GUILTY TX - Leiliana Wright, 4, beaten to death, Grand Prairie, 13 March 2016

[Niner]

 

[Niner]

Monday, August 6th:
*Status Hearing (@ 9am CT) - TX - Leiliana Rose Wright (4) (March 13, 2016) (beaten to death for drinking bro’s juice) – Charles Wayne Phifer (34) (BF) indicted (8/16/17) with 2 counts of capital murder and 1 count felony injury of a child; held on $1M bond; plead not guilty.
Status hearing on 6/15 to set trial date, which was delayed; none was set. Status hearing today re awaiting DNA results.
8/3/18 Update: Still awaiting DNA results, hearing continued to 8/6/18.
Jeri Renee Quezada (30), "Mom" plead guilty (7/6/16) to 1 count of felony injury of a child as part of plea bargain & will testify at BF’s trial and be sentenced to 50 years after trial.

 

[Niner]

Looks like DNA results are not in yet - 8/6 hearing postponed to 8/9:

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SET DISPOSITION CODE __ PASSED GENERALLY _ COMMENTS ______________________
STATES RECOMMENDATION ____________________ REC NO 01 _


court link: https://www.dallascounty.org/criminalBackgroundSearch/defendant_detail?ln=01

 

[Niner]

Thursday, August 9th:
*Status Hearing (@ 8am CT) - TX - Leiliana Rose Wright (4) (March 13, 2016) (beaten to death for drinking bro’s juice) – Charles Wayne Phifer (34) (BF) indicted (8/16/17) with 2 counts of capital murder and 1 count felony injury of a child; held on $1M bond; plead not guilty. Status hearing on 6/15 to set trial date, which was delayed; none was set. Status hearing today re awaiting DNA results.
8/3/18 Update: Still awaiting DNA results, hearing continued to 8/6.
8/6/18 Update: Still awaiting DNA results, hearing continued to 8/9.
Jeri Renee Quezada (30), "Mom" plead guilty (7/6/16) to 1 count of felony injury of a child as part of plea bargain & will testify at BF’s trial and be sentenced to 50 years after trial.

 

[Niner]

SET FOR DATE 100918 SET FOR TIME 0800 SET TYPE TRIL PASSED TO DATE


link: https://www.dallascounty.org/criminalBackgroundSearch/defendant_detail?ln=01

 

[Niner]

Tuesday, Oct. 9th:
*Status Hearing (@ 8am CT) - TX - Leiliana Rose Wright (4) (March 13, 2016) (beaten to death for drinking bro’s juice) – *Charles Wayne Phifer (34) (BF) indicted (8/16/17) with 2 counts of capital murder and 1 count felony injury of a child; held on $1M bond; plead not guilty.
8/3/18: Still awaiting DNA results, same of 8/6 & 8/9.
8/9/18 Update: Still awaiting DNA results, hearing continued to 10/9 & set trial date.
*Jeri Renee Quezada (30), "Mom" plead guilty (7/6/16) to 1 count of felony injury of a child as part of plea bargain & will testify at BF’s trial and be sentenced to 50 years after trial.

 

[Spellbound]

Boyfriend's trial has started today

Man on trial for 4-year-old Grand Prairie girl's beating death

Warning: Some may find the details in this story disturbing.*

The trial began Wednesday for a North Texas man accused of beating his ex-girlfriend’s daughter to death two years ago.

Leiliana was tied in a closet, beaten with a belt and bamboo stick and thrown against a wall. An autopsy also revealed she had been sexually abused, court documents state. At the time, Phifer and her mother were allegedly high on heroin.

[her mother, Jeri Quezada, pled guilty and was sentenced 50 years. She agreed to give truthful testimony in this trial for the boyfriend.
she appeared in jail jumpsuit and handcuffs while testifying Wednesday.]

Quezada then explained what happened in the hours before the girl’s death on March 13, 2016.

[I just wanted to cry while reading this]

With video of part of mother's testimony Man on trial for 4-year-old Grand Prairie girl's beating death

 

[Spellbound]

Grand Prairie 4-year-old spent final day beaten and bound in a closet, her mother testifies at boyfriend's murder trial | Courts | Dallas News

Several jurors put their heads in their hands and cried while Quezada described what she saw Phifer do to her daughter on March 12, 2016.

