Sentenced: Charlette, 3, Refused To Take A Nap

[Sugar Cookie]

Aug 14

The boyfriend of a woman whose 3-year-old daughter died in 2017 was charged Monday in connection with the girl's death.

Travis W. Graham, 22, was charged with first-degree murder and second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, according to the Camden County Prosecutor's Office.

Charlette Dawkins was found unresponsive inside the Bittersweet Drive home she lived in with her mother and Graham on March 14, 2017.

Graham initially told investigators that, while he was caring for Charlette, she fell down the stairs and that he caught her before she hit the bottom of the steps, prosecutors said Tuesday. After she didn't wake up from a nap later that day, he drove her to the hospital.

When Graham spoke to detectives last month, however, his story changed.

While she was standing at the top of the stairs, refusing to take a nap, he admitted striking the child across the forehead with the back of his hand, knocking her down the steps, prosecutors stated.

Graham told investigators that he "backhanded" Charlette after she pinched him during the argument about taking a nap.

Graham said he hit her with such force that she "was spun around and fell down the steps face first," according to the affidavit of probable cause.

Charlette was unresponsive at the bottom of the stairs and had wet herself, Graham told authorities. He said he changed her soiled clothes and drove her to the hospital within five minutes of the fall.

The affidavit, however, includes text messages Graham apparently sent to Charlette's mother covering a three-hour time span between when he said she fell and when he said he was taking her to the emergency room.

At 12:38 p.m., he wrote: "lol nvm char just threw a hissy fit and dropped dead weight while walking up the stairs. I caught her but she banged her head."

At 1:35 p.m., he wrote: "her head is pretty bad with bruises."

At 3:26 p.m, he wrote: "Going to emergency room"

After Graham took Charlette to a hospital in Stratford, she was airlifted to Cooper University Hospital in Camden, where she was diagnosed with fixed and dilated pupils, which indicated a brain injury, multiple healing rib fractures and bruises on her forehead, chest, abdomen and legs.

She suffered cardiac arrest several times and was later diagnosed with a severe traumatic brain injury, according to the affidavit.

The medical examiner ruled Charlette's death a homicide earlier this month.

https://www.nj.com/camden/index.ssf/2018/08/man_accused_of_killing_3-year-old_girl.html

 

[Sugar Cookie]

She was so adorable.

 

[Sejanus]

OMG those wee chipmunk cheekies!
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Kill that bastard.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A New Jersey man admitted to killing his girlfriend’s toddler daughter two years ago while committing robberies and doing heroin to “forget a lot of stuff,” a report said.

Travis Graham, 23, pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter on Friday for causing the death of 3-year-old Charlette Dawkins in 2017.

Graham initially claimed that Charlette fell down the stairs.

But after being arrested for a robbery in July of 2018, he told police that he backhanded the girl at the top of the stairs with such force that she “was spun around and fell down the steps face first,” the outlet said.

Graham also said he took part in some of the robberies for money to buy heroin.

After pleading guilty on Friday, the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office said it will recommend a sentence of 30 years in prison.

Man admits to killing girlfriend’s daughter after claiming she fell down stairs

A New Jersey man admitted to killing his girlfriend’s young daughter two years ago while committing robberies and doing heroin to “forget a lot of stuff,” a report said. Travis Graham, …

nypost.com

 

[Keepalowprofile]

Damn. It a never ending story.

Moms at work, penis kills the kid.

 

[Pandorama]

of course she refused to take a nap. SHES THREE.

 

[Too Bad]

My granddaughter is 3. I've never understood the obsession with making kids take a nap if they don't want to. I stayed with my daughter for a week last mo. & she got mad at me for not making the little one take a nap. I was more afraid I would go to sleep & she would get up. Better to have a live child than getting all mad because they won't "mind". Just have quiet time.

 

[MildlyMedicated]

3 year olds are right in between the "needs a nap and does not need a nap" Some kids still need a nap daily, without a doubt, these kids are usually not hard to put down. Some kids just do not need that extra sleep. It is the "parents" that NEED the nap!

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Charlette's killer

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A Blackwood toddler was tearfully recalled Friday as a ladybug, a princess and a happy child loved by many.

But 3-year-old Charlette James Dawkins was also a homicide victim, and so family members and supporters gathered in a Camden courtroom for the sentencing of her killer, 23-year-old Travis Graham.

“We are all here because of one little girl,” Michelle Eberle, one member of the group, told Superior Court Judge Gwendolyn Blue. “She would really light up a room with her personality and her smile.”

Charlette died in March 2017, one day after being brought to a hospital with a brain injury.

Graham, who was charged with the child’s murder in August 2018, admitted guilt last month to aggravated manslaughter.

Under terms of a plea agreement, Blue sentenced him to 30 years in state prison for the child’s slaying and for three unrelated robbery charges. He must serve more than 25 years before parole eligibility.

Graham glanced at a photo of Charlette on a video screen as he entered the courtroom, then looked away. He spent most of the hearing staring down at a table, including while a 15-minute video showed photos of the child's life.

Graham declined to address the court, but his attorney, Richard Sparaco of Cherry Hill, said the defendant had accepted responsibility for all of the charges against him.

"But in particular, with regard to Charlette's death, he has accepted the responsibility for his actions," the attorney said.

"The only thing that is good about this plea agreement is that we've avoided a protracted and what would be an extremely painful trial for the family members and extended family members of Charlette."

Slain Blackwood girl Charlette Dawkins recalled as 'ladybug' and 'princess'

Travis Graham, already imprisoned for a robbery conviction, must serve more than 25 years before parole eligibility

www.courierpostonline.com

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Not apologizing and telling the truth about what you did to this baby is more painful to the family.

"Brutal-looking" photos taken during Charlette's hospitalization show the girl's face “so bruised and so swollen that she was almost unrecognizable,” Assistant Camden County Prosecutor Christine Shah told Blue.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Charlette James Dawkins

 

[Future_Milf]

So.... don't make her take a fucking nap! Or, enjoy jail.

 

[thuumpr]

Bubba says, "You look tired. Why don't you lie here next to me and take a nap. "

 

[Sugar Cookie]

This one truly breaks my heart.




I hate him and want his to suffer. He should have gotten a far harsher sentence.

Sentenced as:

Graham, Travis W

Admission Date:	October 26, 2018
Current Facility:	NSP
Current Max Release Date:	December 24, 2042
Current Parole Eligibility Date:	December 23, 2042