouts.


It's unknown if the girl was ever with Malmberg, or what Malmberg may have told police about her whereabouts.
Earlier today, police issued an Amber Alert for Jozlynn, saying the
girl allegedly taken by Malmberg, her mother's boyfriend, sometime
Monday night or early Tuesday.
Authorities initially said they believed Malmberg, 40, abducted
Jozlynn from the Northwest Side home he shares with the girl's mother,
Consuela Martinez, and that he took $2,800 from her purse.
The Kent County Prosecutor's office today issued a warrant charging Malmberg with kidnapping and larceny.
Malmberg, described by police as a former crack addict, has lived
with the girl's mother for 1 1/2 years and have a child together. They
live in the 900 block of Nagold Street NW.
Malmberg is not Jozlynn's father and has no custodial rights.
Jozlynn's mother told police that she last saw the girl in bed about
11:30 p.m. on Monday and that she was gone at 9 a.m. Tuesday when
Martinez woke up.
She presumed the two were running errands and would be returning as
Malmberg has done before. Martinez checked in with friends an family
throughout the day and was unable to locate either Malmberg or the girl.
Malmberg was last seen in the Heartside District around 2 p.m.
Tuesday without the girl, police said. The suspect likes to hang out in
downtown Grand Rapids, authorities said.

Jozlynn is 2-feet-9-inches tall and weighs about 22 pounds. She has
brown eyes, brown hair and a spot on the right side of her head that
doesn't grow hair. She walks with her feet turned inward and also has a
scab on her chin, her mother told police.
Police ask anyone with information to immediately call 911 or 616-456-3604.

The suspect in an AMBER Alert has been found, but a search for the
two-year-old girl continues. Jozlynn Mari Martinez was last seen by
her mother late Monday night. When the girl's mother woke up, her
daughter and Jeffrey Malmberg were not at the home. Malmberg, who's a
drug addict and has a seven-month-old child with the girl's mother, was
found around yesterday evening in Lansing. The toddler is described as
two-feet-nine-inches tall, 22 pounds and has brown eyes, brown hair and
a scab on her chin. She also has a spot on the right side of her head
with no hair and walks with her feet turned inward.

GRAND RAPIDS -- Police today refuted Consuela Martinez's statements that she's a target in the investigation surrounding the disappearance of her 2-year-old daughter, Jozlynn.
"We consider her a witness at this time," Grand Rapids police Capt.
Jeff Hertel said. "She came down here (the police station) voluntarily
and left on her own.
"She cooperated for many hours and answered our questions. I think she's had, everybody's had, a long morning and is tired."
Martinez said this morning that she was questioned by investigators for nearly 12 hours.
"They're basically accusing me of doing it," Martinez said. "They
said it had to be somebody close to her, but I didn't have nothing to
do with it.
"I want my little girl back. I feel like they think I did it."
Martinez, 21, has not been charged with any offense.
Her boyfriend, Jeffrey Malmberg, is accused of kidnapping and larceny for the alleged $2,800 theft from Martinez's purse.
Martinez reported to police Tuesday night that Malmberg took the child.
When he was arrested near Lansing on Wednesday, Jozlynn was not with him.
Consuela Martinez said police have taken her 7-month-old son, Brian, into child protective services custody. She is currently in a court hearing to determine if the child will stay in state custody.
The boy is Malmberg's child, but Jozlynn's father is John Mark
Rittenhouse, 26. Efforts to reach Rittenhouse have been unsuccessful.

GRAND RAPIDS -- An arraignment hearing for Jeffrey Malmberg, the suspect in the
alleged abduction of 2-year-old Jozlynn Martinez, has been adjourned until Friday.



Malmberg was to appear in Grand Rapids District Court at 1:30 p.m.
today to be formally charged with kidnapping Jozlynn and larceny for
his alleged theft of $2,800 from the girl's mother, Consuela Martinez.
Court records show Malmberg is now scheduled to appear in court at 10:30 a.m. Friday.

Looking tired and haggard, fatigued with worry over her missing
2-year-old daughter, Consuela Martinez faced a media onslaught Thursday
in a courthouse hallway.
The young mother had no answers.
Her live-in boyfriend is in custody for allegedly kidnapping Jozlynn Martinez
on Tuesday, but the child is nowhere to be found. Consuela Martinez was
in Kent County Family Court in hopes of keeping her other child, a
7-month-old son Child Protective Services took away from her Thursday
morning.
She said she is begging police for answers.
"At least give me a little bit of hope that Jozlynn might still be alive," a distressed Martinez said.
Prosecutors postponed Thursday's scheduled arraignment for the
boyfriend, Jeffrey Malmberg, who was arrested near Lansing two days
after he and the girl both went missing from the couple's Nagold Street
NW home. The child was not with him when he was found.
Martinez's hearing in Family Court also was adjourned until March 11
because Malmberg, 40, the father of 7-month-old Brian, was not assigned
an attorney for the proceeding.
While Martinez believes she is under the suspicion of police, and was interviewed for hours, detectives refute her claim.
Police Capt. Jeff Hertel said authorities are working on the premise that Jozlynn is alive and well.
"We have nothing to indicate or to say she's not," Hertel said.
"We're not naive enough to believe that it's not possible something has
happened, but we're hoping she's somewhere safe and with someone who,
for some reason, hasn't called to let us know yet."
Malmberg has denied any involvement in the girl's disappearance, Hertel said.
The suspect, also charged with larceny for allegedly stealing $2,800
from Martinez's purse, was arrested in a Lansing business Wednesday
night after another customer recognized him from media coverage, police
said.

