Chauncey Bailey Project

Yusuf Bey

Founder and patriarch of the Black Muslim Bakery

Antar Bey

Yusuf's son, bakery CEO in 2004, murdered 2005

Yusuf Bey IV

Bakery CEO in 2005, implicated in Bailey murder

Yusuf Bey V

Worked for Bey IV, arrested in 2007 kidnapping

Joshua Bey

Testified against brothers in 2007 kidnapping

Abdul Raab Muhammad

Yusuf Bey's brother, Black Muslim minister

Daulet Bey

Mother of Antar Bey, Bey IV and six others

Esperanza Johnson

Prominent at bakery, named in real estate scams

Ali Saleem Bey

Bey's son-in-law; source for stories that led to Bailey's death

Jane Does

Said bakery patriarch molested them as minors

Jane Doe 1

Triggered criminal case against bakery patriarch

Jane Doe 2

Jane Doe 1's sister, they grew up at the bakery

Farieda Bey

Patriarch Yusuf Bey's only legal wife

Nisayah Yahudah

Bailey friend, TV personality

Devaughndre Broussard

Bakery handyman charged with killing Bailey

Tamon Halfin

Bakery associate charged in three criminal cases

John Muhammad Bey

Sprayed with bullets in bakery power struggle

Nedir Bey

Powerful bakery figure, CEO E.M. Health Services

Waajid Aljawwaad Bey

Succeeded Yusuf Bey in 2003, murdered in 2004

Antron Thurman

Married Esperanza, named in real estate scams

Jane Doe 3

Young teen worked at bakery 1994-1995

Jane Doe 4

Fearing for her life, she may have moved abroad

Wendell Scott

Santa Barbara critic of Abdul, killed in 1968

Birdie May Scott

Wendell's murdered wife, case reopened 2008

Ronald Allen

Bakery employee murdered in 1982

Peter Kaufman

Bakery employee murdered in 1986

Odell Roberson Jr.

Shot with AK-47 in 2007, police suspected bakery

Michael J. Wills Jr.

Shot with AK-47 in 2007, police suspected bakery

Alfonza Phillips

Convicted of murdering Antar Bey in carjacking

May 2007 Kidnap Victims

Police say Bey IV led kidnapping of two women

Chauncey Bailey

Oakland Post editor gunned down Aug. 2, 2007

Paul Cobb

Publisher of the Oakland Post

Wayne Tucker

Chief of Police, Oakland Police Department

Howard Jordan

Assistant Police Chief, Oakland Police Dept.

Derwin Longmire

Lead homicide detective on Bailey murder

Officer James Saleda

Police officer on Yusuf Bey sex crimes case

Tevis Thompson

Bankruptcy trustee for Your Black Muslim Bakery



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