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TREY JENKINS - 21 months - / Arrested: Boyfriend - Alexander Roberson - Dallas, TX
by TexasMommy Sun Sep 08, 2013 6:10 pm
Dallas man faces capital murder charge in toddler’s beating
Published: 26 July 2012 11:07 PM
A Love Field-area man was charged Wednesday with beating his girlfriend’s toddler to death.
Police said the girlfriend, 19, left her 21-month-old son last Friday with 18-year-old Alex Roberson, with whom she has an infant daughter.
Paramedics responding to a 911 call arrived about 3:30 p.m. at the couple’s house in the 4500 block of Cowan Avenue, two blocks from Love Field, and found the boy unresponsive.
Paramedics tried CPR on the way to a hospital, but Trey Jenkins was declared dead soon after arrival.
Child-abuse detectives interviewed Roberson at the hospital. According to police, he told them that Trey had been “real cranky” and collapsed during a diaper change.
But three days later, police said, an autopsy revealed Trey was beaten across his upper body — so severely that “he would not have survived more than a few minutes.”
A warrant was signed earlier this week, and Roberson was arrested on a capital murder charge.
A Child Protective Services spokeswoman said the agency had no history with the couple, but has placed their daughter in foster care while police investigate Trey’s death.
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/headlines/20120726-dallas-man-faces-capital-murder-charge-in-toddlers-beating.ece
Published: 26 July 2012 11:07 PM
A Love Field-area man was charged Wednesday with beating his girlfriend’s toddler to death.
Police said the girlfriend, 19, left her 21-month-old son last Friday with 18-year-old Alex Roberson, with whom she has an infant daughter.
Paramedics responding to a 911 call arrived about 3:30 p.m. at the couple’s house in the 4500 block of Cowan Avenue, two blocks from Love Field, and found the boy unresponsive.
Paramedics tried CPR on the way to a hospital, but Trey Jenkins was declared dead soon after arrival.
Child-abuse detectives interviewed Roberson at the hospital. According to police, he told them that Trey had been “real cranky” and collapsed during a diaper change.
But three days later, police said, an autopsy revealed Trey was beaten across his upper body — so severely that “he would not have survived more than a few minutes.”
A warrant was signed earlier this week, and Roberson was arrested on a capital murder charge.
A Child Protective Services spokeswoman said the agency had no history with the couple, but has placed their daughter in foster care while police investigate Trey’s death.
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/headlines/20120726-dallas-man-faces-capital-murder-charge-in-toddlers-beating.ece
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Re: TREY JENKINS - 21 months - / Arrested: Boyfriend - Alexander Roberson - Dallas, TX
by TexasMommy Sun Sep 08, 2013 6:16 pm
Update: Dallas toddler doted on newborn sister before he was beaten to death, prosecutor says
By Jennifer Emily
5:40 pm on June 4, 2013
Update:
Trey Jenkins learned about love in his short 20 months of life.
He learned it as he doted on his newborn sister, Aiyana, whom he loved to pull into his lap and feed a bottle while he sucked on his pacifier.
“He also learned what love was not,” Dallas County prosecutor Shequitta Kelly said Tuesday at the trial of his mother’s boyfriend, who is accused of beating Trey to death.
Alex Roberson, 19, is charged with capital murder and faces an automatic life sentence if convicted in Trey’s death at the family’s home near Love Field last July.
But Trey’s mother, Precious Williams, who was at the grocery store when Trey was beaten, told jurors that she did not believe Roberson would hurt her son. She said Roberson, Aiyana’s biological father, loved Trey even though they weren’t related.
“I don’t feel like he would ever harm Trey,” she testified while being cross-examined by Roberson’s defense attorney, Bill Cox. She said that Roberson dropped out of school to care for Trey and kept him while she worked.
Williams said she began dating Roberson when Trey was 3 months old. But she didn’t introduce the two until they had been together four months.
Throughout her testimony, Williams spoke of Trey in the present tense and was unemotional except when Kelly showed her an autopsy photo. She wiped her eyes briefly before regaining her composure.
Trey was so badly beaten from behind, Kelly and fellow prosecutor Carmen White told jurors in opening statements, that his kidneys “flew to the front of his body.” His adrenal glands were destroyed, his liver lacerated and his bones broken. The blow or blows caused feces to shoot “everywhere.”
