Grandmother’s Stays Discovered Buried In Concrete, Handyman Named Individual of Curiosity

The stays of an 82-year-old grandmother had been found in concrete inside a shed in Olympia, Wash., lower than every week after her household reported her lacking.

Police with the Thurston County Sheriff’s Workplace discovered Maria Norman’s stays on the property constructed by her handyman, Jeffrey Zizz. Zizz, 47, has been named an individual of curiosity and is being held within the Thurston County Jail for a “baby molestation sentencing violation,” the sheriff’s workplace stated in a launch shared on Fb Tuesday, April 15.

Norman was final seen on the night of April 1 at her dwelling off Navy Street Southeast close to Tenino, when she allegedly had dinner with Zizz, police stated in a earlier launch. Her household reported her lacking on April 4, after not listening to from her since April 1. Zizz fled the state and was picked up in Missoula, Mont., on an unrelated “intercourse offense,” per the sheriff. The handyman has since been extradited to Washington for additional prosecution.

“Zizz stays in Thurston County Jail on a no bail maintain for his baby molestation sentencing violation warrant whereas Detectives end gathering proof,” the sheriff continued. “Zizz stays the first individual of curiosity within the ongoing investigation, and detectives are persevering with to work carefully with each the Thurston County Prosecutor’s and Coroner’s Workplaces.” 

Zizz as soon as served as a pastor at Calvary Chapel of North Thurston in Lacey, Wash. The evangelical church terminated his employment upon his 2021 arrest, when he was booked on suspicion of 9 prison counts that included incest, rape of a kid and molestation, per NBC Information.

In 2022, Zizz pleaded responsible to 2 counts of second-degree baby molestation in opposition to victims between the ages of 12 and 14, the outlet experiences. He moreover pleaded responsible to 1 rely of speaking with a minor underneath the age of 18 for immoral functions.

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He was finally sentenced to 104 months behind bars and was launched after 11 months to enter a remedy program that included a number of circumstances, together with not leaving Washington state.

Separate of whether or not Zizz is charged in Norman’s demise and disappearance, he nonetheless faces  93 months of confinement for allegedly breaking the phrases of his conditional launch for his 2022 convictions.