De'Marquise Elkins hid a gun under sofa morning 13-month-old was fatally shot, witnesses say

[geek tragedy]

Source: Florida Times-Union


After prosecutors showed the jury video of De’Marquise Elkins entering and leaving a neighbor’s apartment in the McIntyre Court housing project, they called upon two residents of the public housing complex to testify.

One resident, Danielle Williams, a lifelong friend of De’Marquise Elkins, his mother and his sister Sabrina Elkins, told the jury De’Marquise Elkins came to her apartment the morning of the murder and asked permission to hide his revolver under her sofa. That afternoon, Karimah Elkins and Sabrina Elkins arrived to retrieve it.

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A longtime friend of Karimah Elkins, Willie Merrell, testified that he gave her and Sabrina Elkins a ride to a favorite fishing spot, a saltwater pond off U.S. 17 just north of Brunswick.




Read more: http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2013-08-26/story/demarquise-elkins-hid-gun-under-sofa-morning-13-month-old-was-fatally

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Just keeps on getting worse and worse for the defense.

[Tom Ripley]

1. The local Zimmerman fans are all atwitter about this case

"When is Obama gonna speak out about this?"
"The liberal media sure is ignoring this one!"
"Why isn't this a hate crime?"
and so on...

[geek tragedy]

2. I thought they had moved onto Charles Lane and the WWII vet in Washington state?

Anyhow, this one produced a bunch of idiocy on all sides, with a lot of people saying "Susan Smith!!!!" on one side and "the white Trayvon Martin" on the other when in fact it was always pretty clear this was a horrible crime that served no one's political agenda.

[Supersedeas]

11. same lather that came from Eve Carson, Lauren Burk, Channon Newsom, Chris Newsome, Tim McNerney

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tragedies that go far beyond politics and culture wars

[wild bird]

3. Not looking good for this young man.

Not looking good at all.

I sure hope his attorney isn't still trying to pin it on the mother, that defense will surely fail.

[geek tragedy]

4. The "blame the mom" strategy suckered a lot of people who weren't familiar

with the facts of the case, but unlikely it will work on even one who's looked at the facts in the jury box.

But, their goose is pretty well cooked on this one, so that may be the only shot.

[wild bird]

5. I've been following this story since it first broke,

and as the days went by and more evidence emerged, I became more and more convinced that Elkins is guilty, even though he's presumed to be innocent until proven guilty.

Yes, I'm pretty sure their goose is pretty well cooked on this.

[Fumesucker]

7. Welcome to DU!

[Scairp]

8. Um..

NO, that isn't what happened.

[FrodosPet]

9. WOW!!!

Are you paying attention?

Is this sarcasm?

So are the baby's parents sharing their insurance payout with the Brunswick Police Department, Elkin's mom, aunt and sister, Danielle Williams, Willie Merrell, Dominique Lang, etc?

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http://www.ajc.com/news/news/friend-alleged-brunswick-baby-shooter-hid-weapon-u/nZckW/

A friend of the Brunswick man on trial for the murder of a 13-month-old testified Monday the defendant asked her to hide his gun after the toddler was shot.

Danielle Williams said the firearm allegedly belonging to De’Marquise Elkins was picked up later that day by his mother. Karimah Elkins, on trial along with her son, is accused of lying to police and throwing the .22-caliber handgun used to shoot Antonio Santiago into a salt-water pond north of Brunswick.

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Lang, 14 at the time, testified he heard Elkins count down from 5 as he pointed the gun in the direction of the baby’s stroller abnd shot him between the eyes. He was featured in a video re-enactment of the shooting prosecutors played for jurors on Friday.

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[wild bird]

10. Your post is bullshit.

All that has already been addressed.

http://www.wsav.com/story/22811137/update-parents-test-positive-for-gunshot-residue-brunswick-toddler-shooting

The baby's mother, Sherry West, was at the fatal shooting scene in March, which would explain her exposure, but her husband Louis Santiago said he was shopping at Wal-Mart at the time.

WSAV's crime expert Gerry Long said there may be a reasonable explanation gunpowder residue was found on the dad.

"It's also possible that subsequent to the incident he had contact with the mother and there were some transfer and/or with the clothing of the child or the child themselves," said Long.

Of course the mother would have gunshot residue on her, she got shot at close range, and the forensics team found only a grain or two of gunshot residue on the father, which probably happened at the hospital when he hugged her, transferring the residue from her to him.

Police have completely ruled both parents out.

Oh, and your link, not to biased is it?

[go west young man]

12. You couldn't have picked a more fucked up first post.

Welcome to DU even if your absolutely completely wrong.