Cox, while questioning witnesses, tried to shift the blame for the severe injuries to Williams. She left for the grocery store minutes before Roberson carried Trey’s lifeless body from a back bedroom, according to testimony.
But Kelly told jurors that Roberson told police during a second interview that the injuries were an accident. Kelly asked several witnesses whether Roberson told them that he accidentally stepped on or fell on Trey or if the toddler tripped. The witnesses — including Williams and Roberson’s relatives — said no.
Williams testified about two other occasions when Trey had injuries when Roberson cared for him. In one instance, she was in another room. The other time she was at work.
When Williams was in another room, Trey got a bruise on his cheek. She said Roberson told her he ran into the “door panel.” The other time, she said, Trey had a bruise on his abdomen shaped like the bed railing. She testified that Roberson told her the child fell on the bed railing.
Williams said she examined the injuries and did not question Roberson’s explanations.
Some of Roberson’s relatives testified that it doesn’t make sense that Roberson would hurt Trey. They also lived in the house and were home when Roberson carried Trey into the living room and said to call an ambulance.
Chris Roberson, Alex Roberson’s brother, did testify that he had seen Alex Roberson “pop” Trey’s hand. But he also testified that he had seen Williams “beat a 1-year-old baby like he’s 11 or 12.”
Williams testified that she, not her boyfriend, was supposed to discipline Trey except for timeouts. She said she never abused the boy but would occasionally hit his hand or bottom.
The day Trey died, Alex Roberson put the boy in a timeout in his crib after Trey threw all his toys out of it.
Hours later, Trey was lying naked and lifeless on a futon when firefighter-paramedics arrived, according to testimony. They were trying to revive him when Williams came home after someone in the home called to tell her what happened. She was crying and hysterical, according to testimony.
Joseph Tips, one of the firefighter-paramedics, testified that someone who looked like Alex Roberson told him: “I was changing his diaper. His nose started bleeding. He stopped breathing.”
Dr. Geetanjali Srivastava, who treated Trey at Children’s Medical Center, said Alex Roberson “matter-of-factly” told her that he and Trey were running in circles, playing and chasing when he could smell that the boy needed a diaper change.
Srivastava said Alex Roberson told her that he was trying to change the boy when he became unresponsive and started bleeding from the nose. The doctor said such an explanation “didn’t make any sense to me.”
After Trey’s death, Alex Roberson, who called himself a rap artist, got a tattoo of a microphone with brass knuckles and a gun with the words “music killer.”
Kelly told jurors that Roberson didn’t have the reputation to go with the ink.
“He does have the credentials of a baby killer,” she said.
Follow Jennifer Emily on Twitter at @dallascourts.
Update at 1:15 p.m.:
Trey Jenkins learned about love in his short 20 months of life.
He found it as he doted on his newborn sister, whom he loved to pull into his lap and feed her bottle.
But “he also learned what love was not,” Dallas County prosecutor Shequitta Kelly said Tuesday at the trial of a 19-year-old man accused of beating Trey so hard it killed him
Alex Roberston is on trial for capital murder and faces an automatic life sentence if convicted in Trey’s beating death near Love Field in July.
Trey was so badly beaten from behind, Kelly and fellow prosecutor Carmen White told jurors, that his kidneys “flew to the front of his body.” His adrenal glands were destroyed, his liver lacerated, his lungs collapsed and he had broken bones. The blow or blows caused feces to shoot “everywhere,” Kelly said.
Defense attorney Bill Cox, while questioning witnesses, tried to shift the blame for the severe injuries to the boy’s mother, Precious Williams, 20. She left for the grocery story “minutes” before Roberson carried Trey’s lifeless body from a back bedroom, according to testimony.
But Kelly told jurors that Roberson told police during a second interview that the injuries were an accident. Kelly has asked several witnesses whether Roberson told them that he accidentally stepped on or fell on Trey or if the toddler tripped. All the witnesses – all who are related or a friend of Roberson’s – so far have said no.
Two Dallas Fire Rescue firefighter-paramedics testified that when they arrived at the house, Trey was lying naked and lifeless on a futon when they arrived. They were trying to revive Trey when Williams came home after someone in the home called her to tell her what had happened. They said Williams was hysterical.
Joseph Tips, one of the firefighter paramedics, testified that someone who looked like Roberson told him “I was changing his diaper. His nose started bleeding. He stopped breathing.”
