Cedrick Salter fatally shot his girlfriend as she held their baby in her arms

**Sister Iroz** · September 9th, 2009, 01:17 PM

SaQuanda Simon, 29, had four children and had recently graduated from nursing school.

TAMPA - Deputies are searching for a Tampa man accused of killing his girlfriend as she held their 18-month-old daughter in her arms.

Cedrick Bontray Salter tried all day Tuesday to reach SaQuanda Simon before breaking into the laundry room of her home at 5709 E. 30th Ave. at 9:15 p.m., deputies say.

Salter, 28, confronted Simon in the bedroom and shot her in the upper body, sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said.

Simon died at the house. She was 29.

"I just feel if I could get my hands on him. … He didn't have to kill my granddaughter," said Mae Jackson, 67, crying into her hands and wearing a "Jesus Is Lord" T-shirt. "He didn't have to do it like that. I'm full of anger, I'm hurt because he didn't have to do this to her."

Simon had just finished nursing school and was working at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute and a South Tampa nursing home.

"She was a nice, kind-hearted person," her aunt Deborah Jackson said this morning.

The toddler and her twin brother were not injured, Carter said. Simon's two other daughters, ages 10 and 7, as well as other family members were home during the shooting but were not injured.

Salter fled the scene.

Jackson said she arrived at the house shortly after the shooting. A certified nursing assistant, she tried to help perform CPR on her niece, who still had a pulse.

The 10-year-old is taking the death very hard, Jackson said. The other children don't understand much of what is happening. They are being cared for by their grandmother for now.

Simon's husband, Roger L. Simon, died in May 2003. He was 23. According to her family, he had sickle cell anemia.

Deputies say Salter, a disc jockey, was charged in March with battery and false imprisonment involving Simon. He has pleaded not guilty to those charges and a disposition in the case had been set for Thursday.

In June 2004, he was arrested on a drug charge, telling Tampa police he was a small-time crack dealer who had been selling for about two months, a report states.

Salter was convicted of obstructing or opposing an officer without violence, records show. He also pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine with intent to sell or deliver, although adjudication was withheld.

Simon's family wants Salter caught.

"The only thing we want is a little peace and justice for now," Deborah Jackson said. "Please help us find him. I feel like if I could see him today, I could kill him myself."

"I just pray that they find him," Mae Jackson said.

Anyone with information on Salter's whereabouts should call the sheriff's office at (813) 2... or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-873-8477.

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/sep...news-breaking/

**koochie** · September 9th, 2009, 01:29 PM

How awful, she looks like a happy beautiful mom....rest in peace.
the poor kids, left without their mother. 8(

**Dakota Valkyrie** · September 9th, 2009, 04:57 PM

They've updated the article:

After his girlfriend broke up with him, Cedrick Bontray Salter forced her to ride with him toward Lakeland, threatening to stab her in the neck with a screwdriver, deputies say.

SaQuanda Simon escaped.

But four hours later, authorities say, Salter arrived at South Tampa Health and Rehab and told Simon's co-workers that if she tried to have him prosecuted, he would kill her.

That evening, Simon heard several gunshots outside her home. Salter called and told her, "I know you heard me shooting and knocking on your window," deputies say. He threatened to follow her until he could kill her.

Now, six months later, Salter is wanted on a first-degree murder charge in Simon's slaying.
[...]

Salter has pleaded not guilty in the (earlier) incident and a disposition in the case had been set for Thursday.

Salter was expected to plead guilty Thursday in exchange for two years of probation, said his attorney, Dana Friedlander. Simon had agreed to the plea deal.
[...]

According to this article: http://www.tampabay.com/news/publics...s-show/1034735
She filed for a restraining order after the March incident but the request was dismissed when she failed to appear in court.

Both incidents apparently were sparked by Simon's refusal to answer his calls to her cell phone, records show.
[...]

In her request for a restraining order, Simon said she broke up with Salter on March 1 "due to Cedrick's involvement with other women.''

