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Jun. 19, 2009
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Man arrested in death of 2-year-old girl

By MAGGIE LILLIS
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

The man wanted in connection with the death of a 2-year-old girl turned himself in to Las Vegas police this morning.

Emanuel Dewayne Dodson, 28, surrendered in the 2000 block of Las Vegas Boulevard South, near Sahara Avenue, but police wouldn’t release details of the arrest.


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    • He was arrested without incident on a charge of murder by child abuse in connection with the June 14 death of Jaylin Anyiah Washington, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.

    A police report said Dodson was watching Jaylin, the daughter of his girlfriend, on the morning of her death. Around 8:30 a.m. June 14, the toddler complained of her stomach hurting and began stumbling around. She then passed out and was found unresponsive in a bedroom of a home in the 1700 block of East Karen Avenue, near Sahara Avenue and Maryland Parkway.

    She was pronounced dead at the scene.

    The toddler’s mother, Tiffany Green, was at work when another roommate called her to come home. Green called police when she found her child unresponsive. By the time police arrived the girl had died and Dodson had fled.

    Dodson, of Los Angeles, was named a “person of interest” in the case earlier this week. He is alleged to have used blunt force trauma on Jaylin.

    The police report did not include a motive or how Washington suffered trauma to her stomach.

    When officers searched the home, they said they found two bags of crack cocaine. Green said Dodson sold drugs from the home, the police report states.

    In addition to injuries to her liver, the girl had bruises on her upper lips and chest and marks on her abdomen.

    Dodson was booked into the Clark County Detention Center, where he was being held without bail.

    Contact reporter Maggie Lillis at mlillis@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0279.

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    rb wrote on June 20, 2009 07:43 AM: Was Mr. Dodson enslaved?? Let me rephrase..was his parents??? Grandparents??? I would venture to say not even his great grandparents?? He was no more enslaved then the decendants of the irish and chinese who came over as endentured servants. These people don't pull the "endentured servant card" everytime they make a mistake. Let me ask you...what excuse could there EVER be to beat a two year old child to death??


    hater wrote on June 19, 2009 07:16 PM: I wrote a lenghty comment on this no good piece of crap. Only to have it censored by this bleeding left wing liberal newspaper!!!!


    guru wrote on June 19, 2009 07:01 PM: "Slavery" was employment!! A Black Scam has occurred on America, creating all sorts of BS like NAACP, Acorn, Affirmative Action etc. This Scam is hurting all Americans including the featured suspect.

    ps: The "Japs" were Nuked!


    CFoster wrote on June 19, 2009 06:54 PM: Jose & Derek come on you two lets stay on point, "reparations" really? A 2 yr old baby girl is dead and you two simply step over her body to do what? What happened is not OK, we have to find a common ground to combat this kind behavior, lets stop being so callus and accepting...

    I'm sorry were not keeping our children safe.
    Something Jose & Derek might think about on Sunday.

    Happy Fathers Day to those Dads that are trying...
    Sorry for where we are failing, Moms!


    Julie wrote on June 19, 2009 05:33 PM: He is worst than a monkey......
    Sorry to the monkeys for the comparison!


    Sandra wrote on June 19, 2009 03:56 PM: You no good animal. I hope you decide to hang yourself in jail.. Maybe someone can help? What a wonderful mother this poor girl had. You are a scumbag too. Vegas is so full of these scumbags.


    Tricia wrote on June 19, 2009 03:43 PM: This has nothing to do with Slavery, or anyones race!!!! i wish everyone would stop trying to turn everything into racial issues. unbelieveable


    Jose wrote on June 19, 2009 02:56 PM: I ageee and reparatoons should be made to hispanics as well. We have been forced to stand outside of star nursery too long!


    derek marlowe wrote on June 19, 2009 02:21 PM: If this man wasnt subjected to the heritage of slavery and jim crow laws this would have never happened. Reparations Now! The apology the Senate is proposing is not enough.