Dr. Geetanjali Srivastava, who treated Trey at Children’s Medical Center, said that Roberson “matter of factly” told her that he and Trey were running in circles, playing and chasing, when he could smell that the boy needed a diaper change.
Srivastava said Roberson told her that he was changing Trey’s diaper and the boy was unresponsive and started bleeding from the nose.
The doctor said that such an explanation made no sense.
“I’ve never seen anything like that,” she said. “It didn’t make any sense to me.”
Relatives of Roberson testified that it doesn’t make any sense to them that Roberson would hurt Trey. They also lived in the house and were home when Roberson carried Trey into the living room and said to call an ambulance.
They said that they had never seen Roberson hit Trey but had seen his mother do so. Although Chris Roberson, Alex Roberson’s brother, later said that he had seen Alex Roberson “pop” Trey’s hand.
Chris Roberson testified that he had seen Williams “beat a 1-year-old baby like he’s 11 or 12.”
Williams briefly took the stand before a break. She has so far testified unemotionally about the day Trey died. She will resume testifying this afternoon before State District Judge Robert Burns.
Original post 7:04 a.m.: A Dallas County jury is expected to hear opening statements Tuesday in the trial of a 19-year-old accused of beating his girlfriend’s toddler to death.
Alex Roberson is accused of killing 20-month-old Trey Jenkins in July 2012 while babysitting. Roberson is charged with capital murder and faces an automatic life sentence if convicted.
At the time of Trey’s death, police said that Trey’s mother, who has a younger child with Roberson, left Trey with Roberson. Paramedics were called to the couple’s house near Love Field and found the boy unresponsive. CPR was unsuccessful.
When interviewed by police, Roberson said at the hospital that Trey had been “real cranky” and had collapsed while Roberson changed his diaper. But an autopsy report showed that Trey was beaten so severely across his upper that “he would not have survived more than a few minutes,” according to police.
Child Protective Services had no prior history with the family.
http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2013/06/capital-murder-trial-to-begin-tuesday-for-man-accused-of-killing-girlfriends-toddler.html/
By Jennifer Emily
5:40 pm on June 4, 2013
Update:
Trey Jenkins learned about love in his short 20 months of life.
He learned it as he doted on his newborn sister, Aiyana, whom he loved to pull into his lap and feed a bottle while he sucked on his pacifier.
“He also learned what love was not,” Dallas County prosecutor Shequitta Kelly said Tuesday at the trial of his mother’s boyfriend, who is accused of beating Trey to death.
Alex Roberson, 19, is charged with capital murder and faces an automatic life sentence if convicted in Trey’s death at the family’s home near Love Field last July.
But Trey’s mother, Precious Williams, who was at the grocery store when Trey was beaten, told jurors that she did not believe Roberson would hurt her son. She said Roberson, Aiyana’s biological father, loved Trey even though they weren’t related.
“I don’t feel like he would ever harm Trey,” she testified while being cross-examined by Roberson’s defense attorney, Bill Cox. She said that Roberson dropped out of school to care for Trey and kept him while she worked.
Williams said she began dating Roberson when Trey was 3 months old. But she didn’t introduce the two until they had been together four months.
Throughout her testimony, Williams spoke of Trey in the present tense and was unemotional except when Kelly showed her an autopsy photo. She wiped her eyes briefly before regaining her composure.
Trey was so badly beaten from behind, Kelly and fellow prosecutor Carmen White told jurors in opening statements, that his kidneys “flew to the front of his body.” His adrenal glands were destroyed, his liver lacerated and his bones broken. The blow or blows caused feces to shoot “everywhere.”
Cox, while questioning witnesses, tried to shift the blame for the severe injuries to Williams. She left for the grocery store minutes before Roberson carried Trey’s lifeless body from a back bedroom, according to testimony.
But Kelly told jurors that Roberson told police during a second interview that the injuries were an accident. Kelly asked several witnesses whether Roberson told them that he accidentally stepped on or fell on Trey or if the toddler tripped. The witnesses — including Williams and Roberson’s relatives — said no.
Williams testified about two other occasions when Trey had injuries when Roberson cared for him. In one instance, she was in another room. The other time she was at work.
When Williams was in another room, Trey got a bruise on his cheek. She said Roberson told her he ran into the “door panel.” The other time, she said, Trey had a bruise on his abdomen shaped like the bed railing. She testified that Roberson told her the child fell on the bed railing.
Williams said she examined the injuries and did not question Roberson’s explanations.
