Couple R*pes 11-Month-Old Baby Nearly to Death, Then Acts Innocent

When police arrived at an Ohio Red Roof Inn, they thought they were responding to a tragic medical emergency.Within minutes, it became a hunt for a fugitive girlfriend and a father caught in a web of his own lies.

The guy says he thinks his one -year -old daughter's dead, and he's not answering questions.

We're at a roof, eh?

Yeah.

Watch her.What's her name?

Not out.I put her, like, I took her out of the car seat.We had just gotten here.

All right, hold on.Watch out.Back up.

Back up.Sorry.I've been, like, trying to be really gentle.

All right, hold on.Hold on.Hold on.

Probably a little too rough.Is there any possibility of drugs?No.No.You can drug test us both.No.

For her.No.No.None.

Ma 'am, back up, please.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.I know you're fine.

The only thing she took was a teething mat out of the undies.

Give me a blanket.Give her to me.Let go.Let go.

Okay.

Go, Jay.Go.Jay!

There's no drugs.They can't give me a timeline.All right.

I'm taking her right now by ambulance.

I'm going to...Is that all my stuff?

Yeah.

Here, just leave the door open.I'm going to grab the rest of it.You guys go.

Okay.I got hers.

Are you going to the squad?

Yeah, we're going.Come on.

What's that?Those gloves?

Oh, that's from that kid.

That baby looks terrible, man.Did you see all the bruises and shit?What the hell?I don't know.That's a lot of bruising.We gotta get their information.

Hey, we need to get your guys' information before you leave.

As medics rush the 11 -month -old infant to Akron Children's Hospital in critical condition, officers separate the adults to figure out what happened.The man outside is Jason Santos, the child's father.The woman frantically pacing around goes by the name Nicole.Pay close attention to Jason's timeline and who he tries to blame.

What was she doing before she went unconscious?

I took her out of the car seat and she was like that.And I'm like, this is the only thing I gave her, one of these.

Was she screaming?

No, she wasn't.I got her out of the car seat and she sounded like she was...

No, like Benadryl, no nothing?Just trying to get her to sleep?

No, I don't even own Benadryl.

Can you go get that to the squad?Tell them that's what she was given.Did you call in their IDs?

No, yeah, this is from the door.

ran into you guys at the...Yeah, at Cole's right there.

Literally, we went Instacarting.We just got here, just checked in, brought her upstairs, brought the car seat up, and she was like crying a little bit.Like I heard noise.I had the big towel over, the big blanket over.I put her up on the bed.Took her out of the car seat.

I'm like, all right, baby.And her eyes opened up a little bit, like she had just opened up, like she was sleeping.

What's your first name?

Nicole.The baby's here?No, like a couple months ago.Big ass lug.

Is there medical documentation for that?

No.

Did you go to a hospital?

In Massachusetts.

You went to a hospital in Massachusetts?Yeah.

That's our other group.

What's the hospital in Massachusetts you went to?

St. Adams Mass.North Adams.

Hey, guys, I'm freaking out.It looks like that baby's been shot.

He just got her out of the mother's care.He just got her from CPS in New York, not that long ago, actually a couple weeks ago.He just had court.

How long have you had custody?

He had court on the 25th and just got it.

So are you dad?Yes.I am dad.Okay.So what's mom's name?Mom's name is Barbara.

Barbara in New York?Yes.So why did CPS remove the baby from her care?

Neglect.

Neglect?

Yes.We have text messages from the CPS.Physical, sexual?Physical.

Physical.What's her first name?The mom's first name?Robert.Hey there, you got it from radio?

Robert.

Who is he?It's her left arm.I need him now.Okay, sorry.You're the dad, right?Yes.

Which arm?This one is the left arm.Okay.What caused that?

Sure.

Okay.So what happened tonight?What got you to call 9 -1 -1?Okay.What happened before that?Was your dog okay to get out?

Yes.

The baby was sleeping inside the car.

The baby was sleeping inside the car upstairs?

Yeah, no, not over here.

We just came home.

