Father, 25, makes first court appearance in Memphis on fugitive warrant after his girlfriend and their two daughters, aged four and five, were found dead in a Milwaukee garage a week after they went missing
- Arzel Ivery, 25, was arraigned on fugitive warrant in Memphis, Tennessee
- He waived his right to extradition hearing, clearing way for his return to Wisconsin, where he was charged with aggravated battery
- Ivery is said to have led police to the bodies of his girlfriend, Amarah 'Jerica' Banks, 26, and their daughters Zaniya, five, and Cameria, four
- The three had gone missing a week earlier after the funeral of Banks' baby son
- Autopsies on mom and girls will be performed Monday; so far, Ivery has not been charged with homicides
A Wisconsin father made his initial court appearance in Memphis, Tennessee, on Monday morning, just hours after his girlfriend and their two young daughters were found dead in a Milwaukee garage.
Arzel Ivery, 25, is said to have led police to the bodies of Amarah 'Jerica' Banks, 26, and their daughters Zaniya, five, and Cameria, four, on Sunday.
Ivery is charged in Milwaukee County with felony aggravated battery, online court records show. He was arraigned in Tennessee on a fugitive warrant. He has not been charged in the homicides.
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Arzel Ivery, 25, made appeared in a Memphis, Tennessee, court on Monday and was arraigned on a fugitive warrant, a day after he allegedly led police to the bodies of his girlfriend and two daughters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Ivery agreed to waive his right to an extradition hearing, clearing the way to his return to Wisconsin to face an aggravated battery charge
During the brief hearing, which was broadcast by Fox 6 Now, Ivery waived his right to an extradition hearing in Memphis, clearing the way for his return to Milwaukee.
Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales said at a news conference that Banks and her daughters are apparent homicide victims, but he didn't said how they died or on whose property they were found.
Ivery was arrested in Memphis on Saturday. On Sunday, he allegedly led police to the bodies of Amarah 'Jerica' Banks and their two daughters, Zaniya, five, and Cameria, four
Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office is scheduled to perform autopsies later today.
Banks' devastated aunt Shilloh Loper said: 'You have to be a heartless monster to do something like this to someone.'
She told FOX6 News: 'I don't know what to even say, but I know I'll never get over this. Not ever in my life will I get over this.
'I will never get over someone doing this to my niece.'
The three were last seen in Milwaukee early on February 8, the day after the funeral of Banks' son, 21-month-old son, Arzel Ivery Jr, who had died from asthma complications', according to WISN.
Banks had arranged to have brunch with her sisters, but she never showed up.
The bodies of the little girls Zaniya (right), five, and Cameria (left), four, were found in a Milwaukee garage along with their mother a week after they went missing
Amarah 'Jerica' Banks, 26, was found dead with her two daughters in a Milwaukee garage
Zaniya, five, and Cameria, four, were found dead alongside their mother in Milwaukee
Ivery was arrested a week later in Memphis, after he allegedly told his father about the deaths, prompting him to call the police.
Police said Ivery gave investigators information that led to the three bodies.
Banks's sister Tameka Smith said: 'I just hate the fact that I'll never see or talk to my sister again. And it hurts me so bad because me and my sister were so close.
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'It's so heartbreaking. I don't even know what to do. She was a very private person, she wasn't an outspoken person. I'm just so hurt. I just wish she was here.
'She didn't deserve this, she really didn't, how can you be so evil?'
Her father Harry Smith added: 'She's always in my heart and prayers. They're not here anymore, I just have to live with it.'
Police said Banks and her daughters were initially considered missing under 'suspicious circumstances' and an Amber Alert was issued on Saturday afternoon.
Amarah 'Jerica' Banks, 26, and her two little girls who have all been found dead
Amarah 'Jerica' Banks, 26, and her daughters Zaniya, five, and Cameria, four, who were found in a garage Sunday
Family members had spent February 7 consoling Banks after the funeral of her infant son. Banks left her car outside her sister's house after they drank a few glasses of wine in the evening and she didn't want to drive
'She's like, "Meka, don't forget to come get me in the morning," her sister, Tameka Smith, told WISN.
'I said: "I'll come get you. I'll come get you." My sister, this not like her.
'She don't run off, she don't ignore people. No matter what she go through, she gonna reach out to me.'
Her family had earlier said they did not believe she would leave without telling them, the girls' school or her place of work.
Banks's brother David Fields said on Thursday that he was concerned for the safety of his sister and nieces.
'This isn't like her. She wouldn't do this. This makes no sense,' he said.
'She always calls (the girls' school) and the same thing about her job. If she's not going to be there, she always calls.'
Banks's mother Valeria Spinner Banks said. 'Everything she does routinely was not done. So that tells you that something's not right. Something is wrong.'
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