FORGIVENESS LEADS TO MURDER

Suspect in Cash Gernon kidnapping allegedly grabbed another toddler in February 

 

By Joshua Rhett Miller

 

New York Post

May 28, 2021

 

 

                          Darriynn Brown

 

 

The suspect accused of snatching a sleeping Dallas boy before allegedly killing him tried to kidnap another child just months earlier — but the girl’s grandfather decided not to press charges at the time, authorities say.

Alleged psycho teen Darriynn Brown — who is suspected of kidnapping and murdering 4-year-old Cash Gernon earlier this month — had barged into the home of the girl’s granddad in February and was rummaging around when the older man chased him out with a kitchen knife, according to officials.  

Brown, 18, then returned to the home, kicking in the garage door and punching the grandpa in the head — before grabbing the homeowner’s 2-year-old granddaughter as she slept, according to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by KTVT.

The terrified tot began crying, and the grandfather was able to wrestle her away from her would-be abductor, who then ran off again, authorities said. 

The girl’s grandfather did not want to press charges at the time and saw Brown weeks later at a Walmart — where the teen apologized for what happened, the station reported.

 

 

 

                           Cash Germon

 

“He was sorry for breaking into the house and trying to take his grandchild,” the man told police.

Three days after Cash was found dead on a Dallas street while wearing only a pair of shorts, the girl’s grandfather met with child abuse detectives to say he now wanted to press charges in the incident, KTVT reported.

Brown was eventually charged with burglary of a habitation and injury to an elderly person in the Feb. 8 incident involving the little girl.

The teen, who has been described as an acquaintance of the ex-girlfriend of Cash’s father, is facing charges of burglary of a habitation and kidnapping in the boy’s abduction. Investigators have said they expect to file a capital murder charge against him following a forensic analysis, the Dallas Morning News reported.

He remained held Friday at the Dallas County Jail on $1,625,000 bail, records show.

Video shows the moment Brown allegedly abducted the boy from his Texas bedroom before returning to the home and hovering over the toddler’s twin brother, Carter.

A jogger found Cash’s body on May 15. The boy had been stabbed multiple times with an “edged weapon,” police said.