Mother Of Jadianna Larsen's Alleged Killer Accused Of Helping Son Avoid Arrest
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) - There new and disturbing allegations in the murder case of 6-year-old Jadianna Larsen. Prosecutors say the murder suspect got help from his own mom.
A second wave of disbelief is now hitting the South Sacramento apartment complex murdered 6-year-old Jadianna once called home.
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The heartbreak of Larsen's alleged murder has turned from cold to somehow more chilling now.
"To know that there are more people willing to be a part of that…of course, it changes things," said Trezana Jordan.
The prosecutor named Larsen's murder suspect's mother as an accomplice, alleging she knew about the murder and "harbored, concealed, and aided her son Juan Rivera" to help him escape arrest.
The new allegations reveal the mother/son team was arrested together after questioning late Friday night at a Sacramento Sheriff's Department major crimes bureau.
Outside the courthouse where the allegations were read, Larsen's grandfather said the new revelations were difficult to grasp.
"I haven't gotten over it yet," he said.
"All I can tell you right now is that the allegation is the defendant, Juan Rivera, murdered 6-year-old Jadianna, and that his mother, Lisa Burton, assisted in attempting to cover up that crime," said Sacramento Deputy District Attorney Ron Norgaard.
The new details in the criminal complaint also reveal "Juan Rivera, personally used a deadly and dangerous weapon...a blunt-force instrument…" to kill the child.
Rivera, the boyfriend of Larsen's mother, had first old deputies the 6-year-old went missing when he experienced a medical problem. Larsen's burned remains were found in Glenn County.
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And now the Sacramento County district attorney is revealing a very different story.
It's a tragic story hitting the Sacramento area hard. Neither defendant wanted to talk to CBS13.
