Cash Gernon.Photo: Dallas Police
A Texas woman says a suspect in the kidnapping of the 4-year-old boy she was watching entered her home as the 4-year-old slept, and that surveillance video shows the man breaking through a back door.
The boy, who the woman identified as Cash Gernon, was founddead in the streetjust before 7 a.m. Saturday, Dallas police confirmed to PEOPLE.
The suspect, 18-year-old Darriynn Brown, was arrested on charges of kidnapping and theft, according to a policenews release. “Dallas investigators anticipate additional charges, pending results from a forensic analysis,” police said.
“Even us as police officers, we are shocked,” said executive assistant chief Albert Martinez, who added that the boy “was murdered through a violent act,” likely with an edged weapon, reportsCNN. “We’re very angry about what has happened to the small child,” he said.
Brown is being held in Dallas County jail on a $750,000 bond, according toonline jail records, which do not list an attorney who might speak on his behalf.
Darriynn Brown.Dallas Police
The woman described Cash as “happy-go-lucky,” and said he had a twin brother who is in state custody.
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She told the outlet that there was no relationship between Brown and the child, and that she had no idea why Brown would allegedly take the boy.
A neighbor, Antwainese Square, told theDallas Morning Newsthat she was jogging around 6:40 a.m. when she discovered the boy’s body in the street, after initially thinking it was a dog.
“How do you throw away someone’s body like he’s nothing?” she said. “He’s someone’s kid.”
source: people.com