Some of Roberson’s relatives testified that it doesn’t make sense that Roberson would hurt Trey. They also lived in the house and were home when Roberson carried Trey into the living room and said to call an ambulance.
Chris Roberson, Alex Roberson’s brother, did testify that he had seen Alex Roberson “pop” Trey’s hand. But he also testified that he had seen Williams “beat a 1-year-old baby like he’s 11 or 12.”
Williams testified that she, not her boyfriend, was supposed to discipline Trey except for timeouts. She said she never abused the boy but would occasionally hit his hand or bottom.
The day Trey died, Alex Roberson put the boy in a timeout in his crib after Trey threw all his toys out of it.
Hours later, Trey was lying naked and lifeless on a futon when firefighter-paramedics arrived, according to testimony. They were trying to revive him when Williams came home after someone in the home called to tell her what happened. She was crying and hysterical, according to testimony.
Joseph Tips, one of the firefighter-paramedics, testified that someone who looked like Alex Roberson told him: “I was changing his diaper. His nose started bleeding. He stopped breathing.”
Dr. Geetanjali Srivastava, who treated Trey at Children’s Medical Center, said Alex Roberson “matter-of-factly” told her that he and Trey were running in circles, playing and chasing when he could smell that the boy needed a diaper change.
Srivastava said Alex Roberson told her that he was trying to change the boy when he became unresponsive and started bleeding from the nose. The doctor said such an explanation “didn’t make any sense to me.”
After Trey’s death, Alex Roberson, who called himself a rap artist, got a tattoo of a microphone with brass knuckles and a gun with the words “music killer.”
Kelly told jurors that Roberson didn’t have the reputation to go with the ink.
“He does have the credentials of a baby killer,” she said.
Follow Jennifer Emily on Twitter at @dallascourts.
Update at 1:15 p.m.:
Trey Jenkins learned about love in his short 20 months of life.
He found it as he doted on his newborn sister, whom he loved to pull into his lap and feed her bottle.
But “he also learned what love was not,” Dallas County prosecutor Shequitta Kelly said Tuesday at the trial of a 19-year-old man accused of beating Trey so hard it killed him
Alex Roberston is on trial for capital murder and faces an automatic life sentence if convicted in Trey’s beating death near Love Field in July.
Trey was so badly beaten from behind, Kelly and fellow prosecutor Carmen White told jurors, that his kidneys “flew to the front of his body.” His adrenal glands were destroyed, his liver lacerated, his lungs collapsed and he had broken bones. The blow or blows caused feces to shoot “everywhere,” Kelly said.
Defense attorney Bill Cox, while questioning witnesses, tried to shift the blame for the severe injuries to the boy’s mother, Precious Williams, 20. She left for the grocery story “minutes” before Roberson carried Trey’s lifeless body from a back bedroom, according to testimony.
But Kelly told jurors that Roberson told police during a second interview that the injuries were an accident. Kelly has asked several witnesses whether Roberson told them that he accidentally stepped on or fell on Trey or if the toddler tripped. All the witnesses – all who are related or a friend of Roberson’s – so far have said no.
Two Dallas Fire Rescue firefighter-paramedics testified that when they arrived at the house, Trey was lying naked and lifeless on a futon when they arrived. They were trying to revive Trey when Williams came home after someone in the home called her to tell her what had happened. They said Williams was hysterical.
Joseph Tips, one of the firefighter paramedics, testified that someone who looked like Roberson told him “I was changing his diaper. His nose started bleeding. He stopped breathing.”
Dr. Geetanjali Srivastava, who treated Trey at Children’s Medical Center, said that Roberson “matter of factly” told her that he and Trey were running in circles, playing and chasing, when he could smell that the boy needed a diaper change.
Srivastava said Roberson told her that he was changing Trey’s diaper and the boy was unresponsive and started bleeding from the nose.
The doctor said that such an explanation made no sense.
“I’ve never seen anything like that,” she said. “It didn’t make any sense to me.”
Relatives of Roberson testified that it doesn’t make any sense to them that Roberson would hurt Trey. They also lived in the house and were home when Roberson carried Trey into the living room and said to call an ambulance.
They said that they had never seen Roberson hit Trey but had seen his mother do so. Although Chris Roberson, Alex Roberson’s brother, later said that he had seen Alex Roberson “pop” Trey’s hand.
