Podcast reveals new details in case of missing Glendale girl

GLENDALE, AZ - As family members encourage state leaders to get involved in the search for Jhessye Shockley, a podcast on the missing 5-year-old is bringing up new and old information in hopes of finding the girl.

Her mother told Peas in Their Pods , a non-profit that helps find missing loved ones, that she had the older kids do chores in the backyard but locked Jhessye in the home for her safety.

“I locked the door when I left,” said Jerice Hunter, Jhessye’s mother. “When I got back the door was unlocked when I put my key in the door.”

Then the girl's grandmother, Shirley Johnson, said on the podcast that she has a new hunch about who might have snatched the little girl. She would not name names, but said she will alert Glendale police on Monday.

She also blamed police for not doing enough and the media for not making this a nationally known missing person’s story.

Also on Monday the family plans to march on the State Capitol to try to get state officials involved in the search.