She said Salter continued to call her and to send text messages. "I asked him to stop,'' she wrote. "He said okay but continued with harassing me. I called my cell phone carrier and had my phone number changed. Cedrick became enraged, arrived to my house and took my phone.''

She said he then ran to his car, she followed him and, as they struggled over the phone, they tumbled into his car.

She asked a cousin to call police. She said Salter responded: "I'ma show you what happened to the red chick when she call the police on me and now she don't talk to me no more.

"I said, 'What do you mean?'

"He said, 'I'ma take you to Lakeland and kill you. I'ma stab you in the neck with this screw driver.' ''

**Chaindrive** · September 9th, 2009, 05:14 PM

Fucknut control freak.

RIP SaQuanda.

**hotcnymom** · September 9th, 2009, 05:22 PM

My friend is a cop,he told me one day "If you ever need a restrainting order...get a gun too match" sad fact that it is true,poor kids...there mom was beautiful...

**drkeegee** · September 9th, 2009, 05:56 PM

My friend is a cop,he told me one day "If you ever need a restrainting order...get a gun too match" sad fact that it is true,poor kids...there mom was beautiful...

Probably not a bad idea - I'm sure there'd be consequences for using it - but better to face the consequences than to be in this lady's place.

**Misskittychaos** · September 9th, 2009, 06:39 PM

I had a friend tell me while we sat in the court house waiting on a protective order "this wont stop him, it's just paper, is the paper going to keep him from killing me?" I have to admit, they only work on the people who are just content harassing others, the people who want to cause injury will do so with or without a restraining order telling them to stay away.

**Awhell** · September 9th, 2009, 06:51 PM

I had to get a restraining order against my ex...I use it to line the bottom of my gun safe.

**Sister Iroz** · September 10th, 2009, 11:57 AM

TAMPA — A man accused of murdering his estranged girlfriend while she held their baby in her arms was ordered held without bail Thursday, six months after she asked the same judge to free him.

Cedrick Bontray Salter turned himself in to authorities Wednesday night, a day after SaQuanda Tamika Simon was shot to death. In court Thursday morning, Judge Walter Heinrich took just a few minutes to deny Salter bail.

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http://www.tampabay.com/news/publics...cle1035029.ece

**Silvahalo** · September 10th, 2009, 03:28 PM

Rest in peace SaQuanda Simon. You will be missed, never forgotten by those left behind without you.

**MC30** · September 10th, 2009, 08:02 PM

Originally Posted by silvahalo68

Rest in peace SaQuanda Simon. You will be missed, never forgotten by those left behind without you.

i lost my thanks...so here it is....Thank You silva!
Rest with the angles SaQuanda....you were a beautiful woman and will not be forgotten...

**SickenEd** · September 10th, 2009, 08:43 PM

This breaks my heart on so many levels. Her poor babies that have already lost their dad, and now their mom. For the mother who was obviously trying to better herself for herself and her babies. For the family of this beautiful daughter, sister, niece, granddaughter, mother who will never again have her in their lives again. Truly tragic.

**nurseronda** · September 12th, 2009, 01:51 AM

Cedric Salter

Detectives say Salter broke into Simon's home around 9:15 p.m Tuesday. The two argued, and detectives say Salter pulled a gun and killed Simon.

Simon was already dead when deputies arrived at the home in the 5700 block of 30th Avenue East.

Salter and Simon have two children together, 18-month-old twins. The twins, and Simon's two other daughters, ages 7 and 10, were in the home at the time of the shooting. Other family members were also in the house, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.

Detectives say Salter had visited the family earlier in the day and later tried to reach Simon by phone, but she didn't answer. He went back to the home and broke in through the laundry room. Once inside, he and Simon started arguing.

Simon tried to leave while holding her 18-month-old daughter, but Salter shot her in the upper body and fled the scene, according to detectives.

No one else was hurt.

SaQuanda Simon, The Victim was holding child when killed.

http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/lo...iGX6of59g.cspx