Sentenced: Elhadji Diop, Let Fatim, 2 Suffocate Under Her Dead Mother's Body

[Sugar Cookie]

A jury will reconvene on Monday to decide the fate of a North Carolina man who allegedly murdered his wife and two-year-old daughter and then posted images of their corpses on Facebook as 'trophies.'

Elhadji Diop, 55, faces life in prison if he is convicted of two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of Aminata Drame, 40, and their daughter, Fatim.

The family immigrated to the United States from Somalia.

Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman told jurors in a Raleigh courtroom on Friday that the pictures Diop posted on Facebook of his dead wife and daughter are enough proof to show he is guilty of murder.

Freeman said that Diop posted the photos on social media as if the bodies of his wife and daughter were 'like trophies.'

But a defense attorney for Diop said those photos were shrines to two people he killed accidentally and loved so dearly he tried to kill himself after their deaths.

The bodies of Drame and Fatim were found by Raleigh police in April 2016 after Diop's niece in Senegal saw the photos of the dead mother and child in an embrace on Facebook with 'Look what God did to me' written underneath, prosecutors said.

Diop was arguing with his wife about money when he allegedly strangled her.

The 2-year-old child got between the two as they struggled and was crushed under her unconscious mother, Freeman said.

'Think about a small child being crunched under struggling adults, surely crying out and yet the defendant persists in that struggle,' she said.

'A picture is worth a thousand words,' Freeman said in her closing argument as she showed jurors the photo of the bodies.

'This picture is proof that Elhadji Diop is guilty.'

The prosecutor added: 'For most of us would, it is difficult to understand how you can murder your wife and your daughter, move them, pose them on the floor and not call 911, not call for help.'

But a defense lawyer said Diop tried to kill himself after the deaths by cutting his throat and wrists and ingesting rat poison, roach killer and grease remover.

'His grief was real. One does not build a shrine to someone they wanted to kill,' public defender Chuck Caldwell said.

'Horrible things can occur that are the result of an accident.'

Beside the first-degree murder charges, Diop can also be found guilty of lesser charges.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5537765/Man-posted-photos-online-dead-wife-child-trial.html

 

[Brillig]

So the defense is claiming he strangled his wife by accident?!?

 

[Craygor]

.... Diop tried to kill himself after the deaths by cutting his throat and wrists and ingesting rat poison, roach killer and grease remover.

I noticed he was very successful on killing two people who didn't want to die, but failed to kill himself when he wanted to die. Strange....

 

[Ripley]

“Look what God did 2 me.” Nah, YOU did this to your family. Accept the consequences now; you’ll have to deal with God later.

 

[Peanut2]

So the defense is claiming he strangled his wife by accident?!?

Oopsie!!

 

[Keepalowprofile]

. 'Horrible things can occur that are the result of an accident.

 

[Sejanus]

"Diop" is the sound my turds make when they hit the toilet water.
Execute him.

 

[FrayedKnot]

I noticed he was very successful on killing two people who didn't want to die, but failed to kill himself when he wanted to die. Strange....

Yeah, I ‘d like to see his tox report. I call bullshit..

 

[Abroad]

"Diop" is the sound my turds make when they hit the toilet water.

You might want to see a doctor about this .....

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A North Carolina man was found guilty of first-degree murder of his wife and two-year-old daughter and then posting photos of their dead bodies to Facebook.

Eljadji Seydou Diop was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the death of his wife Aminata 'Ami' Drame, and an additional 20 to 25 years for his daughter Fatim's death, according to the News & Observer.

Prosecutors said the 55-year-old strangled Ami, who was 40, in April 2016, but medical examiners couldn't determine if Fatim had also been strangled.

They believe the toddler may have been smothered when her fighting parents fell on top of her in their Raleigh townhouse.

The jury began deliberations on Friday afternoon and hadn't reached a verdict yet by the time they were allowed to leave for the weekend.

It appears they had a hard time determining if the death of Fatim was murder, because she may have been accidentally smothered as her parents fought.

Prosecutors gave the couple's cell-phone records in the closing arguments, providing evidence of money problems between the couple.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5546379/North-Carolina-man-guilty-deaths-wife-daughter.html