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Sushi Staples, 37, lied to police when they went to her home to investigate a call that her 10-year-old son’s body was hidden in her home after the boy accidentally shot himself. Staples insisted she only had daughters when Rock Island Police asked about her son, Zion. Police returned with a warrant to search her home and interrogated Staples at her kitchen table.

this is sushi staples , a mom from Illinois caught on body camera denying she has a son, the problem ? she’s lying.

 

the case of sushi staples and  the accidental shooting death of her son Zion is so incredibly sad .staple is serving a two -year prison sentence for Zion’s death 

she pleaded guilty to hiding his body in a trash can for eight months.

but staples actually  want out of prison early. more on that  in a bit.

the investigation into Sushi staples started back on july  25th of 2023 in Rock Island , Illinois. police received information  from a women who had known staples for many  years.A friend of staples told police that  she confessed to hiding Zion’s body.

she said that he shot himself at the time he was  9 years old. she explained that she had  just  stepped out to to run some errands and she  received  a call from her daughter serenity saying  that Zion was gone. serenity said  he’s  on the floor  and he’s bleeding.

sushi said  she feared that they would take  her kids away and she  was scared to lose everything  the friend  like ” what are you talking about ” and  sushi said  she purchased a burning barrel from home  Depot.that you burnd leaves  and stuff  and she  stoed him in that .and she  said  he was stored  that in her basement and she said she  tried to set him on fire.

After hearing this rock island police  of course wernt to staples home  to investigate. and she put on  quite a show.staples insisted she did not have a son and was indignant that police  even questioning her.

Police obviously didn’t buy  what staples selling  they had received a call about a child who hadn’t been seen  in many months .

police returned the next day  with a search warrant in hand. staples of course told that’s what thye needed to  do if they wanted to look inside her home. 

 staples had an answer  for everything,police informed her that the department of children and family  services  in Chicago  had   had contact with her children including  Zion. staples again  blamed her  ex’s girlfriend who she called a stalker.

 the detectives then confronted staples about  information they had   received and the  fact that she had texted someone about the  police approaching her the night  before.

eventually police  told staples  she was going to jail . as she just admitted  a freud.she keep saying  she  didn’t get any  benefis and she didn’t  file any  IRS  returns.

though she’s in possession of false documention and already  she signed up and have them  for financial aid .

police search staples house extensively , going  from room to room.

and and then talking to jail she was charged with several  felonies  includingconcealment of a death. obstruction of justice and failure to report  the death of a child.

police  found Zion’s in a metal trash can inside  staples home. he was wearing spider- man PJ  coroner determined  he died from a gunshot wound likely suffered in December of 2022.

Detectives also interviewed staple’s hairdresser who offered some information. this past february ,Sushi staples was sentenced to two years in prison and six months probtion after pleading guilty  to one charge

last months she asked the judge to reconsider her sentence because she is a firstime offender and she claims she had ineffective assistance of councel  the decision has been made on her request just yet . she’s scheduled to be released from prison in  january

 

 

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