Malmberg
told police he left the Northwest Side house, went downtown and hung
around the Heartside District. Later Tuesday, he took a cab to a 76th
Street truck stop intending to hitch a ride to Lansing.
When that didn't work, Malmberg called a cab and paid the fare to
Lansing. Hertel declined to say why Malmberg went to the capital city.
The cabbie who drove Malmberg to Lansing was interviewed by police. He declined a request for comment.
At the courthouse Thursday, Martinez speculated that Malmberg, the
father of her 7-month-old, took the girl because he was upset Martinez
wanted him to leave the home, and she had voiced concerns to him about
finding bruises on Jozlynn.
"I don't know if he took her to keep her safe or prove me wrong,"
she said. "Everybody thinks he has her hidden somewhere with somebody,
or he's done something to her."
Martinez told police she last saw her daughter in bed about 11:30
p.m. on Monday in her home, 915 Nagold St. NW. When Martinez woke up at
9 a.m. Tuesday, she said her daughter was gone.
She told police she assumed her daughter was running errands with
Malmberg, who she lived with for 1 1/2 years. Martinez checked in with
friends and family throughout the day and was unable to locate either
Malmberg or the girl.
"All the sudden, he never came home," Martinez said.
Court records show the couple has a rocky history, with the
21-year-old taking out a personal protection order against Malmberg.
Documents show he violated the order twice and served seven days in
jail.
Relatives of Martinez accuse Malmberg of having drug problems. They
say they are frustrated police did not issue an Amber Alert for Jozlynn
as early as Tuesday night. It was issued Wednesday afternoon.
But police say they needed time to investigate the girl's possible whereabouts.
"It takes time when the person is with someone who's been a
caregiver," Hertel said of not issuing the advisory until about 4 p.m.
Wednesday. "If it had been a stranger, it may have been different."
Police have since worked around the clock, first to locate Malmberg and subsequently to try to find Jozlynn.
More than a dozen detectives and FBI agents knocked and searched
every house in the neighborhood, Hertel said. Authorities have followed
tips and conducted multiple interviews.
"We're doing everything we can," he said.
The investigation strikes a chord with most, and people are helping police, Hertel said.
"People realize the potential here," he said. "The vulnerability of
the age and the time of the year, people are genuinely concerned."
Thursday was not the first time Martinez has run afoul with Child Protective Services.
She acknowledges that last year, CPS investigated her home on a
report of it being too dirty, but she was allowed to keep Jozlynn at
that time because she agreed to get family counseling. Later, when
Brian was born, she took parenting classes as required by CPS.
Martinez is concerned police suspect her of wrongdoing.
"They said that because (Jeff) was controlling of me, they thought
it was a possibility he has Jozlynn and I'm covering up for him," she
said. "That's not the case.
"It's just really hard they would suspect me," she said.

TomTerrific0420 wrote:Looking tired and haggard, fatigued with worry over her missing
2-year-old daughter, Consuela Martinez faced a media onslaught Thursday
in a courthouse hallway.
The young mother had no answers.
Her live-in boyfriend is in custody for allegedly kidnapping Jozlynn Martinez
on Tuesday, but the child is nowhere to be found. Consuela Martinez was
in Kent County Family Court in hopes of keeping her other child, a
7-month-old son Child Protective Services took away from her Thursday
morning.
She said she is begging police for answers.
"At least give me a little bit of hope that Jozlynn might still be alive," a distressed Martinez said.
Prosecutors postponed Thursday's scheduled arraignment for the
boyfriend, Jeffrey Malmberg, who was arrested near Lansing two days
after he and the girl both went missing from the couple's Nagold Street
NW home. The child was not with him when he was found.
Martinez's hearing in Family Court also was adjourned until March 11
because Malmberg, 40, the father of 7-month-old Brian, was not assigned
an attorney for the proceeding.
While Martinez believes she is under the suspicion of police, and was interviewed for hours, detectives refute her claim.
Police Capt. Jeff Hertel said authorities are working on the premise that Jozlynn is alive and well.
"We have nothing to indicate or to say she's not," Hertel said.
"We're not naive enough to believe that it's not possible something has
happened, but we're hoping she's somewhere safe and with someone who,
for some reason, hasn't called to let us know yet."
Malmberg has denied any involvement in the girl's disappearance, Hertel said.
The suspect, also charged with larceny for allegedly stealing $2,800
from Martinez's purse, was arrested in a Lansing business Wednesday
night after another customer recognized him from media coverage, police
said.

Malmberg
told police he left the Northwest Side house, went downtown and hung
around the Heartside District. Later Tuesday, he took a cab to a 76th
Street truck stop intending to hitch a ride to Lansing.
When that didn't work, Malmberg called a cab and paid the fare to
Lansing. Hertel declined to say why Malmberg went to the capital city.
The cabbie who drove Malmberg to Lansing was interviewed by police. He declined a request for comment.
At the courthouse Thursday, Martinez speculated that Malmberg, the
father of her 7-month-old, took the girl because he was upset Martinez
wanted him to leave the home, and she had voiced concerns to him about
finding bruises on Jozlynn.
"I don't know if he took her to keep her safe or prove me wrong,"
she said. "Everybody thinks he has her hidden somewhere with somebody,
or he's done something to her."
Martinez told police she last saw her daughter in bed about 11:30
p.m. on Monday in her home, 915 Nagold St. NW. When Martinez woke up at
9 a.m. Tuesday, she said her daughter was gone.
She told police she assumed her daughter was running errands with
Malmberg, who she lived with for 1 1/2 years. Martinez checked in with
friends and family throughout the day and was unable to locate either
Malmberg or the girl.
"All the sudden, he never came home," Martinez said.
Court records show the couple has a rocky history, with the
21-year-old taking out a personal protection order against Malmberg.
Documents show he violated the order twice and served seven days in
jail.
Relatives of Martinez accuse Malmberg of having drug problems. They
say they are frustrated police did not issue an Amber Alert for Jozlynn
as early as Tuesday night. It was issued Wednesday afternoon.
But police say they needed time to investigate the girl's possible whereabouts.
"It takes time when the person is with someone who's been a
caregiver," Hertel said of not issuing the advisory until about 4 p.m.
Wednesday. "If it had been a stranger, it may have been different."
Police have since worked around the clock, first to locate Malmberg and subsequently to try to find Jozlynn.
More than a dozen detectives and FBI agents knocked and searched
every house in the neighborhood, Hertel said. Authorities have followed
tips and conducted multiple interviews.
"We're doing everything we can," he said.
The investigation strikes a chord with most, and people are helping police, Hertel said.
"People realize the potential here," he said. "The vulnerability of
the age and the time of the year, people are genuinely concerned."
Thursday was not the first time Martinez has run afoul with Child Protective Services.
She acknowledges that last year, CPS investigated her home on a
report of it being too dirty, but she was allowed to keep Jozlynn at
that time because she agreed to get family counseling. Later, when
Brian was born, she took parenting classes as required by CPS.
Martinez is concerned police suspect her of wrongdoing.
"They said that because (Jeff) was controlling of me, they thought
it was a possibility he has Jozlynn and I'm covering up for him," she
said. "That's not the case.
"It's just really hard they would suspect me," she said.

