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FLAGSTAFF (AZFamily) — There is new information about the woman accused of killing her baby and then hiding the child’s body in a freezer for weeks.
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The new information comes from a presentence report our team obtained from one of Ochra Manakaja’s previous convictions. The adult probation department looked into her past crimes and her background, including her drug use and family life.
31-year-old Ochra Manakaja allegedly admitted to police this week that she killed her 15-month-old child and hid the child’s body in a freezer for two weeks.
Court documents state she called 911 Sunday morning, telling dispatchers, “I killed him,” and then hung up.
Police responded to La Quinta Inn and Suites near Huntington Road and Bronco Way and found the toddler’s body wrapped in a tote that was inside a clear plastic box.
She told police she threw the toddler into his crib because she was frustrated with his crying and fussing. The child died two days later on May 1.
However, her criminal history dates back years. New court documents show that on December 20, 2020, she stole a relative’s car. She then ran into another man’s truck, injuring a bystander. She allegedly fled that scene and then crashed into another person’s fence.
Documents show she had a blood alcohol level of .084 and had methamphetamine and THC in her system at the time of the incident.
She was raised by both of her parents on the Havasupai Indian Reservation. She attended Flagstaff High School, but did not graduate.
She had never been married, but had two children at the time of her arrest in 2020.
She once worked as a teacher’s aide. The report states she admitted she first tried meth at 16 and used it weekly.
The toddler who died was taken away from her by Arizona DCS shortly after he was born in December 2024, but the Havasupai tribe asserted jurisdiction and took the child.
Manakaja told police she had just regained custody of the baby when he died.
Police said Manakaja’s two other children were found with her when she was arrested. There’s been no update about where those children have been taken.
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