Teen mother wanted in newborn’s murder in Moss Landing; her father accused of incest
The short version: KSBW reports a horrific Moss Landing case of alleged incest and newborn murder with a father still at large — a tragedy, not a surveillance story, but one likely to be used as one.
Our Take
What KSBW Action News 8 has reported out of Moss Landing is a gutting story — alleged incest, a murdered newborn, a 14-year-old charged, and her father still at large. There's nothing to editorialize about the facts here. This is a case for prosecutors, not pundits.
We cover ALPRs and mass surveillance, not family court tragedies, so we want to be straight with readers: this video isn't about Flock Safety or license plate readers. But stories like this one are exactly the kind that get cited, days or weeks later, in city council meetings and sheriff's budget hearings as justification for blanketing a county in automated cameras — "we need this technology to catch dangerous fugitives." It's worth watching whether Monterey County officials invoke this manhunt that way, because a horrific crime is not evidence that dragnet surveillance of every driver is the right tool, or that it would have made a difference here.
If local agencies do lean on this case to push for more camera infrastructure, check our map to see what's already deployed near you, and use our take-action page if you want a say before the next system gets approved.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of KSBW Action News 8, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.