Mug Alert: Mesquite Man Arrested After Death Of 'Severely Malnourished' 9MO Daughter

[Sugar Cookie]

A Mesquite man has been arrested and charged with capital murder after his 9-month-old daughter was found "extremely malnourished" and "clearly deceased," according to an arrest affidavit.

The man, 22-year-old Leon Johnson, called emergency dispatch about the infant being non-responsive and not breathing. Dispatch told police the family tried CPR on the child multiple times and advised the "child was beyond help."

Ambulance personnel told police two adults met them in the driveway and handed them the infant. The infant was pronounced deceased immediately. The adults were identified as Leon Johnson and his sister.

Johnson told an officer his child, Maliyah Johnson, had not been eating for a couple of days and would throw up anything she ate. He told police he was supplementing Pedialyte to keep her hydrated, but was afraid she would overdose. He said that morning, he woke up at 9 a.m. and found her lying in vomit. He said he picked her up and was holding her. She spit up again and then made a "gurgling sound before she fell out of his arms."

Child Protective Services was called to investigate. Johnson told police he has had custody of the child for more than a month and a half.

Mesquite man charged with capital murder of 'severely malnourished' 9 month old

A Mesquite man has been arrested and charged with capital murder after his 9-month-old daughter was found “extremely malnourished” and “clearly deceased,” according to an arrest affidavit.

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[Sugar Cookie]

If anything he says is true it is his negligence that killed this baby.

 

[BuffettGirl]

It's becoming abundantly clear that Scruffopotomus here can't handle taking care of anything, including himself. Who gave him custody? And how was he the better alternative???

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Destiny Avila, 23, is now also charged with capital murder of her daughter, 9-month-old Maliyah Johnson.

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