Household Urges Grandmother Accused of Kidnapping McKinney Sisters to Convey Them House – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Value

An Amber Alert remains in effect Sunday, making it greater than 48 hours since anybody noticed 9-year-old Jessica Burns and 6-year-old Jennifer Burns.  

The sisters, each of whom put on glasses, have blonde hair and blue eyes, had been final seen round 6 p.m. Thursday at a McKinney Cicis at Central Expressway and Virginia Parkway.

In response to McKinney Police, they had been having a supervised go to with their father, Justin Burns, whereas within the custody of CPS.

Burns is now sitting behind bars in Collin County on two felony counts of kidnapping after police say he and his mom, Jame Burns, concocted a plan to grab Jennifer and Jessica.

“I really feel like she’ll take her frustrations out on the kids,” mentioned the ladies’ maternal grandmother Jamie Peacock.

Peacock mentioned she’s been left feeling indignant, annoyed and misplaced as she waits for updates in regards to the whereabouts of her granddaughters from Florida.

“I simply fear about what a determined particular person will do in the case of Jame,” she mentioned.

Peacock mentioned she final noticed Jennifer, Jessica, and their center sister, Jordyn, throughout a go to to Dallas over the summer season, and on the time, the ladies had been already in CPS custody.

She mentioned all through her go to, they had been joyful and that Jessica is the spitting picture of their late mom.

She says Jennifer, the child of the household, has a speech dysfunction and is extremely loveable.

“They’re each lovely youngsters and very good,” mentioned Peacock.

Peacock asks the neighborhood to hope and for individuals who know something to name the police.

Jame Burns is described as white, 5 toes 2 inches tall, and about 230 kilos. Jame has brown eyes and will have blonde hair.

She was final seen driving a 2009 black Ford Escape with Texas plates, MTC 6093. Police say it might have a white scratch on the entrance, silver handles and a black inside.

Burns has a legal historical past and information obtained by NBC 5 present she was free on bonds totaling $3,000 after being accused in 2021 of legal negligence, abandoning/endangering a baby, and possession of a managed substance of lower than one gram. She was scheduled to seem Friday, Jan. 20, for a plea deal on the kid endangerment case however didn’t present up, officers mentioned.

Now, Peacock urges Burns to do what’s proper.

“Please for the protection of the kids, convey them again. You’ve already completed what’s been completed and might’t undo it. So please, for the protection of the kids simply convey them again,” she mentioned.

9-year-old Jessica is described as white, 4 toes 10 inches tall and about 90 kilos. She has blonde hair and blue eyes. Police mentioned Jessica was final seen carrying dark-frame glasses, a pink long-sleeve shirt with black sleeves, and blue denims.

6-year-old Jennifer is white, 4 toes tall and weighs about 60 kilos. Police mentioned Jennifer has blonde hair and blue eyes and was final seen carrying purple-framed glasses, a lightweight blue shirt with sparkle designs and blue denims.

Anybody with info is requested to instantly name the McKinney Police Division’s Tip Line at 972-547-2758. The FBI and the Texas Division of Public Security are each aiding within the seek for the lacking sisters.