Sir, I'm just asking you simple questions.Oh, I know.We just came, and I'm answering.We just came home doing roadie and Instacart.

Okay, so which car are we talking about?This car, okay.So you guys came home, the baby was sleeping back there, and then when you went, and then what else?

We brought the whole entire car seat upstairs with all of our stuff.

Okay, right.

We noticed earlier that she had been breathing, like a raspy breathing.And he was like, let's find some vapor rub or some suction stuff, try to get her breathing right.I think it's probably the weather.and this and that, and he's like, yeah, you're right, it probably is.And we'll make him a doctor appointment, and we'll get her something if we can't find it.

So how long do you think the child was sleeping in the car?

We know she was sleeping in the car.

Before you guys got here and then went upstairs?

She was sleeping probably about an hour.

About an hour.About an hour.Coming back from whatever you guys were doing, you said.

Yeah, it was the store called At Home.

Down 77 South, down in the Belden Village area?Yes, sir.

And I went inside the store.

What was with all the bruises on her face and chin?

Honestly Tank when she was sitting right here, Tank jumped up on her.And when we delivered an instacart order, there was a female dog, a Rottweiler, and he literally was jumped up on the baby.And that's where she got the bruises right here.And her eye is from his claw.What was that?Like literally a couple of days ago.

And he keeps telling me to get rid of the dog.

All right, Jason.T -shirt underneath that, strings on it, sweatshirt on, so it's probably chilly.

So Nicole, is she your girlfriend?Yes, sir.Do you know where she would have went?Why she just kind of disappeared?

I don't even know, sir.All I know that she was going to bring, or she went up to the room looking for a leash to walk the dog.She didn't even tell me where she was going or anything like that.

Her name's Nicole Abrey, or Abrey, is it?Abrey.How long you guys been together for?Probably like a month or two.She from New York as well, or is she from up here?She's from New York.

What brought you guys up here?I've got a brother that lives up here.

When did you guys get here?We got in here a couple of days ago.We just came back up here.Because you've been at the red roof the whole time?Yes, sir.We came here.

Yesterday we checked out.Yesterday we checked back in.You checked out and checked in yesterday?Yes, sir.Did you stay in the same room or did you guys move rooms?We moved rooms.

We stood in room 224 and now we're in room 209.

Notice how quickly the narrative shifts.While Jason is busy blaming the pit bull named Tank for severe bruising, the officer realizes something alarming.Jason's girlfriend, the woman who introduced herself as Nicole Hebert, has completely vanished from the scene.

So what happened?What was the original call?

I made the original call because we just came back from doing Brody and Instacart.She brings the baby upstairs as I'm trying to get some food, trying to bring the dog upstairs.My last step upstairs, I seen the baby wasn't moving or anything like that.And that's when I called you guys saying that I think my baby's dying.

So you seen her not moving and you called us?

Yes, sir.

Do you have any type of medical history that you know of?

That I don't know, sir.

Do you have any, like, medical records from New York by chance?Any in your car or anything like that?

I checked through all my cars for everything.

She been having any issues today at all?

I know she ate a little bit this morning because I watched her feed the baby.

It was Nicole you watch feed the baby.

Yes, sir.

What she feed her formula food She's not a baby food baby food.That was this morning about what time you know?How long have you had custody of that from what I was told they took her away from mom in New York?

Yes, they took the wave they took the way the baby from the mother toher in my custody because she asked the hospital, and this was on recorded hotline, she asked the hospital to watch her while she goes out and do something else real quick and come right back for the baby.How long ago was that?A couple of weeks ago.

So you got custody of her just in the past couple weeks?

Yes, sir.

So our main concern right now is obviously some injuries, a lot of bruising on her.I have a six -month -old, so I get babies are a lot.At any point, have you struck her?I never put my hands on that baby.I guess, I mean, I get it.

I know how hard it is. I'm six months old.I never put my hands on that baby.Ever since she had that dog, that dog been jumping on that kid.And I tell her to, I constantly tell her to get rid of that dog because that dog is going to end up severely hurting my child.And she refused to get rid of the dog.The dog jumps on her while she's sitting in the car seat and all that stuff.

