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- A criminal probe into the missing newborn eventually brought capital murder charges against Banks, her estranged husband, Medell Banks Jr., and her sister, Dianne Bell Tucker. Authorities accused Tucker and Medell Banks of taking part in the death of the newborn, with Medell Banks allegedly burying it in a hole two feet deep.
www.latimes.com › archives › la-xpm-2002-mar-17-mn-33269-story'Death' of Mystery Infant Lands Three in Prison - Los Angeles ...
Jul 14, 2002 · Justice: Victoria Banks had been sterilized, yet she'd said she was pregnant. Did she kill the infant, or did it ever exist? Determined D.A. Harbors No Doubt About Murder - Los Angeles Times
Dec 18, 2023 · In a legal twist that seems like a twisted plot for a horror movie, Dianne Tucker, an intellectually disabled woman, along with her sister, Victoria Banks and a male co-defendant, Medell...
Aug 15, 2002 · Bob Herbert Op-Ed column on Alabama case in which three poor, black and retarded defendants were imprisoned for killing infant that apparently never existed; Victoria and Medell Banks and...
The horrific saga of the Choctaw Three -- Victoria Bell Banks, Medell Banks Jr. and Dianne Bell Tucker -- began in February 1999. Victoria was in the Choctaw County jail in Butner, Alabama, a town of 2,000, when she decided to feign being pregnant as a ploy to get released.
Ms. Tucker and her sister, Victoria Banks, were convicted of killing a baby allegedly born to Ms. Banks. Ms. Banks denied ever having the baby, and medical evidence confirmed that Ms. Banks never had a child. These women and a man charged with the offense were innocent and sent to jail because they were intellectually disabled and unable to ...
All three were charged with capital murder in September 1999. Victoria pled guilty to manslaughter and agreed to testify against Medell. She was sentenced to 15 years in prison. In May 2001, Medell pled guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 15 years, although he maintained his innocence.
Jul 18, 2002 · Dianne Tucker, who is mentally retarded, is released from prison by Alabama Judge Thomas Baxter, who reduced her 15-year manslaughter sentence to one year served for helping to kill her sister's...
