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Slain teen was wearing an ankle monitor that wasn’t being tracked at time of death; sources say [Video]

New details have emerged about the death of a 15-year-old killed one week ago in New Orleans East.Fifteen-year-old Jvoine Elow Jr. was wearing an ankle monitor at the time of his death, but it was not being actively tracked. The news has some in the criminal justice community ringing the alarm.WDSU Reporter Shay O’Connor was live at New Orleans Police Department Headquarters with more on where the investigation is ongoing.No one has been arrested in Elow’s death, and officials said if he had been tracked in real-time, it could have prevented his death.Matthew Dennis, the president of the Association of Supervised Ankle Monitoring Providers, said, “There’s nobody watching it. No one is making sure the young man is at home.”Dennis said had there been real-time tracking on Elow’s monitor ankle monitor, officials would have been immediately notified that the teen was not at home. Dennis said, “The equipment and the …

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