Three women are accused of helping the alleged killer of 8-year-old Sophia Mason evade police for six months.
Authorities said 33-year-old Mayra Gutierrez Gonzalez, of Newark; 42-year-old Laronna Larkins, of Merced; and 40-year-old Daberka Thompson, of San Jose; provided Jackson with transportation, shelter, and money while he was on the run.Police said Jackson was living with Gonzalez at the time of his arrest on Saturday in Newark.Relatives of Sophia Mason and her mother, 30, said more information will likely be revealed as to why the women were helping Jackson.
Sophia had been reported missing by relatives in Hayward before her body was found last March inside a home in Merced. Statements Johnson made to Hayward police prompted them to ask for assistance from the Merced Police Department, which served a search warrant in March at the house in Merced where Jackson lived, they said.
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