4.8 • 614 Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2023
⏱️ 12 minutes
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0:00.0 | Discretion is advised. |
0:12.0 | Ten- minute murder. |
0:40.0 | When Yormeka Yvonne Whitehead, who went by, Nikki, was only 18 years old, she gave birth to twin girls. She named them Jasmine, |
0:48.6 | Kanisha, and Tasmaia Janisha. Jazz and Taz, for short. When Nikki was 25, she met Robert Head, a 55-year-old truck driver. Nikki and the girls moved in with him shortly after they started |
0:54.8 | dating. It's unclear at what point Nikki lost her daughters, but they spent much of their younger |
1:00.4 | years under the care of their great-grandmother, Della Frazier. While living with Della, |
1:05.8 | the girls were on a roll students and participated in Girl Scouts. Nikki was a bit sporadic and would randomly pop in |
1:13.0 | to visit the girls, but she wasn't a consistent presence in their lives. All that changed in |
1:19.2 | 2007. The twins were 13, and Nikki wanted a chance to be their mom. She requested custody through |
1:27.0 | the courts. Her request was granted, although it She requested custody through the courts. |
1:28.2 | Her request was granted, although it may not have been the best decision. |
1:33.1 | Jazz and Taz complained that Nikki was too controlling and also a bit of a hypocrite. |
1:38.9 | But are there any 13-year-olds that don't complain about their parents' rules? |
1:43.9 | But their conflicts quickly escalated into physical altercations. |
1:49.0 | The arguments resulted in court-mandated counseling and juvenile court appearances. |
1:54.0 | With all the hostility in the home, Della Frazier was able to petition the courts and regain custody. |
2:01.2 | Unfortunately, the arrangement with Della was only temporary. |
2:05.2 | Most of the time, the courts make every attempt to keep families together that are willing |
2:09.9 | to put in the effort. |
2:11.7 | And in January of 2010, they once again awarded Nikki custody of the girls. |
2:20.3 | Della protested the decision. Jazz and Taz protested the decision, but the court stood by their decision for the girls to return to |
2:25.7 | Nikki. However, this time they put a two-week trial period in place. During that trial period, |
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