Chris Roberson testified that he had seen Williams “beat a 1-year-old baby like he’s 11 or 12.”
Williams briefly took the stand before a break. She has so far testified unemotionally about the day Trey died. She will resume testifying this afternoon before State District Judge Robert Burns.
Original post 7:04 a.m.: A Dallas County jury is expected to hear opening statements Tuesday in the trial of a 19-year-old accused of beating his girlfriend’s toddler to death.
Alex Roberson is accused of killing 20-month-old Trey Jenkins in July 2012 while babysitting. Roberson is charged with capital murder and faces an automatic life sentence if convicted.
At the time of Trey’s death, police said that Trey’s mother, who has a younger child with Roberson, left Trey with Roberson. Paramedics were called to the couple’s house near Love Field and found the boy unresponsive. CPR was unsuccessful.
When interviewed by police, Roberson said at the hospital that Trey had been “real cranky” and had collapsed while Roberson changed his diaper. But an autopsy report showed that Trey was beaten so severely across his upper that “he would not have survived more than a few minutes,” according to police.
Child Protective Services had no prior history with the family.
http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2013/06/capital-murder-trial-to-begin-tuesday-for-man-accused-of-killing-girlfriends-toddler.html/
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Re: TREY JENKINS - 21 months - / Arrested: Boyfriend - Alexander Roberson - Dallas, TX
by TexasMommy Sun Sep 08, 2013 6:20 pm
Update: Jurors hearing case about toddler beaten to death listen to audio recording, video of police interviews
By Jennifer Emily
4:15 pm on June 5, 2013
Update: Jurors have also watched part of a second interview with Roberson. That interview took place at the Dallas Police Department several days later.
In the second interview, Roberson said that Trey was hurt accidentally and offers several explanations. He said Trey tipped over him in the hall, that he accidentally stepped on Trey’s stomach while changing his diaper, that Alex tripped over Trey while the boy was watching TV.
Original post 2:44 p.m.:
Testimony continued Wednesday in the trial of a man accused of beating to death his girlfriend’s 20-month-old son.
Prosecutors say he was beaten to death in July by his mother's boyfriend.
Jurors listened to an audio recording of Dallas police detectives’ interview with defendant Alex Roberson, who is charged with capital murder in Trey Jenkins’ death. Roberson faces an automatic life sentence if convicted.
In the recording, Roberson is questioned at the hospital about the events leading up to the boy’s death in July. Roberson told police that the boy become lifeless and got a bloody nose during a diaper change at their home near Love Field.
Testimony before State District Judge Robert Burns has shown that Trey was so badly beaten that his kidneys moved to the front of the body, he had broken bones, his liver was lacerated and his adrenal glands were destroyed. A doctor has testified that Roberson’s explanation did not add up.
Trey’s mother, Precious Williams, testified this week that she did not believe Roberson would hurt her son. The defense tried to blame Williams for the injuries. Williams was at the store when paramedics were called. She testified that she did not abuse Trey.
http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2013/06/jurors-hearing-case-about-toddler-beaten-to-death-listen-to-audio-recording-of-police-interview.html/
By Jennifer Emily
4:15 pm on June 5, 2013
Update: Jurors have also watched part of a second interview with Roberson. That interview took place at the Dallas Police Department several days later.
In the second interview, Roberson said that Trey was hurt accidentally and offers several explanations. He said Trey tipped over him in the hall, that he accidentally stepped on Trey’s stomach while changing his diaper, that Alex tripped over Trey while the boy was watching TV.
Original post 2:44 p.m.:
Testimony continued Wednesday in the trial of a man accused of beating to death his girlfriend’s 20-month-old son.
Prosecutors say he was beaten to death in July by his mother's boyfriend.
Jurors listened to an audio recording of Dallas police detectives’ interview with defendant Alex Roberson, who is charged with capital murder in Trey Jenkins’ death. Roberson faces an automatic life sentence if convicted.
In the recording, Roberson is questioned at the hospital about the events leading up to the boy’s death in July. Roberson told police that the boy become lifeless and got a bloody nose during a diaper change at their home near Love Field.
Testimony before State District Judge Robert Burns has shown that Trey was so badly beaten that his kidneys moved to the front of the body, he had broken bones, his liver was lacerated and his adrenal glands were destroyed. A doctor has testified that Roberson’s explanation did not add up.