No sympathy from me for this woman due to it being soooo hard on her that she is suspect.

These women continue to bring men into their homes because they want a bed fellow and/or a paycheck. They pay no attention to their children until there is a disappearance, rape, murder, etc. Then, they are the victims. Nope, not to me. Their poor neglected, abused children are the victims.

The suspect in the disappearance of a missing Grand Rapids toddler will
be in court today for his arraignment. Jeffrey Malmberg and
two-year-old Jozlynn Martinez disappeared Monday night from her
mother's home. Malmberg, a known drug addict, is the boyfriend to the
missing child's mother and had been arguing with the woman the night
before. He was found in Lansing about 6:30 Wednesday night, but the
toddler was not with him. The two-year-old girl is described as
two-feet-nine-inches tall, weighing 22-pounds with brown hair and brown
eyes. The toddler has a scab on her chin and a bald spot on the right
side of her head. She also walks with her feet turned inward.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Police Chief Kevin Belk says 2-year-old Jozlynn
Martinez, who disappeared earlier this week from her home on Grand
Rapids' west side, is dead.
Belk says Friday that 40-year-old Jeffrey Malmberg told
investigators that Jozlynn died Monday night at the home, and he placed
the child's body in a nearby trash container. Malmberg lived with
Jozlynn's mother, Consuela Martinez, but was not the toddler's father.
The Grand Rapids Press says police have searched the Kent County waste dump for the girl's body but have not found it.
Malmberg
was arrested Wednesday night in the Lansing area and was charged with
kidnapping Jozlynn. He also was charged with larceny for allegedly
taking $2,800 from Martinez's purse. He remains held on $1 million bond
in the Kent County Jail.

Jozlynn Martinez died Monday night in her home and her body was
disposed of in a trash receptacle, said Grand Rapids police chief Kevin
Belk late Friday. In a statement, Belk said Jeffrey Malmberg
admitted to investigators the 2-year-old died in the home and he
disposed of her body. Police have been searching the Kent County
Waste-to-Energy facility. Belk said the child's body has not been found, and would not say whether police believed the death was accidental or deliberate. Jozlynn's mother, Consuela Martinez, still hopes the police and Malmberg are wrong about her daughter being dead. "I
know they are looking for her body. If they don't find it, I won't have
closure, and my son won't have closure. We have no proof," Martinez
said. Malmberg was arraigned on kidnapping charges earlier Friday, and remains in jail on a $1 million bond. === Here's the full full text of Chief Belk's statment: On Tuesday, February 23, 2010, the Grand Rapids Police Department was notified of a missing 2 year-old child from 915 Nagold St NW. The mother of the child, Consuela Martinez, told police she last saw her child on Monday evening along with her live in boyfriend, Jeffery Malmberg, and a second child who is 7 months old. Martinez said when she woke up at 9 am on Tuesday morning,
Malmberg and her daughter, Jozlynn, were not at home. Also missing at
the time was money from the home. Martinez first thought that Malmberg,
who in the past has taken the child for a few hours in the morning, was
running errands and would be returning. Martinez checked throughout the
day with family and friends and was not able to locate Malmberg or
Jozlynn. On Wednesday afternoon, February 24,
2010, an Amber Alert was issued for both Jozylnn and Malmberg. The Kent
County Prosecutors Office authorized an arrest warrant charging
Malmberg with one count of kidnapping and one count of larceny. As
a result of the Amber Alert, a citizen contacted the Grand Rapids
Police Department. Malmberg was located in the City of Lansing. He was
returned to Grand Rapids and has spoken to investigators. The
suspect, Jeffery Malmberg, has told Grand Rapids Police Department and
FBI investigators that Jozlynn Marie Martinez died on Monday evening at
915 Nagold NW and that he disposed of her body in a nearby trash
receptacle. Grand Rapids Police Department and FBI personnel,
since last evening, have searched through over 200,000 pounds of trash
at the Kent County Waste to Energy Facility on Market Street SW. The
two-day search involved nearly 70 investigators. Despite our efforts,
we have yet to find Jozlynn's body. Our search continues at this hour.

GRAND RAPIDS -- Over days of repeated questioning by police,
Consuela Martinez told officers searching for her missing daughter the
same thing: The last time she saw little Jozlynn was late Monday night,
as the girl slept in her bed.
By then, the 2-year-old was already dead, Jeffrey Malmberg, the woman's live-in boyfriend, allegedly told police.
Malmberg, police said, admitted he carried the dead girl several
blocks from their home at 915 Nagold St. NW, dropped her in a
commercial Dumpster and headed out of town Tuesday, leaving the
toddler's body among trash for two days, before it was taken to a Kent
County garbage collection site.
It's a horrifying image of an alleged crime that captivated the
community, who wondered about the whereabouts and well-being of the
brown-eyed girl amid an Amber Alert that lasted for three days.
And it's a mystery that could continue, since police have not been
able to locate the girl's body after sorting through mountains of waste
at a disposal facility on Market Avenue SW.
It's also a story that Jozlynn's mother -- who is not a suspect -- and other relatives find hard to believe.
"All that guy (Malmberg) has done is lie, cheat and steal and,
without a body, this is just another game," said Retha Martinez, the
child's grandmother. "It don't seem feasible."(Conseula) was home all night, so how does she die? When does that
happen? Why would you put a dead girl in bed? None of it makes sense."
Martinez said her family continues to hope that Jozlynn will be found alive.
Police don't share that optimism, after using 70 officers and
federal agents to comb through 200,000 pounds of trash at the Kent
County Waste to Energy Facility since Malmberg's Thursday afternoon
admission.
"It's extremely disheartening," Police Chief Kevin Belk said. "Every
police officer who takes a report of a missing child, we hope and we
pray to find that child alive.
"This is a difficult day."
Police will continue the search at the waste facility, but Capt.
Jeff Hertel says it's possible Jozlynn's body has been incinerated.
Ninety percent of waste taken there is burned, police said.
Hertel said investigators identified the truck that picked up the
Dumpster where Malmberg, who is jailed on a kidnapping charge, said he
placed Jozlynn's body.
They tracked what time on Thursday morning -- pickup day and hours
before the alleged confession -- the truck came into the plant and
where it poured out the trash. That area has been isolated from where
150 trucks pile garbage daily.
Officers and plant workers have used a crane to pull tons of trash
into a front-end loader, which then spread it out for the hunt.
Police used a cadaver dog, which proved ineffective.
"It's too overwhelming, there's too much there," Hertel said of the odors that distracted the canine.
Police declined to comment on how Jozlynn died, or if Malmberg
confessed to killing her. Investigators said it has turned into a
homicide investigation.
Hours before Friday's news conference, Grand Rapids District Judge Jeanine LaVille arraigned Malmberg on kidnapping and larceny charges. She ordered him held on a $1 million bond because the suspect presented "an extreme danger to public safety."
Malmberg said little during the brief hearing. Leaning back in a
chair, the 40-year-old crossed his arms and his eyes darted back and
forth.
The suspect was arrested in Lansing on Wednesday night, a day after Martinez, 21, reported her boyfriend and Jozlynn missing.
The mother, who has a 7-month-old son with Malmberg, said Thursday
she believed Malmberg took Jozlynn to punish her for asking him to
leave to leave the house they shared for 1 1/2 years.
"I said something about how she was getting hurt. He said something
like, 'I would never do that. I love her like my own,'" she said.
Brian, the couple's son together, was taken into protective custody
Thursday because the circumstances of his sister's absence were not
known. He is to remain there until a March 11 hearing, authorities said.
The entire week has staggered and devastated the Martinez family, Jozlynn's grandmother said.
"We can't believe any of this is happening," she said. "We just
don't know what we can do next and how to stop from being overwhelmed.
"I guess they're looking for a needle in a haystack."
The family contends police did not promptly tell them about the search at the waste facility, something police strongly refuted.
Hertel said they were told Thursday before the exploration began.
"They're going through a lot right now," he said. "I don't think you ever give up on finding your child."
Retha Martinez said they intend to continue looking.
"We're going to search every inch of this city," she said.

