TX Man Trevor Rowe Arrested Wednesday In Death Of Toddler ‘Confined In Backpack’

LUBBOCK, TX. (THECOUNT) — Lubbock, Texas man, Trevor Rowe, has been arrested Wednesday and charged with capital murder on Wednesday morning in the death of a child “less than a year old,” on Tuesday.

Rowe, 27, is accused of killing little Marion Jester-Montoya, after “confining her in a backpack, inside a vehicle, for an extended period.”

According to the warrant, Rowe is not the father of the child but was dating her mother. The mother was not identified by name.

The warrant indicated Rowe transported the child to his place of work, at 130th & Upland Avenue in Lubbock, TX and then left her in a backpack on the floorboard of his vehicle.

At some point, he discovered that she got out of the backpack. He put her back in. By lunchtime, he checked on her and found she was “lightly crying but breathing.” He then went to a fast-food drive through. He also went to two stores.

After lunch, the warrant said he placed the backpack into the trunk of the car with the baby inside. Just before 5:00 pm, he checked on her, and she was not breathing, reports EverythingLubbock.

He called 911 and began CPR.

“He knew that placing a person into a trunk was dangerous to human life,” the warrant said. “Rowe advised that placing someone into a backpack was even more dangerous.”

Rowe was held Wednesday on a $2 million bond.

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