
The Texas teenager charged with kidnapping Cash Gernon says cops have a wrong guy: lawyer
The Texas teenager, accused of kidnapping a 4-year-old boy who was later found dead, claims he was not the kidnapper who was caught deterring security materials, according to his attorney.
18-year-old Darriynn Brown is said to have ripped Cash Gernon out of his bedroom in Dallas on the morning of May 15 when Tot was sleeping next to his twin brother.
The child was found dead on the street, covered in blood, a mile away shortly after the kidnapping, police said.
Home surveillance footage showed the suspect, later identified as Brown, standing over the twins before pulling some sleeping money out of his bed and carrying him away, court documents claim.
But Brown’s defense attorney told the Dallas Morning News that the police got the wrong man and that his client didn’t break into the house, kidnap Cash, or kill him.
“This is not an open and closed case. Even if you believe it [Brown] On the video, that doesn’t mean he killed the child, ”said Heath Harris. “The world is basically prejudiced against this whole community by saying,” This is him. “
Harris told the newspaper that he has not yet received the widely used security tape from law enforcement. He also claimed it was proven that Brown had a mental disorder, according to the article.
Brown is charged with kidnapping and burglary, but investigators believe that after a forensic analysis they will also bring charges of capital murder, the report said.
The teen was caught by a neighbor’s ring camera lurking on the property more than 10 weeks before the kidnapping, according to The Daily Beast.
A Texas man also claims Brown broke into his home and tried to kidnap his 2-year-old granddaughter this winter but left empty-handed after confronting the teenager.
The grandfather did not bring charges until Cash was found dead.
Brown was eventually charged with home burglary and injuring an elderly person in the February 8 incident that the little girl was involved in.
He is being held on a $ 1.6 million bond.