Florida police said they obtained the video. evidence The video shows a woman instructing her Rottweiler to attack her boyfriend's 9-year-old daughter.
Tishael Elise Martin, 34, Arrested He was charged with first-degree murder after Jamaria Sessions was found unconscious in the family's Montverde home in June.
“They severely punished Martin for brutally beating Jamalia.”
The Lake County Sheriff's Office said emergency responders noted “numerous abrasions, bruises, burns and what appeared to be bite marks” on the girl's body after she was pronounced dead.
Martin reportedly told police that when she went to check on her other children, she woke up and found the child unresponsive.
During the investigation, police obtained surveillance video that showed the woman allowing the 103-pound dog to attack the girl while holding the leash. Police said the woman kicked the girl as she “lay motionless on the floor,” while other children were watching, according to the affidavit.
In the video, the woman allegedly says at one point, “I'm going to kill her.”
“Martin brutally beat Jamalia over the course of several nights leading up to her death and he took a hard line in his actions. I've never seen anything more graphic in my time here and as I said, brutal is the right word to describe this,” said Detective John Herrell.
Police said interviews revealed that Martin appeared to have punished the girl with other unusual beatings and injuries, and the coroner's report said the girl died from complications from multiple blunt force trauma.
Martin was also charged with felony child abuse and neglect.
“It's hard to read. It's hard to speak. And it must have been difficult for detectives to investigate this and piece it all together,” Herrell continued.
“It's really unimaginable,” he added.
News Video Report From WOFL-TV They released photos of the girl and the house where she was killed.
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