TIMELINE
A timeline of events surrounding the disappearance of Jozlynn Martinez

Monday, 11:30 p.m.: Consuela Martinez, 21, says she last sees 2-year-old daughter Jozlynn sleeping in her bed.

Tuesday, 9 a.m.: Martinez wakes to find Jozlynn and live-in boyfriend Jeffrey Malmberg, 40, absent. She believes they're running errands.

Tuesday, 1:30 p.m.: Unable to contact or locate the pair,
Martinez searches on her own, telling a police officer her child and
boyfriend are missing. She is not alarmed and does not want to report
them missing, police said.

Tuesday, 9:30 p.m.: A formal missing person report is filed. Police begin checking with friends and family.

Wednesday, 4 p.m.: Authorities issue Amber Alert for Jozlynn.

Wednesday, 6:45 p.m.: Malmberg arrested in Lansing, denies any involvement with girl's disappearance.

Thursday: Malmberg tells police Jozlynn died inside 915
Nagold St. NW on Monday night and that he put her body in a nearby
Dumpster Tuesday morning. He then took a cab to Lansing.

Thursday: Police start tracking trash trucks and searching through waste at Kent County Waste to Energy facility on Market Avenue SW.

Friday, 5:30 p.m.: Police announce Jozlynn is dead and her
body has not been found, despite sorting through 200,000 pounds of
trash with 70 city, state and federal officers.

Around 5:30 Friday afternoon, police in Grand Rapids canceled the Amber Alert for Jozlynn Martinez.

In
a press conference Friday afternoon police said that Malmberg told them
that Jozlynn died Monday night at 915 Nagold NW and that he disposed of
her body in a nearby trash container.

Police have been searching for Jozlynn's body in the county waste dump, but have not yet recovered her remains.

Police say there are no charges planned for Jozlynn's mother.

Two-year-old
Jozlynn Martinez disappeared late Monday night from her own bed. Her
mother's boyfriend, Jeffrey Malmberg is the main suspect.

On Friday, Malmberg was arraigned on kidnapping and theft charges.

For
nearly four days, there was no sign of Jozlynn, and despite the fact
that the main suspect in her disappearance has been charged with
kidnapping, there are still many questions left unanswered about what
really happened.

Jeffrey Malmberg didn't say much during his
brief court appearance Friday morning. Malmberg has now officially been
charged with kidnapping Jozlynn Martinez and stealing money from her
mother, Consuela.

“I thought I knew him,” said Consuela, “I never thought he would do something like this.”

In
an interview with reporters on Friday, Consuela Martinez says she's
happy there's been some progress, but ultimately all she wants is her
daughter back.

“The charges don't help until I know where she is
at, where she is at, where she's at, who's she with, is she coming
home, is she safe, is she warm,” said Martinez.
Considering the circumstances, Friday was an extraordinarily quiet
day on many fronts. Grand Rapids police aren't talking about the case
and haven't said publicly what evidence they have to prove Malmberg
committed the crimes he's been accused of, or if there's a belief by
detectives that he harmed the child.

Friday saw no volunteer
searches, just the forensics unit outside the home, the signs on power
poles nearby. Jozlynn's family and friends weren't out searching for
her either, they say they're waiting for the police, but that inaction
is angering some who want parental responsibility.

“I'm very
pissed,” said neighbor Michael Hanson, “if that was my two-year-old
daughter out there I would not be home. I would not be in the area, I
would be out looking for my daughter.”

Hanson, angered by media reports, made a sign and put it in Jozlynn's front yard, he says he wants answers.

“I have tears in my eyes,” said Hanson, “and it makes me cry just thinking about it.”

As
investigators continue to search for Jozlynn, we're also getting a look
inside the pool hall where police arrested Jeffrey Malmberg.

The
owners of Pockets in Lansing say Malmberg came in on Wednesday night.
He was alone, but a customer recognized him from an Amber Alert photo,
and they immediately called police.

“He never acted like he was
concerned about anything,” said witness Robert Mack, “scared of getting
caught or worried about anyone coming in. He just basically felt safe.
We put two and two together, never led on with anybody here that the
police were coming, and they walked in and he really didn't have a
chance to do anything. He went very peacefully."



This story began with a phone call Tuesday morning, when Jozlynn's mother called to say her daughter and boyfriend were missing.



Police called relatives and friends, but
when they found no sign of Jozlynn or Jeffrey Malmberg, they issued an
Amber Alert on Wednesday afternoon.



Later on Wednesday, police arrested Malmberg in Lansing.



On Friday Police said Malmberg told them that Jozlynn had died on Monday night and that he threw her body in the garbage.



Police are not saying how Jozlynn died.



