Four-Year-Old Girl Dies After Her Mother Forced To Stand Up For Three Days | the Chronicle

A 31-year-old woman from North Carolina, United States, identified as Malikah Bennett, this charged with child abuse and first degree murder for the death of her four-year-old daughter, Majelic ‘Jellie’ Young, whom he tortured by forbidding her to rest for three days.

The girl was last seen alive in late August or early September 2020 and was reported missing in September. His remains were found buried outside a house in Charlotte, North Carolina, in May 2021.

Bennett and the girl’s grandmother, Tammy Moffett, 53 years old, were arrested by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. Moffett was charged with hiding human remains and being an accomplice in the murder.

“I have worked in the homicide field for most of the past 10 years and I can tell you this case is deeply troubling,” said the lieutenant Bryan crum at a press conference. “It’s disturbing to everyone. The crime scene investigators, the detectives, everyone involved in this case; a lot of us are parents, and it’s very difficult to understand how anyone could do that to your kid, kill your kid and bury him and go on. Go on with your life as if nothing had happened “, added.

According to the arrest warrants reviewed by local media, the girl’s body was found after a phone call made to the police by a social worker. These orders contain testimony from Majelic’s 13-year-old sister who allegedly told police that her younger sister was abused to death by being forced to stand, unable to sit down to rest. The permanent torture lasted for days.

In interviews with the police, the teenager said her sister’s breathing was labored, intermittent by day three when Majelic finally became so weak she fell and hit her head on the ground. It was the day he died.

The teenager said her mother put her sister’s body in plastic bags and kept it in the trunk of the car where it stayed for five days. Then the mother allegedly made the teenager help her dig a hole and bury the girl’s body.

However, police say they found the shovel that was allegedly used to bury Majelic’s lifeless body.