JADAJAI WRIGHT - 14 Months (2010) - Louisburg/Wake Forest NC

A Louisburg man frantically called 911 for help last week, saying his 14-month-old daughter wasn't moving while he was with her at a Wake Forest house."My baby, she's breathing, but she won't say nothing," Johnathan Blake Perry told the dispatcher in the Dec. 7 call, which was released Tuesday. "Her eyes are like she's dead."Perry screamed in anguish as he tried to revive the toddler, Jadajai Wright, and he yelled impatiently at the dispatcher, who tried to instruct him on performing CPR."What am I supposed to do?" he asked as he interrupted the dispatcher. "Don't keep telling me stuff. Hurry up (and send help).""She's just laying there like she's broke or something," he said as he performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. "She's trying to breathe. She just won't open her eyes."Man, what's wrong with my baby," he said, crying.Paramedics took the toddler to WakeMed, and she was then flown to UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, where she was pronounced dead.Perry, 23, of 330 Hazelwood Circle, is charged with murder and intentional child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury. He is being held without bond in the Wake County jail.According to an affidavit in an application for a warrant to search the house at 522 N. Allen Road, Perry told the chaplain at UNC Hospitals that he gave his daughter a bottle as she sat on the couch and then went to the bathroom. When he returned about 10 minutes later, Jadajai was unresponsive, and when he picked her up, he thought he heard her neck snap, the affidavit states.Court documents state that Jadajai had brain swelling, a hemorrhage in her eyes, a bruised lung and possibly a broken leg. WakeMed officials called law enforcement authorities because they suspected abuse in the case.

A Wake Forest toddler, whose father is accused of killing her, died
of a "non-accidental" head injury, according to autopsy results released
Friday.Authorities say that 14-month-old JaDajia A'Veyonce
Wright died at UNC Hospitals on Dec. 7, 2010, after her father called
911 from a Wake Forest home, saying she wasn't moving.The father,
Johnathan Blake Perry, 23, of 330 Hazelwood Circle in Louisburg, was
charged with murder and intentional child abuse resulting in serious
bodily injury. He is being held without bond.An autopsy by the
state chief medical examiner found that JaDajia had significant brain
swelling, along with hemorrhaging in her brain, eyes and chest. She also
had bruises on her face, legs and lower lip and a superficial vaginal
abrasion.The head injuries were listed as the cause of death.A
search warrant states that Perry told a chaplain at UNC Hospitals that
he gave his daughter a bottle as she sat on the couch and then went to
the bathroom. When he returned about 10 minutes later, JaDajia was
unresponsive, and when he picked her up, he thought he heard her neck
snap, the affidavit states.Perry is heard in the 911 call trying to revive the toddler as instructed by emergency dispatchers.The
girl was taken to WakeMed, then flown to UNC Hospitals. WakeMed
officials called law enforcement because they suspected abuse.
http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/9374983/

Posted: June , 2012

Wake Forest man gets life in prison for daughter's death

Raleigh, N.C. — A
Wake Forest man was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without parole
after being convicted of killing his 14-month-old daughter in December
2010.
A jury found Jonathan Blake Perry, 25, guilty of first-degree murder and felony child abuse.
Police
and paramedics responding to a 911 call on Dec. 8, 2010, found Perry
alone with his daughter, Jadajai Wright, who had no pulse. The toddler
was airlifted to UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, where she was pronounced
dead.
Jadajai had swelling on the brain, extensive bleeding in her eyes and a bruised lung, authorities said.
Before
he was sentenced, Perry spoke briefly to his girlfriend and her family,
asking God "to give the Wright family strength" through difficult
times.
http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/11172550/