Trey’s mother, Precious Williams, testified this week that she did not believe Roberson would hurt her son. The defense tried to blame Williams for the injuries. Williams was at the store when paramedics were called. She testified that she did not abuse Trey.
http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2013/06/jurors-hearing-case-about-toddler-beaten-to-death-listen-to-audio-recording-of-police-interview.html/
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Re: TREY JENKINS - 21 months - / Arrested: Boyfriend - Alexander Roberson - Dallas, TX
by TexasMommy Sun Sep 08, 2013 6:26 pm
Mistrial declared in capital murder case of man accused of beating toddler to death
By Scott Goldstein
Published: 07 June 2013 10:39 PM
Updated: 07 June 2013 11:39 PM
A state district judge declared a mistrial Friday after two Dallas County jurors could not be swayed to convict a 19-year-old man of beating his girlfriend’s toddler to death in July.
Prosecutors said they would retry Alex Roberson, though it is unclear whether he might face a lesser charge than capital murder in the killing of 20-month-old Trey Jenkins. Had the jury convicted him, Roberson would have faced an automatic life sentence with no possibility of parole.
“Regrettably, it does appear to me that the appropriate thing to do at this time is to declare a mistrial,” state District Judge Mike Snipes said.
Most members of the jury left the Frank Crowley Courts Building without commenting. Several appeared as if they had been crying.
“I hope there’s going to be enough evidence in the retrial to find him guilty,” said one juror, who declined to give her name.
The jurors deliberated about seven hours over two days. They sent several notes requesting clarifications on testimony in the case.
The injuries that killed Trey indicated he suffered a brutal beating.
The boy was so badly beaten from behind that his kidneys moved to the front of his body and he suffered 13 broken ribs. His liver was lacerated, his adrenal glands were destroyed and his lungs collapsed, according to testimony.
Roberson “stomped him, kicked him, punched him, did whatever he did to him,” prosecutor Carmen White told jurors in closing arguments Thursday. Within seconds, “that kid was dying.”
Defense attorney Bill Cox argued that Trey’s mother, Precious Williams, could have caused her son’s fatal injuries. Williams testified that she did not believe Roberson would hurt her son, but she said she did not abuse him.
Williams was at the store when paramedics were called to their Love Field-area home. Roberson told police that the boy became lifeless and got a bloody nose during a diaper change.
Roberson changed his story about what happened during two interviews. One interview was recorded on audiotape. The second was captured on video.
Prosecutor Shequitta Kelly acknowledged to jurors that Williams was not an ideal mother and should have left Roberson after Trey was previously discovered to have bruises.
But she told them it was impossible for her to be the one who killed Trey.
“You might not like her,” Kelly said. “You might think she sucks as a mother.”
Williams was not seen in the courtroom Friday.
After the mistrial, Kelly said the case is not over.
“We are looking forward to proceeding again,” Kelly said. “Seeking justice on behalf of little baby Trey.”
Prosecutors could opt to pursue a first-degree felony charge of injury to a child.
That charge is easier to prove than capital murder and carries a punishment range of five to 99 years or life in prison.
Snipes was sitting in for state District Judge Robert Burns, who presided over the trial before Friday.
Roberson, who had a daughter with Williams, remains in the Lew Sterrett Justice Center, where his bail is set at $1 million.
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/headlines/20130607-mistrial-declared-in-capital-murder-case-of-man-accused-of-beating-toddler-to-death.ece
By Scott Goldstein
Published: 07 June 2013 10:39 PM
Updated: 07 June 2013 11:39 PM
A state district judge declared a mistrial Friday after two Dallas County jurors could not be swayed to convict a 19-year-old man of beating his girlfriend’s toddler to death in July.
Prosecutors said they would retry Alex Roberson, though it is unclear whether he might face a lesser charge than capital murder in the killing of 20-month-old Trey Jenkins. Had the jury convicted him, Roberson would have faced an automatic life sentence with no possibility of parole.
“Regrettably, it does appear to me that the appropriate thing to do at this time is to declare a mistrial,” state District Judge Mike Snipes said.
Most members of the jury left the Frank Crowley Courts Building without commenting. Several appeared as if they had been crying.
“I hope there’s going to be enough evidence in the retrial to find him guilty,” said one juror, who declined to give her name.
The jurors deliberated about seven hours over two days. They sent several notes requesting clarifications on testimony in the case.
The injuries that killed Trey indicated he suffered a brutal beating.