On Friday, Malmberg was charged with kidnapping and theft.

GRAND RAPIDS -- Grand Rapids Police detectives visited Consuela Martinez, mother of missing toddler Jozlynn Martinez, at the family home on Nagold Street NW, just after 8 p.m. Saturday.
The investigation continues into the whereabouts of toddler Jozlyn
Martinez,who was reported missing by her mother on Tuesday. On Friday, police said Jozlynn is presumed dead.
Consuela Martinez, 21, has said she last saw her the brown-eyed
daughter late Monday night. She said her live-in boyfriend, Jeffrey
Lynn Malmberg, took the girl and nearly $3,000 in cash.
But in a press conference Friday, Police Chief Kevin Belk said
Malmberg told investigators the tot died at the Nagold Street home on
Monday night. Belk said Malmberg described tossing the child's lifeless
body in the trash. Police have not yet found the child's body.
Consuela Martinez is not a suspect, police said.
Malmberg, arraigned on kidnapping charges tied to Jozlynn Martinez's disappearance, initially denied involvement.

Consuela Martinez went to the Kent County Jail on Saturday, looking
for answers from her boyfriend — the man police say threw her
2-year-old daughter’s lifeless body into the trash.
She emerged from the jail visit 30 minutes later, crying and clearly
frustrated by a fruitless meeting with Jeffrey Malmberg. He refused her
pleas for new information about what had happened to Jozlynn Martinez,
her brown-eyed daughter who had been missing since Tuesday morning.
“I can’t believe he would do something like this,” the sobbing
21-year-old said outside the jail’s visitor entrance. He told her
nothing new, she said.
“It’s just everything he’s been saying.”
Grand Rapids police on Saturday continued to hunt for Jozlynn’s
remains, sorting through refuse they removed from a disposal facility
on Market Avenue SW and took to a separate, undisclosed location.
Police have said they are treating this as an homicide
investigation, but would not comment on whether Malmberg has confessed
to causing the child’s death, or said exactly how she died. He remains
jailed on a kidnapping charge.
Police now believe Jozlynn died inside the Nagold Street NW home
where her mother lived with Malmberg. On Friday, police revealed that
Malmberg told them he removed the girl’s body, carried it several
blocks and put it in a commercial Dumpster — all after his girlfriend
had gone to bed late Monday night.
“We have now gone to the realization that more than likely she is
deceased, and we’re trying to recover a body right now,” Lt. Ralph
Mason said Saturday. Police were able to isolate trash from that
particular Dumpster, but there is a chance her body already has been
incinerated, he said.
Like her mother, the community is waiting for answers to the
mystery, which came to public attention Wednesday, when police issued
an Amber Alert for Jozlynn and said they were looking for Malmberg.
Malmberg, 40, was arrested Wednesday night in Lansing. The next day, he told police
Jozlynn died inside the home Monday night, and he disposed of her body Tuesday before heading out of town.
Police will not give up the search for Jozlynn’s body, Mason said.
“This investigation is nowhere near complete,” Mason said. “Not only
for the family’s sake, but the whole community that has been affected
by this.”
The couple have a 7-month-old, Brian, who was taken into protective
custody Thursday because of the circumstances surrounding his sister’s
disappearance. He is expected to remain there until a March 11 hearing.

The family of Jozlynn Martinez says they want the amber alert
re-issued even through Grand Rapids Police believe the child is dead.
Detectives are working through the weekend trying to find the two year old's body.
Police say suspected kidnapper Jeffrey Malmberg told them Jozlynn died Monday night.
He then claimed to have dumped her body in a trash bin.
Jozlynn's grandmother says Consuela Martinez, the child's
mother, visited Malmberg in the Kent County Jail Saturday trying to get
more information from him, but he didn't tell her anything that could
help her find Jozlynn.
Later in the day, detectives interviewed Martinez at her home.
Consuela Martinez is not suspect and she says she will not believe her daughter is dead until a body is found.
The family wants the Amber Alert to stay in effect until Jozlynn is found.
The family has also had the case posted on the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's website.

A man incarcerated at the Kent County jail in connection with 2-year-old
Jozlynn Martinez's disappearance told the child's mother his version of
what happened to the toddler. Consuela Martinez, 21, sat down
with former live-in ex-boyfriend Jeffrey Malmberg on Saturday during
his visitation hours to hear his side of the story. Jozlynn fell
down a set of stairs at the couple's Nagold Street home in Grand Rapids
on Monday night and died, Malmberg told Martinez. He panicked and
decided to dispose of the child's body in a nearby commercial Dumpster,
he said. "When he went in the bathroom, (Jozlynn) was sitting on
the bed," Martinez said after talking to Malmberg. "When he got out of
the bathroom, he heard a noise ... and went downstairs and found her
laying there. "I asked him why he didn't get her help, why he
did what he did. He just said, 'oh, I was afraid.' It was like I was
sitting there looking at a monster -- not an ex-boyfriend." Malmberg said he was sorry, Martinez said. "He
said he found her not breathing and dead," Martinez said. "I don't know
if she fell or if he threw her but ... we're all hoping to get to the
bottom of this." It doesn't add up, she said. "I'm
sorry," she said. "Even if you're panicked, you still get a child help.
I'm questioning, was she actually dead when he did that or was this
intention?" The child's father, who just got to Grand Rapids from Arizona, echoed a similar sentiment. "I never liked (Malmberg) to begin with," John Rittenhouse said. "I had a bad vibe of him since the day I met him." Jozlynn
went missing Monday night, police said, and by Wednesday, an Amber
Alert was issued. Friday evening, Grand Rapids police held a news
conference and announced Malmberg told investigators the girl was dead. Police
won't comment on how Jozlynn died. Her body has not been found.
Malmberg has not been charged with the toddler's death, and Jozlynn's
parents are holding out hope their child is alive. "As I was at home earlier today, I started looking through the clothes and it just tore me apart," Martinez said.

Well the answer is obvious. Would anyone really think an innocent person is going to throw a child in the trash rather than call 911? Spindy syndrome.