The last time she told me that the dog was laying on top of her in the car seat.

Have you ever seen Nicole be rough with the baby?

Nope.

Well, I mean, with what the doctors told me her injuries are, I imagine she's probably pretty fussy.I mean, she is not consistent with an animal jumping on somebody, is what the doctors told me.So that's why I said, I mean, I know you just got her in the last few weeks.I understand how hard it can be.When the baby gets up in the middle of the night crying, at any point in time, did you grab her roughly?Did you shake her to try to get her to calm down?

I don't do any.of that, sir.

I don't put my hands on kids.Because, I mean, her injuries are, like I said, that's our concern right now is her injuries.They're not normal injuries that we would see in a less than one -year -old.These aren't falls.You know, a one -year -old doesn't, like I said, this is the time, like I said, I get it.Stuff happens.

If something happened, that was the time.Because, like I said, the doctors are doing full scans on her.But we need to know what occurred so they can know how to treat her.

I know I fell with the baby before, but...When did you fall with her?A while ago.I'm not sure.When?

Did you land on top of her, or how did you fall with her?Like, what led up to the falling with her?

There was a tree barking my way, and it was dark at night, and I couldn't see.

So how did you land?But I landed, I landed forward with her.So, I mean, it had to happen within the last couple weeks, right?You just got her in the last couple weeks?Yes, sir.Can you think of anything else?

Like I said, I mean, she's got a, she's got a lot of injuries, Jason.

I didn't realize how bad I fucked her up.

Jason, she's, she's got a lot, a lot of injuries.I mean, even a fall.I don't, have you seen anybody handle her roughly, Jason?Have you, have you ever seen Nicole handle her roughly?

No, sir.

Why would Nicole disappear on us though?

That's concerning to me. I don't know why she would do that.I told her to wait by the car.

You understand why it's concerning to me that she just up and disappeared?

I even had an officer try calling her through my phone and her phone.I know.

And both phones was off.I need you to help me help Jason.Have you ever seen anything rough with her?

No sir.

Did you ever lose your temper with her when she was you know said those five and I understand those five in the morning those five in the morning wake -ups they're harder I I get that they're hard when that baby's screaming at you five in the morning you just got done working all night I get it it's hard trust me I've been there I'm still there I said my son's six months old There's times he wakes up just hollering.Is this your first kid?Yes, sir.What about Nicole?

When the baby screams and yells, she wakes up with the baby.She changes her, because I won't change her.She feeds her.She bathes her.

She does everything.So when we catch up with Nicole, is she going to tell us anything different?Is she going to tell us, like I said, now it's time to be honest.

I am being honest, sir.

Like I said, I'm just very concerned.It's my fault that I fell with her.Jason, I'm going to be honest with you.Some of the injuries she has aren't going to be from a fall.Her whole body is bruised, Jason.She's got bruises all over her.

Do you know where Nicole would go?Anywhere around here she would go to?Anywhere she knows around here?

Like I said, I don't know.I don't talk to the neighbors over there.And I don't even think she does either.I don't, that's kind of weird because I don't know why she would leave.She would go upstairs in her room at 209, go grab the dog leash and leave.

You understand why that's concerning for her that she left though, right?

That makes, that makes me feel like she did something then.

So Jason, tell me, if we, uh, if we set up a lie detector,

Despite Jason's attempts to explain away the massive trauma, the medical scans reveal a horrifying truth.The infant's entire body is covered in injuries.While Jason agrees to a polygraph outside, officers sweeping the hotel make a massive discovery.Nicole didn't just vanish, she was hiding.And her real name isn't Nicole at all, it's Jamelee Hunt.

this first door just face towards the cell right in here just stop right there you can have a seat yes Do you have anything else on you anywhere?No.Okay, appreciate that.Alright, have a seat.The detectives are going to come talk with you here.

That's fine, I'll show you that I have nothing in my shoes.It's just big socks.

I say nothing to my socks as well.

