Gordon Dugger III Killed Lily
November 3, 2008 by Jaded

Lakeland, FL–Gordon Finley Dugger III, 24, was a friend of Steven and April Edwards. The Edwards’ trusted Dugger enough to let him live in their home, he’d been living there since July. They trusted him enough to care for their 15-month-old daughter Lilylily
. He had sat for her on numerous occasions and managed to do so without harming the child. So Friday evening, Steven and April had no problem leaving him in charge of Lily while they went out for the evening. Something bad happened, breaking the Edwards’ trust and their baby.
Lily’s parents left their home at about 7 p.m. FridayFriday reviews
evening. They were still gone at 1:30 a.m. when Lily awoke, crying and fussy. Like any good babysitter, Dugger tried many different techniques to calm the baby. He rocked her. He bounced her on his knee. He tossed her about 5 1/2 feet into the air and allowed her to land on the back of her head. Unconsciousness calms them, every time.
Well, he got what he wanted and she was finally quiet. But now he wanted her to wake up. He put his less than admirable CPR skills to work. To revive her, he thought it would be a good idea to shake her around a bit. Aggressively. When that didn’t work, he thought maybe smacking her in the head would bring her around. So he hit her in the back of the head, about 10 times. Each blow to her already injured head landed harder and harder. That technique failed miserably as well. He finally put in a call to 911.
Lily was taken to Lakeland Regional Medical center and pronounced dead at 2:45 a.m. It was determined that she died from blunt force trauma to the head and the death was declared a homicide. Dugger was arrested and booked into Polk County Jail Friday night. Bond amount is not available. Dugger is being charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child, a felony.
Let’s hope this baby killing monster never again has a taste of freedom. RIPRIP reviews
little Lily.





















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