The mother of a missing two-year old girl came face-to-face with the man accused of taking her child.
Two-year old Jozlynn Martinez is presumed dead, but her body still
hasn't been found. Over the weekend, Martinez visited ex-boyfriend,
Jeff Malmberg at the Kent County Jail in hopes of learning more about
Jozlynn's disappearance.
"The way he told me he was sorry for it, there was no remorse. No
real, I'm sorry", says Connie Martinez. She does not believe that
Jozlynn's death was an accident. Malmberg was babysitting the night she
disappeared. "He says he was in the bathroom and she fell down the
stairs."
Sometime Monday night, or Tuesday morning, Malmberg says he found
the little girl, dead, at the bottom of the stairs. He did not call
911. "So, not responsive means they could be knocked out unconscious.
They might not be breathing. There's still something he could have
done."
Martinez says Malmberg also old her that he brought Jozlynn's body
to the corner of 4th and Stocking. That's where he says he dumped her
body in a trash bin. By the time Grand Rapids police got the
information, the garbage had been picked up and taken to a waste
facility. After an extensive search, they still couldn't find a body.
The family fears they never will.
"I keep praying every day since I found out that she's been
missing", says John Rittenhouse. He's Jozlynn's biological father. He
just arrived from Arizona. Although he hasn't seen his daughter for
several months, he feels bad that he wasn't there to protect her.
"Because knowing I wasn't there like a father should be."
The family now waits for any new information about Jozlynn. Although
investigators believe Malmberg's story that she's dead, the family
prays that it's not true.
Grand Rapids police said again Monday that they do not believe the mother had anything to do with Jozlynn's disappearance.
They also said the search at the waste facility, is over, but the
investigation continues. Police got some surveillance video from a
convenience store in the area of Stocking Avenue, where the body was
supposedly dumped.
Grand Rapids Police said they are still working with the Kent County
Prosecutor's office. That means there could be more charges coming,
very soon.

In Grand Rapids, the search continues for Jozlynn Martinez.
The two-year-old girl went missing from her home on Nagold Street on February 22^nd.
Jeffrey Malmberg has been charged with
kidnapping and larceny related to Jozlynn's disappearance. Police
recently announced that Malmberg told them that Jozlynn died and he
disposed of her body.
Jozlynn's mother, Consuela, says that in a phone call from prison, Malmberg told her that
Jozlynn died after falling down the steps of their home on Monday night.
On Monday, Malmberg's father spoke to media representatives from his home in Florida.
In an interesting conversation, Bob Malmberg was very frank about his son,
saying that he can be downright mean and can't be trusted.
“It bewilders me to no end that something like this would happen,” said Bob.
Bob Malmberg claims that his
son, Jeffrey, has significant attitude problems, going all the way back
to his school days at Big Rapids High School. Bob said his son always
wanted revenge, but Bob never dreamed his son would be involved in
something like this.
“I am not too happy, no,” said Bob. “I never thought he would go to,
get mixed up in whatever he's mixed up in there.”
Bob says he hasn't spoken to his son in
more than two decades. The two were estranged after Bob turned his son
in for stealing money at age 18. Bob said his son was a habitual liar
as a young man, and that police are going to have to be very tough to
get the truth out of him.
Malmberg has told police and Jozlynn's mother that the
girl fell down the steps inside the house on the west side of Grand
Rapids, and that he dumped the body in a commercial dumpster a couple
of blocks away. Her body has not been found.
“It's just torture for us because we're getting no closer,' said Jozlynn's father John Rittenhouse.
Rittenhouse also thinks Malmberg could have harmed the girl. The motive, he said,
being that the family was giving little Jozlynn more attention than
Malmberg's young son.
“To me that's a jealousy thing,” said
Rittenhouse, “because he has to be the center of everything, and since
things were going south, he figured maybe this is his way to get even.”
On Monday, Grand Rapids police admitted that Malmberg's story changes every time they interview
him, making it very difficult to pin down what happened.
Malmberg's father says that he wants his son to simply be honest.
“If he actually harmed the little girl,
yes, he's got to tell the truth and get it out,” said Bob Malmberg.
“Take his punishment and let the world move on.”
It has certainly been a long week for Jozlynn's family,
moving from uncertainty to heartbreak in a matter of five days.
The story began on February 22^nd
when Jozlynn's mother, Consuela, says she last saw her daughter. The
next day, Consuela called police saying she couldn't find her
boyfriend, Jeffrey Malmberg, or her daughter. She also reported that
$2,800 had been stolen.
An Amber Alert for Jozlynn was issued
Wednesday afternoon, and Malmberg was captured by police Wednesday
night in a pool hall in Lansing.
On Thursday, police say Malmberg told
them that Jozlynn had died in an accident at the home and that he had
disposed of her body.
Malmberg was arraigned Friday afternoon
in Grand Rapids, the same day Grand Rapids Police ended the Amber Alert
and announced that Jozlynn had died.

TomTerrific0420 wrote:In Grand Rapids, the search continues for Jozlynn Martinez.
The two-year-old girl went missing from her home on Nagold Street on February 22^nd.
Jeffrey Malmberg has been charged with
kidnapping and larceny related to Jozlynn's disappearance. Police
recently announced that Malmberg told them that Jozlynn died and he
disposed of her body.
Jozlynn's mother, Consuela, says that in a phone call from prison, Malmberg told her that
Jozlynn died after falling down the steps of their home on Monday night.
On Monday, Malmberg's father spoke to media representatives from his home in Florida.
In an interesting conversation, Bob Malmberg was very frank about his son,
saying that he can be downright mean and can't be trusted.
“It bewilders me to no end that something like this would happen,” said Bob.
Bob Malmberg claims that his
son, Jeffrey, has significant attitude problems, going all the way back
to his school days at Big Rapids High School. Bob said his son always
wanted revenge, but Bob never dreamed his son would be involved in
something like this.
“I am not too happy, no,” said Bob. “I never thought he would go to,
get mixed up in whatever he's mixed up in there.”
Bob says he hasn't spoken to his son in
more than two decades. The two were estranged after Bob turned his son
in for stealing money at age 18. Bob said his son was a habitual liar
as a young man, and that police are going to have to be very tough to
get the truth out of him.
Malmberg has told police and Jozlynn's mother that the
girl fell down the steps inside the house on the west side of Grand
Rapids, and that he dumped the body in a commercial dumpster a couple
of blocks away. Her body has not been found.
“It's just torture for us because we're getting no closer,' said Jozlynn's father John Rittenhouse.
Rittenhouse also thinks Malmberg could have harmed the girl. The motive, he said,
being that the family was giving little Jozlynn more attention than
Malmberg's young son.
“To me that's a jealousy thing,” said
Rittenhouse, “because he has to be the center of everything, and since
things were going south, he figured maybe this is his way to get even.”
On Monday, Grand Rapids police admitted that Malmberg's story changes every time they interview
him, making it very difficult to pin down what happened.
Malmberg's father says that he wants his son to simply be honest.
“If he actually harmed the little girl,
yes, he's got to tell the truth and get it out,” said Bob Malmberg.
“Take his punishment and let the world move on.”
It has certainly been a long week for Jozlynn's family,
moving from uncertainty to heartbreak in a matter of five days.
The story began on February 22^nd
when Jozlynn's mother, Consuela, says she last saw her daughter. The
next day, Consuela called police saying she couldn't find her
boyfriend, Jeffrey Malmberg, or her daughter. She also reported that
$2,800 had been stolen.
An Amber Alert for Jozlynn was issued
Wednesday afternoon, and Malmberg was captured by police Wednesday
night in a pool hall in Lansing.
On Thursday, police say Malmberg told
them that Jozlynn had died in an accident at the home and that he had
disposed of her body.
Malmberg was arraigned Friday afternoon
in Grand Rapids, the same day Grand Rapids Police ended the Amber Alert
and announced that Jozlynn had died.

