Category: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

Headline: U.S. Marshals Add Suspected Child Murderer to 15 Most Wanted

**Update: Janet Barreto and Ramon Barreto
Apprehended on August 12, 2014**
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Washington The U.S. Marshals
Service today announced the addition of a suspected child murderer to
their 15 Most Wanted fugitive list.

Janet Killough Barreto is wanted in
Mississippi by the Union County Sheriffs Department for failure to
appear on original charges of manslaughter of a child, three counts of
child abuse, six counts of child neglect and tampering with a witness.
In addition, Barreto is wanted by the USMS Northern District of
Mississippi for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.

From 2005 to 2006, Barreto and her husband Ramon Barreto are suspected of traveling to Guatemala on multiple
occasions to purchase children from a local adoption agency. Upon
returning to the United States, the children were allegedly physically
abused, malnourished and forced to sleep in deplorable conditions to
include beds with plywood bottoms. The children were purportedly often
punished with beatings and on various occasions duct-taped to their
beds, punched in the stomach and forced to endure having their heads
submerged under water. In 2008, the abuse led to the death of one of
their adopted children, a two-year-old baby girl.

Janet Barreto is a malicious individual who
allegedly abused innocent children on multiple occasions and forced them
to live in appalling conditions, said William D. Snelson, U.S. Marshals
Service Assistant Director for Investigative Operations. Through her
alleged crimes, Barreto demonstrated a blatant disregard and lack of
respect for life other than her own. Adopting children and bringing them
to the United States only to abuse and neglect them is a horrific crime.
Adding Barreto to our 15 Most Wanted list allows the USMS to dedicate
every available investigative resource to immediately locate and
apprehend her, so she may face justice and answer for her crimes.

Barreto was originally arrested in May 2008
and released in December that same year on bond. In March 2009, she was
re-arrested for tampering with a witness and released on bond again. Two
months later in May 2009, she failed to appear for her trial on the
child endangerment, child abuse and manslaughter charges.

Her husband is also wanted in connection
with the crimes, and they are believed to have ties in Mexico,
California, Florida, Nevada, Tennessee and Texas.

A reward of up to $25,000 is offered for
information leading directly to Barretos arrest. Anyone with
information is urged to contact the nearest U.S. Marshals office or the
U.S. Marshals Service Communications Center at 1-800-336-0102.

Updated News
Release

Additional information about the U.S.
Marshals Service can be found at
http://www.usmarshals.gov.

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Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

Headline: Tips Lead to the Arrest of U.S. ‘Marshals ‘Fugitive of the Week’ and Others in Rochester

Concord, NH This afternoon, Fugitive of the Week
Derek Parker, 30 was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force at a
residence on DAmours Avenue in Rochester, New Hampshire. Parker was wanted on
an outstanding federal arrest warrant issued out of the U.S. District Court in
Portland, Maine. Parker was indicted by the DEA for conspiracy to distribute
heroin after a large scale investigation in the New England area involving many
different law enforcement agencies.

Since the issuance of this arrest warrant, Parker has been on
the run and in hiding with his fugitive girlfriend, Kayla Kenny and their four
year old child. As part of this investigation, Parker was to be featured as the
U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Forces weekly feature known as the Fugitive of the
Week on May 30, 2013. The Fugitive of the Week is broadcast on WTPL-FM, WMUR-TV,
the Union Leader, the Nashua Telegraph and is prominently featured on the
internet. Today, WMUR-TV featured Parker as the part of their Most Wanted
Wednesdays series. This feature ultimately led tipsters to contact the
Rochester Police Department this afternoon with very accurate information.
Members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force quickly acted on this
information, which led to the location and arrest of Derek Parker, his
girlfriend Kayla Kenny and the recovery of their four year old child.

U.S. Marshal David Cargill, Jr. said, This case truly had
law enforcement concerned, since Parker was on the run with his fugitive
girlfriend and their four year old child. Cargill continued, To think that
parents would potentially jeopardize the safety of their young child by going on
the run with a toddler is unconscionable.

Kayla Kenny, 27 was arrested on an outstanding arrest warrant
for possession of a controlled drug and is currently being held at the Strafford
County Jail pending her next court appearance. Parker is being held as a U.S.
Marshals prisoner for the District of Maine at the Strafford County Jail pending
his initial court appearance in Portland, Maine tomorrow. The young child was in
good condition and released to family members.

Members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force that
assisted in this arrest included; Strafford County Sheriffs Office, the
Rochester Police Department and NH Probation and Parole.

Since the inception of the New Hampshire Joint Fugitive Task
Force in 2002, these partnerships have resulted in over 5,370 arrests. These
arrests have ranged in seriousness from murder, assault, unregistered sex
offenders, probation and parole violations and numerous other serious offenses.

Nationally the United States Marshals Service fugitive
programs are carried out with local law enforcement in 94 district offices, 85
local fugitive task forces, 7 regional task forces, as well as a growing network
of offices in foreign countries.

Additional
information about the U.S. Marshals Service can be found at
http://www.usmarshals.gov.

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