An Oklahoma man Justin
Lawson, 22, has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder and rape. The
authorities say he raped and killed his girlfriend’s 2-year-old daughter.
Authorities in
Oklahoma City responded to the residence of the unnamed child victim and
discovered that the 2-year-old was not breathing. EMTs rushed to the scene and
transported the child for medical care. Unfortunately, she was pronounced dead
by the time she arrived at the Children’s Hospital. An examination of the
deceased tot’s body found that she had been s3xually assaulted.
The severity of
the child’s injuries is horrifying. Medical staff determined that she had multiple tears in heranus along with internal injuries sustained during an alleged s3xual assault.
The child’s mother told authorities that her 22-year-old boyfriend had been
alone with her daughter while she was at school, and that he called her to tell
her that the child was not feeling well. According to the mother, the
2-year-old tot had diarrhea and was vomiting the previous evening.
Police were not
able to interview the Oklahoma man at the time of their arrival to the
residence because he fled shortly after they were called. Fortunately, he was
apprehended a short time later and was charged with the crimes against the
deceased child.
Keah Cudjo , the
mother of the 2-year-old victim who is absolutely distraught, shared what
Justin had told her when he called to tell her that the child was ill.
“I got a call that
she peed on herself and was shaking. I tried to come home, but he said she was
alright.”
Unfortunately, the
2-year-old Oklahoma child’s condition worsened, and Lawson called Cudjo again.
“By the time I got
here, my baby was on her back foaming at her mouth. The first thing I did was
ran to my baby screaming for someone to take me to the hospital.”
“I just want
to know why did he do my baby like that,” she said.
The 2-year-old
victim’s mother had only been dating the man for a couple of weeks but had
known him for most of her life as a childhood friend. The mother is confused as
to why her longtime friend did this to her child and wonders if drugs had
pushed him to do the unthinkable. Meanwhile, her family wants him to get the
death penalty for his actions.
HLN reports .
