Dakota Valkyrie
December 20th, 2008, 11:29 PM
http://i40.tinypic.com/2rc67oi.jpgTwo year old Jennifer Yang died Monday after police say she suffered severe head trauma.
Mai Lee has spent the past two years trying to make it as a single mother. She was at work when her two year old was critically hurt. The circumstances are making the loss even more difficult to come to terms with.
The two year old died after she was seriously injured in a Clovis apartment while in the care of two teenage boys. The child's mother was at work and did not know her adult babysitter left the kids with someone else.
"I am mad, I am heartbroken, to see the fact that they are getting away and that my child is gone," said Mai Lee.
The 13 year old being questioned for the toddler's death said the injuries were an accident ... But Lee says her daughter's death was no mistake.
"That I truly don't believe because if it was an accident my child's head would not be split open so for him to say it was an accident is wrong," said Mai Lee.
Lee says her older daughter witnessed the incident and told her the suspect hit her toddler once then put her in a chair and hit her again. The second time her head collided with the back of the chair.
Clovis police are still investigating the death. They expect criminal charges to be filed in the case.http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?id=6565380
A 13 year old Clovis teenager is under investigation after a two year old girl died in his care. Jennifer yang was injured last Thursday and was declared brain dead a day later.
"I don't mean it but it was an accident and I push her and hurt her head."
Through an interpreter, the teenager accused of fatally injuring a two year old explains what happened.
"Jennifer was crying, following me and I told her to leave me alone because I'm playing a game and she kept following me and I sort of like push her and hurt herself."
Clovis police say the case is still weeks from being finished. It's been compounded by a language barrier, since the suspect is a Hmong refugee.
According to neighbors the child's mother was at work when her youngest child was injured. She left her three kids in the care of adult neighbors.
The adults left the apartment to check on a sick relative. The children were left in the care of their teenage sons.
The 13 year old says he's scared and doesn't know what to think about what's happened.
The child's mother is devastated by the loss. Family friends say she has been working two jobs to support her family since her husband was sent to prison for domestic violence. She's spent the day trying to come up with enough money to bury her daughter.http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?id=6563508
Mai Lee has spent the past two years trying to make it as a single mother. She was at work when her two year old was critically hurt. The circumstances are making the loss even more difficult to come to terms with.
The two year old died after she was seriously injured in a Clovis apartment while in the care of two teenage boys. The child's mother was at work and did not know her adult babysitter left the kids with someone else.
"I am mad, I am heartbroken, to see the fact that they are getting away and that my child is gone," said Mai Lee.
The 13 year old being questioned for the toddler's death said the injuries were an accident ... But Lee says her daughter's death was no mistake.
"That I truly don't believe because if it was an accident my child's head would not be split open so for him to say it was an accident is wrong," said Mai Lee.
Lee says her older daughter witnessed the incident and told her the suspect hit her toddler once then put her in a chair and hit her again. The second time her head collided with the back of the chair.
Clovis police are still investigating the death. They expect criminal charges to be filed in the case.http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?id=6565380
A 13 year old Clovis teenager is under investigation after a two year old girl died in his care. Jennifer yang was injured last Thursday and was declared brain dead a day later.
"I don't mean it but it was an accident and I push her and hurt her head."
Through an interpreter, the teenager accused of fatally injuring a two year old explains what happened.
"Jennifer was crying, following me and I told her to leave me alone because I'm playing a game and she kept following me and I sort of like push her and hurt herself."
Clovis police say the case is still weeks from being finished. It's been compounded by a language barrier, since the suspect is a Hmong refugee.
According to neighbors the child's mother was at work when her youngest child was injured. She left her three kids in the care of adult neighbors.
The adults left the apartment to check on a sick relative. The children were left in the care of their teenage sons.
The 13 year old says he's scared and doesn't know what to think about what's happened.
The child's mother is devastated by the loss. Family friends say she has been working two jobs to support her family since her husband was sent to prison for domestic violence. She's spent the day trying to come up with enough money to bury her daughter.http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?id=6563508