Raw Emotion Erupts At Sentencing Hearing For 7yo Girl’s Killer

Xtatic · #1 ● 10-23-2019, 05:23 PM

Her eyes seemed to carry the weight of the last four years, her voice, softly broke the silence of the courtroom here in Scottsville, Kentucky as ”A.D.” conveyed the pain of losing her only daughter “G.D.”.

But it as “G.D.’s” father “B.D.” who would ultimately become overwhelmed with the emotion of losing his little girl, at one point forcing the judge here to clear the courtroom in an effort to calm tempers as emotions ran raw.

““G.D.”” as she was more affectionately known in this southern Kentucky town, was just 7-years-old when her life was cut short on November 15, 2015. The young cheerleader had been attending her brother’s football game at the Allen County Scottsville High School, when she was taken into the woods.

It was there that “T.M” carried out the crime which shook this community to its core.

Having plead guilty to the crime last month, it wasn’t until Wednesday’s sentencing hearing that we finally began to learn how truly horrific the last few moments of “G.D.”’s life were. On the stand, detectives explained that “G.D.” cause of death was manual strangulation and drowning. Police had found her little body in a small pond behind the football field where she had gone to cheer for her brother.

For the first time, investigators also detailed how they were able to piece together the crime and narrow down “T.M” as a suspect. After “G.D.” was reported missing, officials gathered everyone who was at the football game that night into the high school gym. Interviews eventually lead them to believe “T.M” may have somehow been involved. The day after “G.D.”’s funeral, DNA test confirmed their suspicions.

Blood which had been found on “T.M” underwear and belt matched DNA samples taken from “G.D.” through a sexual assault kit.

Not only had “G.D.” been murdered but she had also been raped.
While these disturbing new details about “G.D.’s death rattled those in court here, it was “G.D.’s mom ”A.D.” who seemed to move most of the room to tears as she described in painful detail what it was like losing her only daughter.

“Because of you we lost our baby girl, our boys lost their sister, before she was even 8 years old, you took her from us,” ”A.D.” said as she took the stand to give her victim impact statement.

Initially prosecutors had considered the death penalty for her daughter’s killer, but that was taken off the table when “T.M” entered a guilty plea. Today, “G.D.’s family was focused on getting the harshest possible sentence for “T.M”.

”A.D.” spoke about her little cheerleader who had gone to the concession stand that night in November and never come back.

At one point ”A.D.”, standing just feet away from her daughter’s killer attempted to address him directly.

“Why did you do it? There’s no reason you can give, “G.D.” was an innocent little girl at her brother’s football game,” ”A.D.” said as she wept.

But as she spoke, it appeared “T.M” was turning his attention elsewhere. Suddenly “G.D.’s father “B.D.” become overwhelmed with emotion and appeared to lurch forward toward his daughters killer while yelling, “Three minutes! That’s all we’ve asked. You can listen to her for three minutes! I’m sick of this, he needs to hear what she has to say!”

Chaos suddenly erupted in the courtroom. In an attempt to maintain decorum the judge began yelling.

“Ladies and gentleman stop all of this now! This girl deserves better than this!”

Eventually “T.M” and “G.D.’s family were both ordered to leave the courtroom as the judge determined how the sentencing hearing would move forward.

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**kellyhound** · #2 ● 10-24-2019, 01:34 AM

Why a plea guilty in clear cases like this. Only to save time and expense of a lengthy trial? Now this pos gets off without getting the death penalty which he deserves. This pos really doesn't care about what he did or about the parents and he can't be cured.