Pubdate: Fri, 13 Jul 2001
Source: Messenger-Inquirer (KY)
Copyright: 2001 Messenger-Inquirer
Contact:  http://www.messenger-inquirer.com
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1285
Author: Mike Baggett, Messenger-Inquirer

TIP LEADS OPD TO GEORGIA COUPLE SOUGHT IN CHILD'S DEATH
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/meth.htm (Methamphetamine)

Infant Died After Being Burned In Reported Meth Lab Fire

A Rossville, Ga., couple wanted for the murder of their 15-month-old son 
were arrested in Daviess County Wednesday by the Owensboro Police Department.

Suzette Marie Calloway, 27, was arrested at 8:54 p.m. Wednesday after a 
Wal-Mart employee called OPD with information about a woman who purchased 
precursors for the production of methamphetamine, said Police Chief Allen 
Dixon during a news conference.

Officers located Calloway leaving Target at 5151 Frederica St., then 
stopped her for a traffic violation while she was driving on U.S. 60 East.

Calloway gave officers a false name, but her true identity was discovered 
when her operator's license was found in the vehicle. Nine boxes of 
pseudoephedrine were found during a search of the vehicle, Detective Joe 
Moran said.

Christopher Hicks, 30, was located and arrested at 1 a.m. Thursday at a 
home of one of Calloway's relatives in eastern Daviess County.

They were being held at the Daviess County Detention Center Thursday 
without bond.

A search of Calloway's name with the National Crime Information Center 
revealed she and Hicks were wanted for murder in connection with the death 
of their child, Dixon said.

Moran said it is believed the couple has been in the Owensboro area for 
about two to three weeks.

According to a report from the Catoosa County Sheriff's Office in Ringgold, 
Ga., Shelton Hicks, the couple's son, died June 16 from complications 
stemming from severe burns suffered in a fire.

Investigation of a fire at the couple's residence on Feb. 17 revealed fumes 
from the operation of a methamphetamine lab ignited when a space heater was 
turned on, causing an explosion inside the residence.

Shelton Hicks received severe burns over 30 percent of his body and was 
treated for an extended period at Shriner's Burn Unit in Cincinnati, the 
Catoosa County Sheriff's report said.

The infant was released from Shriner's Burn Unit into the custody of foster 
parents but went into cardiac arrest June 14.

Calloway and Hicks only received minor injuries during the blaze.

The couple fled police after they posted bail in February when they were 
arrested on charges of manufacturing methamphetamine, Moran said.

Murder charges were added after the death of Shelton Hicks.
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