The deceased 26-year-old woman and her two daughters ages 4 and 5 could have been alive today, if Milwaukee police could have responded sooner to a 911 call made by the next door neighbor who reported a domestic dispute involving a suspect.
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
February 16, 2020
Milwaukee, Wisconsin - The Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) and Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales are under fire for a lack of quick response to a domestic dispute 911 call by members of the African-American community after a missing mother, Amarah J. Banks, 26, and both of her daughters, Camaria Banks, 4, and Zaniya R. Ivery, 5, were found deceased eight days later at a Milwaukee garage. A neighbor of the deceased woman posted on her Facebook (FB) account, "If MPD would have responded to my 911 call, that lady and her daughters would still be here.."
Apparently, the neighbor says that she was awaken when she heard a domestic dispute next door and immediately call 911 to report it, but police didn't respond immediately until much later when the victims first went missing, they have been missing since eight days ago on February 8th.
An Amber alert was cancelled on Sunday, a day after it was activated by MPD. Police Chief Morales confirmed on Sunday that the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner is conducting a triple homicide investigation and the identities of the three victims found deceased in a garage are Banks and her two daughters, according to police.
A triple murder suspect, Arzel Jermaine Ivery, 25, the father of one of the young girls, Zaniya was taken into custody in Memphis, Tennessee on Saturday by police and was booked in the Shelby County Sheriff's Department jail for being a fugitive from justice. Ivery confessed to the homicides in Milwaukee and led Milwaukee police to the whereabouts and location of the victims bodies, which were recovered at Arzel's residential Milwaukee garage at the 4700 block of W. Burleigh St. apartment complex.
On Saturday, the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office filed a felony charge against Ivery for aggravated battery and a warrant was was issued for his arrest. Ivery's homicide charges are pending, according to MPD.
Banks and her daughters disappeared a day after she buried her infant son who had died of medical complications and she was suppose to meet up with family members for brunch, but she and her daughters never showed up. Arzel was also the father of the deceased infant.
During a press conference on Sunday, Chief Morales stated that domestic violence in the City of Milwaukee is an issue, it's not just a police department problem, it's not just a District Attorney's Office problem, people want to put the blame on the police department, this is a systemic problem going on for generations, I think we all have to look back and see how we are going to curve domestic violence in our community...you see that people blame the police department for these deaths, that's unfair, uncalled for and unwarranted. Chief Morales also said that last year in 2019, about 20% of the shootings and homicides were related to domestic violence and that it will take leadership and the community to come together and funding to deal with the issue.
During a press conference on Sunday, Chief Morales stated that domestic violence in the City of Milwaukee is an issue, it's not just a police department problem, it's not just a District Attorney's Office problem, people want to put the blame on the police department, this is a systemic problem going on for generations, I think we all have to look back and see how we are going to curve domestic violence in our community...you see that people blame the police department for these deaths, that's unfair, uncalled for and unwarranted. Chief Morales also said that last year in 2019, about 20% of the shootings and homicides were related to domestic violence and that it will take leadership and the community to come together and funding to deal with the issue.
Update: Arzel Ivery triple homicide criminal complaint
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