Adoptive parents Trezell and Jacqueline West charged with murder of missing brothers, aged 3 and 4, who vanished in 2020
THE ADOPTIVE parents of two young brothers have been charged with murder more than a year after the boys vanished when they were aged 3 and 4.
Trezell and Jacqueline West were both arrested in Bakersfield, California, on Tuesday over the disappearance of the boys who were last seen a few days before Christmas in 2020.
The couple gave an interview after the boys vanished – claiming they last saw them playing in the backyard of their home.
Orson, 3, and Orrin West, 4, were reportedly last seen on December 21, 2020.
Trezell, 35, and Jacqueline, 32, had filed the missing report claiming the boys were last seen in the backyard.
"Everybody's making their own conclusions. They don't know anything," Jacqueline said in the 2021 interview. "It's difficult. We're going through it."
Police have undergone multiple massive searches in Bakersfield and California City with the help of the community since their disappearance.
It is unclear if they have revealed any leads about the whereabouts of the boys, however.
It is also unclear why police moved to arrest the Wests this week and if new evidence has been uncovered.
BIOLOGICAL FATHER SPEAKS OUT
Charles Pettus, the biological father of Orson and Orrin, additionally filed a lawsuit against Kern County and the state of California.
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Pettus claims in the suit that Child Protective Services wrongfully placed his biological children with a couple outside of friends and family.
It is not known why the family lost custody of the children.
COURT APPEARANCE
The adoptive parents were both charged on Tuesday with two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of willful cruelty to a child.
They also face one misdemeanor count of making a false report of an emergency, according to the Bakersfield Police Department.
Both were booked into the Kern County Jail.
They are both set to appear in court on Thursday at 8am.
Trezell and Jacqueline are currently being held on no bail.
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