Sounds just like Casey doesn't it?

GRAND RAPIDS -- As Consuela Martinez clings to the thought her
2-year-old daughter Jozlynn might still be alive, police say there is
little chance.
They believe Jeffrey Malmberg's story about putting the dead girl in
a dumpster near the home he shared with Martinez, his live-in
girlfriend.
"We are confident the story he gave us about putting her in a
particular dumpster is accurate," Grand Rapids police Capt. Jeff Hertel
said.
Police would not say why they believe Malmberg, but officers did
collect surveillance video last week from a store at 704 Stocking Ave.
NW, at the corner of Stocking and Fifth Street.
The owner of Family Pantry, Richard Kado, said the video is focused
on the store's parking lot. A dumpster sits behind the store. The
location is about two blocks from Martinez's residence at 915 Nagold
Street NW.
Police did not tell Kado what they found on the video, which covered Monday night into Tuesday morning.
Consuela Martinez said she awoke Feb. 23 to find both her daughter
and Malmberg gone. Police issued an Amber Alert the next day and
Malmberg was arrested in Lansing, but without Jozlynn.
Since then, Malmberg told Martinez the girl died in the home Monday
night after falling down stairs, then he panicked and carried her body
to a Dumpster. Police did not comment Monday on the claim.
Martinez is holding out hope that Malmberg might be lying about her daughter's death.
Malmberg was arraigned Friday on charges of kidnapping and larceny
and remains held in the Kent County Jail on a $1 million bond. He
allegedly stole $2,800 from Martinez's purse.
Hertel said police met with prosecutors Monday to discuss the case and possibly look at changing the charges against Malmberg.
As they investigated his claims last week, police searched the Kent
County Waste-to-Energy facility Thursday and Friday, looking through
more than 100 tons of trash.
"We did the best we could to isolate an area, but we didn't find her," Hertel said.
Meanwhile, Jozlynn's family has erected a small memorial to her outside
the Nagold Street home, with flowers and a picture of the girl affixed
to a sign.

The man accused in the disappearance of 2-year-old Jozlynn Martinez will be charged Friday with second-degree murder. Jeffrey Malmberg,
40, the once- live-in boyfriend of the girl's mother -- they have since
broken up -- admitted to police he put his knee on the little girl's
chest and held her down until she stopped breathing, a Grand Rapids
police detective said in court Thursday. He said it happened at around 6:30 p.m. Feb. 22, at the child's home on 915 Nagold St. NW, Grand Rapids Detective Jana Forner told the judge. Malmberg admitted to police he then placed Jozlynn in a garbage bag, then disposed of her body in a commercial Dumpster. Grand Rapids District Judge Jeanine Laville authorized the warrant just before 2 p.m. Thursday. Malmberg
could face up to life in prison on the murder charge. He also will be
charged for tampering with evidence -- a 10-year felony, and with
larceny for allegedly stealing $2,800 from Jozlynn's mother, Consuela
Martinez. Malmberg had been charged with kidnapping, but that warrant was issued before he told police Jozlynn was dead. At
a 3:30 p.m. news conference, GRPD Chief Kevin Belk said Malmberg will
be arraigned Friday, and the search for Jozlynn's body continues. "I
mean, I think ... our whole community has rallied around, hoped and
prayed, that first she would be found alive," Belk said. "And we
certainly now continue to hope we'll find her body. Obviously, as time
goes, that becomes less and less likely. We realize that, but we
continue to pursue leads with the hope that somehow, we'd find her." Belk also said he did not expect any charges to be filed against Martinez. Earlier Thursday, Jozlynn's parents, Martinez and John Rittenhouse,
were told Malmberg would be charged with the toddler's death. Until
that time, they held out hope Jozlynn was alive somewhere. Now, they
believe she is dead. Rittenhouse said brings
some "closure" for he and Consuela. As for Malmberg, Rittenhouse said,
"May he rot in hell." He and Consuela are no longer together. Rittenhouse lives in Arizona. Jozlynn disappeared Feb. 22, apparently while her mom was away from their home at 915 Nagold St. NW. Martinez,
21, discovered she was missing the next morning, but thought Jozlynn
was with Malmberg, who often spent time with the child. Grand
Rapids police issued an Amber Alert on Wednesday and obtained a
kidnapping and theft warrant for Malmberg, who was arrested that
evening in Lansing. Malmberg at first denied involvement in the
disappearance, but later told police the girl died Monday evening and
that he carried her body to a trash receptacle about two blocks away in
the area of Fourth Street and Stocking Avenue NW. Thursday and
Friday, more than 70 Grand Rapids police personnel combed through the
Kent County Waste-to-Energy plant on Market Street SW, where the city's
garbage is incinerated, but they were unable to find the girl's body. Malmberg has since told Martinez that Jozlynn died after falling down the stairs, and that he panicked. The owner of Family Pantry, a nearby store, says police seized surveillance video from his store at Fifth and Stocking. Several
cameras cover the store's parking lot and Dumpster and also parts of
the street out front. Police have said they obtained an image of
Malmberg, but they wouldn't provide details.