No, we get it You don't have anything on you, okay, because if you guys this Okay, no drugs or anything stashed or anything because if you get in the county that's a bigger charge.

No, I promise.Okay, so I just want to make sure this ain't going anywhere.

No, when you get to the county, they'll put that, all the stuff, jewelry, anything like that, they'll have that in your property.OK, go ahead and put your hands together like you're praying.There you go.Go ahead and turn your hand in.Wrist in, makes it a little comfortable for you.

All right, Jamie.So I told you, you get the endangering children charged, obstruction, and now forgery.It'll be arraigned on Monday.The judge will set a bond, but based on everything, expect a low one.Especially the fact that you continuously lied and, again, lied about who you were.I did, I told you.

I reviewed the body camera, Jamie.You never said that your name was James.Officer Marshall.

Go back to Marshall, Marshall's body cam.Thank you.We don't have an officer Marshall, Jamie.Right, the one that transported me to Springfield.Yeah, okay.He's black.

That's fine.You continually gave false information in previous calls.You signed your sister's name.So everything you said has been untruthful, Jamie.You have fun in county.Expect more charges.

That's all I'm going to say.Expect more charges.

I'm not going to expect more charges.

Oh, you are.Believe me, you are.Once these picturesto the grand jury, I am imagining attempted murder charges coming on there.

Well, that's fine for the father, because I didn't do nothing to the baby.

You're just as culpable like I told you.So you have fun, and hopefully you get a nice lunch today.

Going to go right here?OK.

Why is he following us out?

He has to, because the door's open.

So he stole my weed.

You know, Jamie, the weed.

I don't care.By the time it gets out, we're nothing.It's mine.

Is there anything you want to say?I mean, this is your last chance to get yourself...

I want to know how that baby is up.

It's not doing very good.The baby has got all those injuries, and it's not looking good for that baby.And there's only one way to get in front of this, and you know what it is.Nobody can help you but you.You can help yourself.

That's why I'm in trouble for not getting the dad in trouble.And call him and tell him when I see him doing mean things.

Yeah, and then when you get there, you don't go into detail on what he did.

He did shake her a little bit.I seen him whip her a little bit.I don't want to believe that he did anything bad, but obviously the bitch cut in line.

I mean, you've seen those pictures.You've seen those pictures, and then you're blaming the dog.The dog's not big enough to do anything.

He kept blaming him.

He kept telling me it was the dog.Do you want that dog put down for something it didn't do?I mean, really.

He kept telling me to get rid of my dog, and I'm like, why do I need to get rid of my dog?And he kept telling it was the dog.

When did the dad start doing this?From the moment you met him or just recently?

I started noticing things within like, probably like 10 days ago or so.Like probably the second time we came up here.

When we came up to Ohio?

Yeah.It was like on November 1st, he shoved me, put his hands on me for the first time ever.He never done that before.

What's he do when the baby, what does the baby do to upset him that he does that?

Just like cries or whatever.He'd always be like, I don't get to do that.

What's he do?

When he picks her up, he'll shake her, or like...

Like violently, or just a little bit, or...I mean, you know, I mean, you know, you've seen it.

I'd say violently.I'd say more violently.

What happened when he shook her?Did she cry more?Did it knock her out?Did she pass out, or...

She would start screaming more, but then, like, he'd, like, bounce her like he was playing with her.Oh, she likes it.Oh, she likes it.

Once he would shake her, then he would bounce her, like, on her knee or something?

Yeah.Left leg last night up on her thigh and I asked him like, what's that?And he's like, oh, that's been like that.

Did he say how it happened?

No.

Were you there to witness any other, you know, him striking her or him putting weight on her?

He'd always blame the dog, and I'd always be in Instacart or doing shopping in the stores, and then I'd come out from the store.I'm like, how is she?How was she?Oh, she's fine.

So he'd do that in the car?

It had to have been.It's all the Instacart.

Did you ever see him put weight on her?Like put weight, like lay on her, put a pillow and lay on her, or put blankets on her?

Not the pillow, but when he was getting her out of her seat one time, he was like rough with her.I'm like, you don't gotta be so rough.He'd always yell at her.I'm like, you don't gotta be yelling at her.