An operator tried to walk him [Phifer] through performing CPR, but Phifer kept talking and didn't sound as if he was trying to help the girl.

Andrew Grondin, a Grand Prairie firefighter who tried to save Leiliana, choked back tears on the witness stand while recalling the night he and other paramedics found the girl.

If convicted, Phifer will receive an automatic life sentence without the possibility of parole.

 

[Spellbound]

From Wednesday's court/trial with mother and officer's testimonies

 

[Niner]

Thursday, Oct. 11th:
*Trial Continues (Day 3) (@ 8am CT) - TX - Leiliana Rose Wright (4) (March 13, 2016) (beaten to death for drinking bro’s juice) – *Charles Wayne Phifer (34) (BF) indicted (8/16/17) with 2 counts of capital murder and 1 count felony injury of a child; held on $1M bond; plead not guilty.
8/3/18: Still awaiting DNA results, same of 8/6 & 8/9.
8/9/18 Update: Still awaiting DNA results, hearing continued to 10/9 & set trial date.
10/9/18 Update Day 1: Trial started today. Opening statements. Witnesses: Andrew Grondin, EMT. Jeri Quezada. Trial continues on 10/10.
10/10/18 Update Day 2: No info yet. Trial continues to 10/11.

 

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from the court site:

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SET DISPOSITION CODE __ PASSED GENERALLY _ COMMENTS THIS_WEEKS_TRIAL______
STATES RECOMMENDATION ____________________ REC NO 01
link: https://www.dallascounty.org/criminalBackgroundSearch/defendant_detail?ln=01

 

[JerseyGirl]

Deadly Child Abuse Trial to Continue Thursday

 

[MicheleT]

Grand Prairie 4-year-old spent final day beaten and bound in a closet, her mother testifies at boyfriend's murder trial | Courts | Dallas News

This was awful to read.

 

[MicheleT]

Lori Brown on Twitter

Lori Brown‏Verified account @LoriBrownFox4 52m52 minutes ago
Day 2 #CharlesPhiferTrial, mom of Leiliana Wright says she cannot remember much of what she told detectives after the death of her 4-year-old, including if she said she hit Leiliana in the chest hours before her death, because she lied about drinking her toddler brother’s juice.

 

[Julindy]

She was begging me and all I could do was sit there and watch.

I can relate to knowing how that feels.. God bless Bio Dad and Paternal parents x

 

[Julindy]

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Leiliana's paternal grandparents provided CPS with a photo of the girl’s bruised eye and busted lip in November 2014. One month before Leiliana’s death, a special investigator recommended she be examined by a medical professional for alleged sexual abuse, but nothing was done.

Heartbreaking, god bless you Leiliana x

 

[Julindy]

Leiliana had people who loved her. They wanted Leiliana.. Why on earth did her mother keep her from them?

Things could have been so different if CPS never let her mother have custody.
Leiliana would still be here, happy, loved & safe with her grandparents.

This case reminds me of Teghan Skiba. There were also people who loved and wanted her, but her mother chose to keep her from them and in the end that decision cost Teghan her life

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Same happened to Zarah,her father kept her from her Bio Mum,and step monster killed her

 

[Julindy]

amen to that!

They need to change the Law,Bio Mums get custody "only" if she's better parent,in this case she definitely was not...poor child should have been left with her Paternal Grandparents x

 

[Spellbound]

Thank you for being here for Leiliana, all of you. This one has really held me since I first read about her and followed her grandparents through this time.

The mother is back on the stand today, describing the torture of her daughter.
Quezada showed little emotion on the stand as she admitted to taking her anger out on her children.
Mother Of 4-Year-Old North Texas Girl Beaten To Death Takes Stand


Updated summary of Wednesday trial coverage
Grand Prairie 4-year-old spent final day beaten and bound in a closet, her mother testifies at boyfriend's murder trial | Courts | Dallas News

 

[Spellbound]

A few twitter updates throughout the trial, grandma was on the stand today; a doctor became emotional describing how the little girl was already dead on arriving at the hospial but they tried to save her anyway.

Search Twitter - Leiliana Wright