Wiretaps Used in Sandra Cantu Murder Investigation

Examiner- Police said that while investigating the kidnap and murder of 8-year-old Sandra Cantu, they used telephone wiretaps to monitor calls of those who they believed were relevant to the case.

Authorities sent out letters to those who may have been recorded. The Stockton Record received a letter on Tuesday from the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s office telling them that their calls were some of those wiretapped.

The two numbers that were actually being monitored were suspect Melissa Huckaby’s cell phone and the phone of her grandparents, with whom she lived.

Huckaby’s grandmother, Connie Lawless said that she and a number of members of her church, where her husband is pastor, also received letters informing them of the wiretap.

According to the letter, calls were taped form April 8, two days after Sandra’s body was found, and continued until April 13.

Huckaby is now in custody charged with the little girl’s kidnap, rape, and murder. She has pleaded not guilty to the charges against her.