What do you mean rough with her?

When he was getting out of the seat, he'd always be like pulling her arms too hard.

How many times do you think you've seen her shake her?

I've seen her at least twice.

At least twice.You know, pretty often.

A couple days ago, yeah.

It's a day Saturday, so that would be like Wednesday, Thursday.No, it's Thursday.Thursday, because last night's kind of when all this kind of happened, right?

No, last night was Friday.

Yeah, Friday night.

So Friday, we just got back from an Instagram party and I brought her upstairs to change her diaper.And that's what I noticed.

Didn't you change your diaper?Did you notice all that?

Her thighs, yeah.

Her thighs.

And I said something to him.

And what did he say?

And he's like, no.And I'm like, well, something's wrong with her.Call 911.Call 911.

And that was last night?

Yes.

Did you notice any time before that, that yesterday or the day before, that her legs were changing color?Or was she having trouble breathing?Yesterday.You know when you're not acting normal?She's 11 months.Sometimes yesterday, you know, she acts this way every day then all of a sudden she's not talking, right?

And he kept saying oh she's congested.I told you get her a nose sucker I told you she needs a sucky to get all that out of there But she's seen the baby like with some injuries prior to you guys coming here back to home And I called her this morning before I ran into green the green department police I call her this morning.I told her what happened last night.

Did you turn yourself in?Is that what?

No, I just started walking the street.But I called her and I said, hey, I had a cold breathing, right?Something was wrong.And she said, really?I said, yeah.So I called 9 -1 -1 and then I was panicking.

Jay Jason's trying to say I was too rough and I left bruises all over and she goes no I said yeah remember when he supposedly fell with her or whatever what happened to her arm well he said he fell with her like he was holding her and fell yeah on a big on a big tree log and that was a couple days before HalloweenAnd I asked him if he brought it to the doctor and he told me, yes, well, come to find out that was a lie because he told the detective it was a lie.

Where was that in New York, Massachusetts, Massachusetts.

Yes.

Now here in Ohio, since you guys got here up the red roof, you witnessed him shaking her and doing stuff there.

Yes.And then I'd always leave them two in the car when I was in Instacarting.And he's like, I told you I'm not changing her shitty diapers.I'm like, okay, that's fine.

Does he get mad when she defecates herself in the bathroom?

I'd always be in the back seat like this and I'd just hurry up, change her diaper and put her back in her seat.

And you first noticed the bruises and stuff on her legs just a couple of nights ago?

Yes.

Like today, Saturday, Thursday.Okay.

Because we checked back in, I think it was Thursday.Because we left Sunday, came back, left again, came back.

The only way you can be helped is by you helping yourself and telling the truth.

I am telling the truth.

I'm just saying, I'm just giving you a little heads up, OK?It's the only way.Because he's going to push all this blame on you.

He already is trying.That's why I left last night, because he said I was too rough with her.And I'm like, I know I was too rough.I was in a panic.I'm like, I didn't want her to die.I don't want to see a baby die.

I thought she was hurt so bad.

What happened last night that she was going into, like she stopped breathing and stuff?

I don't really know.I brought her upstairs, the whole car seat.He tried to say I only brought her up by herself, but no, the whole entire car seat.I took her out of the car seat.

From outside of Red Roof?

From the car.Brought the whole car seat upstairs to the room.

Were you guys together before that?

Yes.

You and Jason's his name.Were you like, where'd you guys come from?

We came from the last place I shopped was at home and camp.Okay.

Down the can.Okay.And the baby was good then that was last night.Friday.What time were you down at at home?So like you didn't shop there you're dropping off food there oh, okay So what time do you think you got it at home?

Between 6 .30 and 7 .30, I know the shop was done.I know the delivery was made before 8 p .m.And I know that we're back at the hotel by 8 .30.And he went and paid for it and everything.At least I think it was 8 .30.

But you Jason and the baby were at home yesterday between 6 .30 and 7 .30?

And those two were in the parking lot.