The boy was so badly beaten from behind that his kidneys moved to the front of his body and he suffered 13 broken ribs. His liver was lacerated, his adrenal glands were destroyed and his lungs collapsed, according to testimony.
Roberson “stomped him, kicked him, punched him, did whatever he did to him,” prosecutor Carmen White told jurors in closing arguments Thursday. Within seconds, “that kid was dying.”
Defense attorney Bill Cox argued that Trey’s mother, Precious Williams, could have caused her son’s fatal injuries. Williams testified that she did not believe Roberson would hurt her son, but she said she did not abuse him.
Williams was at the store when paramedics were called to their Love Field-area home. Roberson told police that the boy became lifeless and got a bloody nose during a diaper change.
Roberson changed his story about what happened during two interviews. One interview was recorded on audiotape. The second was captured on video.
Prosecutor Shequitta Kelly acknowledged to jurors that Williams was not an ideal mother and should have left Roberson after Trey was previously discovered to have bruises.
But she told them it was impossible for her to be the one who killed Trey.
“You might not like her,” Kelly said. “You might think she sucks as a mother.”
Williams was not seen in the courtroom Friday.
After the mistrial, Kelly said the case is not over.
“We are looking forward to proceeding again,” Kelly said. “Seeking justice on behalf of little baby Trey.”
Prosecutors could opt to pursue a first-degree felony charge of injury to a child.
That charge is easier to prove than capital murder and carries a punishment range of five to 99 years or life in prison.
Snipes was sitting in for state District Judge Robert Burns, who presided over the trial before Friday.
Roberson, who had a daughter with Williams, remains in the Lew Sterrett Justice Center, where his bail is set at $1 million.
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/headlines/20130607-mistrial-declared-in-capital-murder-case-of-man-accused-of-beating-toddler-to-death.ece
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Re: TREY JENKINS - 21 months - / Arrested: Boyfriend - Alexander Roberson - Dallas, TX
by TexasMommy Sun Sep 08, 2013 6:31 pm
Mistrial in death of 20-month-old
Posted: Jun 07, 2013 5:14 PM CDT
By: myfoxdfw.com Staff
A mistrial has been declared in the capital murder case of a man accused of beating to death his girlfriend's 20-month-old son.
The Dallas County jury said it was deadlocked.
Ten of the jurors said they believed Alex Roberson, 19, was guilty. Two said he wasn't.
Roberson was accused of stomping and kicking 20-month-old Trey Jenkins while his mother was at the store.
The case could be retried before a new jury.
Roberson will remain in custody until the district attorney's office determines how to proceed.
Read more: http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/22535401/mistrial-in-death-of-20-month-old#ixzz2eKMkrrcb
Posted: Jun 07, 2013 5:14 PM CDT
By: myfoxdfw.com Staff
A mistrial has been declared in the capital murder case of a man accused of beating to death his girlfriend's 20-month-old son.
The Dallas County jury said it was deadlocked.
Ten of the jurors said they believed Alex Roberson, 19, was guilty. Two said he wasn't.
Roberson was accused of stomping and kicking 20-month-old Trey Jenkins while his mother was at the store.
The case could be retried before a new jury.
Roberson will remain in custody until the district attorney's office determines how to proceed.
Read more: http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/22535401/mistrial-in-death-of-20-month-old#ixzz2eKMkrrcb
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Re: TREY JENKINS - 21 months - / Arrested: Boyfriend - Alexander Roberson - Dallas, TX
by TexasMommy Sun Sep 08, 2013 7:20 pm
This is just outrageous!!! 
He probably had relatives on the jury. No justice here! I can't imagine who would want to hurt the sweet boy...the picture of him feeding his infant sister says it all.
He probably had relatives on the jury. No justice here! I can't imagine who would want to hurt the sweet boy...the picture of him feeding his infant sister says it all.
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Re: TREY JENKINS - 21 months - / Arrested: Boyfriend - Alexander Roberson - Dallas, TX
by twinkletoes Sun Sep 08, 2013 8:22 pm
It is outrageous. I just hope they try him again soon.
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Re: TREY JENKINS - 21 months - / Arrested: Boyfriend - Alexander Roberson - Dallas, TX
by twinkletoes Sun Sep 08, 2013 8:26 pm
But Trey’s mother, Precious Williams, who was at the grocery store when Trey was beaten, told jurors that she did not believe Roberson would hurt her son. She said Roberson, Aiyana’s biological father, loved Trey even though they weren’t related.