GRAND RAPIDS -- Surrounded by family and friends, Consuela Martinez
tries not to dwell on the former boyfriend accused of killing her
2-year-old daughter.
She doesn't know why he allegedly would put his knee on the little
girl, leaving her unable to breath until she died, then put her body in
a nearby commercial Dumpster.
"We have no clue. He won't answer our questions," Martinez said Friday on the back porch of her mother's apartment.
Jeffrey Malmberg, now accused of second-degree murder in the Feb. 22
death of Jozlynn Martinez, was arraigned Friday on the charge in Grand
Rapids District Court. Malmberg said little during the brief hearing.
He has been held in the Kent County Jail since Feb. 24 on kidnapping
and larceny charges -- counts now dismissed -- and Judge David Buter
left his $1 million bond the same Friday.
The case has proven sensational and disturbing for the Grand Rapids
community as observers struggle to comprehend any motive behind the
alleged killing and body dumping.
"I've been shocked. I've been crying for days now," said 20-year-old
Joann Lyons, a friend of Consuela Martinez who showed up at her door
Friday to offer comfort.
Police and prosecutors have not divulged any theories about a motive, worried it might damage the prosecution.
In a brief testimony for a warrant earlier this week, a Grand Rapids
Police detective described how Malmberg allegedly admitted the killing.
"The suspect, Jeffrey Malmberg, made a statement to police that on
Feb. 22 at approximately 6:30 p.m. at 915 Nagold St. NW, Apt. 2, he put his knee on the chest of Jozlynn Martinez, age 2, and held her down which caused her to stop breathing.
"Jeffrey states that he then disposed of the body by first putting
Jozlynn into a garbage bag, then putting the bag containing Jozlynn's
body into a Dumpster," the detective told a judge.
Police said Malmberg also admitted to taking about $2,800 from Martinez's purse and fleeing the area.
He was arrested Feb. 24 in Lansing after police issued an Amber
Alert for Jozlynn. Police searched trash at the Kent County
Waste-to-Energy facility, but have not found the girl's body.
At her mother's apartment Friday, Martinez said she knows some
people have criticized her parenting skills and questioned her
relationship choices. She said the comments hurt.
"I loved Jozlynn so much," she said. "I gave her everything."
She was not home when Jozlynn died and was out collecting her income
tax money, she said Friday. Although Martinez earlier reported seeing
her daughter in bed sometime after 11 p.m. on Feb. 22, she said she
might have been mistaken.
"I could have sworn I heard her rustling," she said.
Buoyed by friends and family Friday, Martinez talked about moments she'll miss in her daughter's life.
"I was going to get her a potty trainer," she said, holding her
young sister, Tabitha. "She was going to be 3 this year and I won't get
to see her on her birthday."Martinez
visited Malmberg in jail three days after his arrest, trying to get
answers surrounding her daughter's disappearance. At the time, Martinez
said Malmberg told her the girl died falling down stairs and he panicked, putting her in the trash.
She doesn't plan on seeing him again.
For John Rittenhouse, the biological father of Jozlynn, anger boils in him when he thinks about Malmberg.
"I really wish we had capital punishment. He is cold and he doesn't care," Rittenhouse said.
The Martinez family has established a fund at Huntington National
Bank to accept donations to fund efforts to find the girl's body and
pay for an eventual funeral.

The search for the remains of Jozlynn Martinez at a Kent County
landfill was called off Wednesday afternoon by the Grand Rapids Police
Department. The body of the 2-year-old was not found. "It's not frustration," GRPD Capt. Jeffrey Hertel said. "We're disappointed we didn't find her." The
investigation will continue, though not at the landfill, Hertel said.
The department is reasonably confident Jozlynn's body was taken to the
Kent County Waste-to-Energy Facility the night she died, he added. The search lasted "three total days, (we) got about 750 man hours put into this search," Hertel said. "I'm
confident we tracked the right Dumpster (and) I'm confident we searched
the right trash at the incinerator," he said. "I'm confident we
searched the right place out here where the skim came. The fact is, she
may have been incinerated the first day. It's a long shot even being
here." "We're figuring it would be about 600 tons to come out of that hole, approximately." He
said tips will continue to be looked into as the prosecution begins
building its case against Jeffrey Malmberg, who is charged with killing
the toddler. Jozlynn's mother, Connie Martinez, will be in court
Thursday morning for a custody hearing on the child she shares with
Malmberg, 7-month-old Brian. An Amber Alert was issued for
Jozlynn in late February, then Malmberg confessed to kneeling on the
toddler's chest until she stopped breathing. He later put her body in a
trash bag and disposed of it in a nearby commercial Dumpster, which
launched the search for the girl's remains. Malmberg, 40, dated
21-year-old Martinez for about 1.5 years. The couple previously shared
a home on Nagold Street NW, where Jozlynn allegedly died.

A day after she was told police had given up the search for the
body of her 2-year-old daughter, Jozlynn, Connie Martinez lost
temporary custody of her baby boy. Brian Malmberg is the 7-month-old son of Martinez and her ex-boyfriend, Jeffrey Malmberg. A
Kent County referee Thursday sided with the state and ruled the boy
should live in foster care, under the supervision of the Department of
Human Services. Connie will be allowed two hours a week of supervised
visits with the boy. The referee also ordered Jozlynn's biological father, John Rittenhouse, to move out of the mom's home. The
state's goal is to reunite Brian with Connie, and the state also plans
to termainate Jeffrey's parental rights, according to Kent County
Assistant Prosecutor Vicki Seidl. Malmberg is accused of kneeling on Jozlynn's chest until she stopped breathing, and then dumping her body in a Dumpster. Malmberg was in the courtroom, escorted in by deputies, in his jail uniform and with his hands cuffed in front of him.
Connie Martinez, 21, sat at a table, a few feet away from Malmberg, with Rittenhouse. Grand
Rapids police on Wednesday finished their search for Jozlynn's body
after three days of digging through garbage at the South Kent Landfill
on 100th Street SE in Byron Township. Children's Protective
Services had removed Brian from his mom's home shortly after Jozlynn
disappeared on Feb. 22. Malmberg and Connie Martinez were living
together with the children in an apartment at 915 Nagold St. NW. Malmberg has told police Jozlynn died about 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 22 at the home. Police have said the mom was not home at the time. In a jailhouse interview, Malmberg told reporters the death was an accident, though he refused to provide details. He said he missed his "little princess" and his son. Malmberg
is charged with second-degree murder, tampering with evidence and
larceny. He is to appear in court on March 30 to determine if he will
stand trial.