Leiliana Wright’s autopsy report was revealed, which shocked people who read about the cause of her death. She was a four-year-old having bruises of black and blue color from her head to toe.
According to the medical examiner, in 2016, she was beaten to death. The trial began on Wednesday in Dallas courtroom after the girl was left alone with her mother’s boyfriend, Charles Wayne Phifer, on March 12, 2016.
There were pictures shared on the internet about the four-year-old girl who was heavily brutalized. It was known that she was found in the closet tied up with belts. The investigators found out that she was beaten with a bamboo switch.
Charles Wayne Phifer, 36, who was leiliana’s mother’s boyfriend, was presented on trial as he was accused of Leiliana’s murder. Her mother, Jeri Quezada, was a drug addict who mostly used heroin.
During the trial, her mother admitted that she was addicted to drugs and was involved in the death of her daughter. In the trial, several details were presented that depicted the life of Leiliana before she died.
Leiliana Wright’s autopsy
According to Dallas News, when her body was discovered, it was all black and blue, and it was confirmed that she had at least 30 bruises on her back. The medical examiner revealed that the cause of her death was the injuries she had on her head and stomach.
The chief deputy medical examiner for Tarrant County, Marc Krouse, said, “It’s a death of a thousand cuts.”
“The worst thing I’ve ever seen inflicted on a child,” reported the Grand Prairie police Sgt Brad Makovy in the court. He also said that the medical examiners were emotional and cried out during the autopsy “because she was so severely beaten.”
According to the sources, Leiliana’s dead body was discovered in her home in Grand Prairie, Texas.
Leiliana’s mother speaks out for her daughter
While the trial was proceeding, her mother, 33, pleaded guilty, and she admitted that she didn’t save her daughter. The jury decided to sentence her to 50 years in jail.
She gave some statements in court against her boyfriend. She shared a statement in which she said that her boyfriend lashed out at her daughter because she was reluctant to eat her dinner.
She described the details of the incident and said that Phifer lifted Leiliana up by her throat and tossed her into the closet. She was tossed with such force that the closet had the indentation of her body.
Leiliana’s mother claimed that her boyfriend tied her up with belts. She said her hands were bound behind her back with an electrical wire. She also claimed that after tying her daughter with wires and belts, she was hung inside the closet where she was found dead.
The state’s child protection authorities were being questioned about the tragic incident that occured with Leiliana after her grandmother reported it to the authorities.
In February 2016, Child welfare officers paid a visit to her home. They failed to run a complete check on Leiliana’s mother’s background. This led the four-year-old girl and her brother to stay in the custody of their mother.
Later, a full background check was performed on Quezada, which revealed that she had a history of child abuse. This led her to lose custody of her three children.
The police claim that Quezada would slap and beat her children to teach them discipline. It was later found that Leiliana’s mother and her mother’s boyfriend were on heroin at the time she was being beaten to death.
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