“I don’t feel like he would ever harm Trey,” she testified while being cross-examined by Roberson’s defense attorney, Bill Cox. She said that Roberson dropped out of school to care for Trey and kept him while she worked.
This woman knew this POS was abusing her baby. She allowed it to continue until he beat the little precious boy to death. Then she stoot up for the POS.
Trey was so badly beaten from behind, Kelly and fellow prosecutor Carmen White told jurors, that his kidneys “flew to the front of his body.” His adrenal glands were destroyed, his liver lacerated, his lungs collapsed and he had broken bones. The blow or blows caused feces to shoot “everywhere,” Kelly said.
I don't understand why these women aren't arrested also with the men who murder their babies. She at the very, very least is guilty of neglect.
Another POS mother. Another POS man. Another dead baby.
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Re: TREY JENKINS - 21 months - / Arrested: Boyfriend - Alexander Roberson - Dallas, TX
by TexasMommy Sun Sep 08, 2013 8:49 pm
"Another POS mother. Another POS man. Another dead baby."
I was hoping you would say that, twinkletoes... It's so sad, but so true.
I was hoping you would say that, twinkletoes... It's so sad, but so true.
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Re: TREY JENKINS - 21 months - / Arrested: Boyfriend - Alexander Roberson - Dallas, TX
by twinkletoes Mon Sep 09, 2013 12:07 am
TexasMom, you are doing a great job. Keep it up.
Thank you so much.
Thank you so much.
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Re: TREY JENKINS - 21 months - / Arrested: Boyfriend - Alexander Roberson - Dallas, TX
by TexasMommy Fri Oct 04, 2013 4:22 pm
Dallas man sentenced to life in prison in beating death of toddler
By Jennifer Emily
10:18 am on October 4, 2013
A Dallas County jury Thursday convicted a 19-year-old man of capital murder in the beating death of his girlfriend’s toddler.
State District Judge Robert Burns sentenced Alex Roberson to an automatic sentence of life without parole in the murder of 20-month of Trey Jenkins.
The injuries that killed Trey indicated he suffered a brutal beating in July 2012.
The boy was so badly beaten from behind that his kidneys moved to the front of his body and he suffered 13 broken ribs. His liver was lacerated, his adrenal glands were destroyed and his lungs collapsed, according to testimony.
Trey’s mother was at the store when paramedics were called to their Love Field-area home. Roberson told police that the boy became lifeless and got a bloody nose during a diaper change.
Roberson changed his story about what happened during two interviews. One interview was recorded on audiotape. The second was captured on video.
A mistrial was declared in a previous trial in June when jurors could not reach a unanimous verdict. Jurors at that trial voted to 10-2 in favor of guilt.
http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2013/10/dallas-man-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-in-beating-death-of-toddler.html/
By Jennifer Emily
10:18 am on October 4, 2013
A Dallas County jury Thursday convicted a 19-year-old man of capital murder in the beating death of his girlfriend’s toddler.
State District Judge Robert Burns sentenced Alex Roberson to an automatic sentence of life without parole in the murder of 20-month of Trey Jenkins.
The injuries that killed Trey indicated he suffered a brutal beating in July 2012.
The boy was so badly beaten from behind that his kidneys moved to the front of his body and he suffered 13 broken ribs. His liver was lacerated, his adrenal glands were destroyed and his lungs collapsed, according to testimony.
Trey’s mother was at the store when paramedics were called to their Love Field-area home. Roberson told police that the boy became lifeless and got a bloody nose during a diaper change.
Roberson changed his story about what happened during two interviews. One interview was recorded on audiotape. The second was captured on video.
A mistrial was declared in a previous trial in June when jurors could not reach a unanimous verdict. Jurors at that trial voted to 10-2 in favor of guilt.
http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2013/10/dallas-man-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-in-beating-death-of-toddler.html/
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Re: TREY JENKINS - 21 months - / Arrested: Boyfriend - Alexander Roberson - Dallas, TX
by twinkletoes Fri Oct 04, 2013 6:13 pm
So, this monster POS gets to live. Poor Trey didn't have that chance.
It is outrageous that this POS mother skates by with no punishment. She is just as guilty IMO, as her lover.
It is outrageous that this POS mother skates by with no punishment. She is just as guilty IMO, as her lover.
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