Aspen Jeter was found in a parking lot with her father, Antar Jeter, who was taken into custody and charged with her mother’s murder.
in an “advanced stage of decomposition” with a gunshot wound. The 5-year-old girl was not in the home.
The family said Antar was also missing from the home. He was living in the house temporarily while an electrical issue in his residence was being fixed, Jumper’s cousin said, adding that Antar and Jumper did not get along.Antar Jeter was arrested and charged with the murder of Crystal Jumper, Aspen Jeter’s mother.Police were able to track him down after he was spotted making financial transactions in Danville, Virginia, approximately 260 miles from their South Carolina home.
Antar and Aspen were then found inside a blue 2015 Mazda in a hospital parking lot, Sheriff Leroy Ravenell said during a Friday press conference. Police allege that the car was stolen.Aspen, who has disabilities that make it difficult for her to communicate and walk, was found in safe condition and is being returned to her family.
“Aspen will not become a ward of the state. We’re going to make sure that she’s with family,” Jumper’s family attorney Justin Bamberg said Friday,
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