They were in the parking lot by themselves and you're in shopping?

Well, they were with the dog, too.

Oh, yeah, with the dog.

So you can see where Obviously, our concern is with all this, right?Yeah, not me.So, you know, we're talking to doctors.Anybody, any normal, reasonable person that's seen her would know that she is not okay.

Did you go on my phone?

I gotta wait for the search warrant.

Okay, in my phone, I need you to go to the Instacart app.Yes, it's in Jason's name, but that is my job.

Jaymalie tries desperately to paint herself as the overworked, oblivious girlfriend who had no idea Jason was hurting the child, but investigators had already done their homework.They know she was directly involved in the baby's care, and the doctors have confirmedthat these injuries didn't happen overnight.Now, the officer is about to lay all the cards on the table.

They date to when Jason got custody, so in the last four and a half weeks.

So it could have been the mom when she had her?

No.They're new.

They're very safe to healing, but they first started when - And then you need to go on Jason's phone and look up - Oh, I'm going to.The one that says WAP job is the baby's mother.I need you to go through those messages.I'm going to.Okay.

But there's no way you were - Jim, there's no way that you were with them and you didn't know that she was injured.There's no way.

And then he kept telling me it was my dog, but you don't understand.I'm easily fucking...I was easily fucking manipulated with that guy.Very much.So I believed everything that he said was the truth.I never thought of him as a liar.

I never thought of him as a baby herder.I never thought of this.I never thought I would be here right now dealing with any of this.This is not what I want.

You're not sticking up for him.But, Jamie, you have to know more than what you're telling me.There's no way you can look at this kid...

But it's been 14 years since I've had a baby.I really don't, I don't care.

You cannot have no kids.And you would look at, you would know that something's not right.And this was, like I said, this wasn't a one time thing.This is more than just shaking baby.So someone had to stomp on her or step on her or throw her into a wall for that to happen.

I've never seen him stomp on her.stomp on her, nothing.Throw her nothing.But I'm telling you, you need to go into my phone.I'm giving you permission.I need you to look.

The Google tells you everywhere where I was.The Instacart tells you every store that I was at.Fucking 62 something hours.We're done talking here.That's fine.OK.

So you got to sit down.No, I don't need to.You do.You have to.I'm not signing anything else.That's fine.

Look at the sign.You have to remain seated.You're gonna get in trouble by the jail.That's fine.I'm done talking to you.That's fine.

You don't have to talk to me.Yes, you're right.

You can sit here and accuse me of anything you want, but I did not hurt that baby.I did not see that child be abused.Okay.You need to go in my phone.I worked over 60 something hours a week.I was not with him.

Okay.

Okay.

The conversation's done.You can be quiet.You're pissing me the fuck off.I don't care if I'm with you.That's not my concern.My concern is the baby.

And I asked you how the baby is.You said she's stable.She's doing good.Thank you.That's all I needed to know.

They're coming.You got to sit down.You got to stop telling me what to do.You're not my boss.

Thank you.

The absolute refusal to take accountability from both Jason Santos and Jamie Lee Hunt is staggering, but the justice system saw right through their lies.The 11 -month -old infant miraculously survived that horrific night and was treated at Akron Children's Hospital, though she did suffer a severe brain injury.The web of deceit spun in that hotel parking lot completely collapsed in court.Jason Santos, the father who tried to blame a family dog for his actions, was found guilty on eight separate charges.he was sentenced to life in prison and permanently designated as a Tier 3 sex offender.As for Jamie Lee Hunt, the woman who hid in the motel, gave a fake name, and claimed that she was just an innocent bystander, a jury didn't buy that.

word of it.She was found guilty on all nine charges.This included five counts of felonious assault, child endangerment by torture and cruel abuse, and the most severe statutory offenses involving a minor under the age of 13.Prosecutors made it clear, J Malik completely failed as a caretaker and a protector, actively participating in the abuse while trying to shield herself from the consequences.Emily Hunt was scheduled to be sentenced on May 6, 2026, where she too faced life behind bars.The child is now safe from the two people who were supposed to protect her the most.

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