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Police: Father Beat 2 Year-Old Daughter to Death over Potty Training

Booking Photo: D’Andre Blake
(Booking Photo: D’Andre Blake)

MEMPHIS, TN – Police say a 2 year-old girl was beaten to death by her father over a potty training issue.

According to Major Joe Scott with the Memphis Police Department, officers were called to the 1200 block of Turkey Run around 6:19 p.m., July 28, 2008, about a child in distress.  Scott says when the officers arrived on the scene the child had already been taken to Le Bonhuer Children’s Medical Center, where she died.

During the investigation, detectives discovered that 20 year-old D’Andre Blake, the child’s father, had hit the 2 year-old girl several times over a potty training issue.  Police say the child died from injures sustained from blunt force trauma.

Blake was arrested on the scene and has been charged with First Degree Murder in Perpetration of an Aggravated Child Abuse. 

Police say, at the time of this arrest, Blake was out on a $20,000 bond for a Second Degree Murder charge for an incident that happened in February of 2006.

Published Wednesday, July 30, 2008 11:24 AM by smyers

Comments

 

berryblue said:

What wrong with people today? Every time I hear the news it's more and more childern being killed by the people who are supposed to be the one's taking care of them. It just makes me sick...
July 30, 2008 12:41 PM
 

peacemaker said:

Death by lethal injection....would be too kind for this monster! Why was he "out on bond", with a 2nd degree MURDER CHARGE pending!? That judge should be "dethroned".  He took the life of an innocent, totally defenseless toddler. He should not be allowed to "bond out" ever again, for any reason. He may have been a male parent, but in no way did he ever resemble....a father!
July 30, 2008 7:12 PM
 

talkischeep said:

IS THERE  PUNISHMENT FOR CHILD KILLERS IN PRISON THAT IS RUMORED TO BE  HANDED DOWN BY THE INMATES? I HOPE ITS AS BRUTAL AS I CAN IMAGINE IT. I HATE TO SOUND LIKE AN EVIL PERSON BUT THERE IS NO JUSTICE FOR A  BELLY CRAWLING PIECE OF SCUM LIKE THIS GUY.
July 30, 2008 8:47 PM
 

mrsvonn said:

I truly agree with all of you. Not only should he be punished but the mom does to. She watched him as he was killing that defenseless child. "Off with there heads" for the both of them. How can a mother sit there and allow him to beat her like that? He shouldn't have been around her anyway with all ready facing 2nd degree murder. A killer has no conscious. It doesn't matter who they hurt. Charge them both. The mom and that piece of crap.
July 31, 2008 9:22 AM
 

wannabe2 said:

when i first read this article, i was disgusted by what he had done, i am a mother of two and i just dont understand how people could hurt their children and in most case it turns out to be their own chidren, i hope he gets the death pentaly for what he has done my heart and prayers goes out to the mother of the child and her family...i truly hope that this mother didnt seat back and let this so call person do that to her child if so she should get what he deserves...
August 1, 2008 12:31 PM
 

wannabe2 said:

when i first read this article, i was disgusted by what he had done, i am a mother of two and i just dont understand how people could hurt their children and in most case it turns out to be their own chidren, i hope he gets the death pentaly for what he has done my heart and prayers goes out to the mother of the child and her family...i truly hope that this mother didnt seat back and let this so call person do that to her child if so she should get what he deserves...
August 1, 2008 12:33 PM
 

StarChild said:

August 4, 2008 12:33 PM
 

unsubscribe00 said:

I'm sorry, starchild, but your post is about as ignorant as the topic.
Why do black people keep using slavery as the reason for their situation? Slavery was abolished over 140 years ago. The last slave died in 1979 and was reportedly 137 yrs old. So unless your 166 years old, you have no idea what being a slave truely was like.
Stop using slavery as your crutch. I wish there was a 12 step program for that disability, because that is what it is.
YOU make your life what it is. YOU have the control of your destiny. No one owns you, you can go any where in this country today.
Also, unless your mentally challenged, you should pretty much so know the difference between right and wrong by the age of 8, irregardless whether that means beating someone to death, rape, doing drugs, dropping out of school, etc.
So, you really have no excuse and it is really lame when people try to use slavery as what is holding them back. Just tell the truth and say your just too lazy to attempt to succeed. I'd have a lot more respect for you.

PEACE!
August 5, 2008 9:33 PM
 

jazzlet said:

Take away the toliet.  Let him urine on himself and then whack his grown tail
August 7, 2008 1:08 PM
 

tc200t said:

It sickens me to hear when children, as innocent as they are, have to suffer due to another person's ingnorance. I am a first time father and I know it can and will be frustrating due all because I am a young parent. But with love and proper education on parenthood, I know my child is going to be taken care of and loved. With that point we have all got to be more proactive in educating and helping young parents today, so that tragedies such as this can be prevented, by any means I am not saying what he did was wrong and should not be punished. That little girl definately deserves justice, but we got to reclaim the philosphy, "It takes a village to raise a child".
August 7, 2008 4:42 PM
 

nvrplyn said:

That was a pretty lame post from starchild. Unless that was happening today, I don't see how it is applicable. I have to agree, mostly, with unsubscribe00. Also, didn't that era of disco and "superfly" and all that help to usher in the fatherless child era. Didn't a lot of that music put sleeping with as many women as possible on a pedestal? Anyway, I agree that at this point in time, no one is to blame for anyone else's inability to succeed. I was a product of a poor black area, but I didn't let that stop me from becoming something, like a proud, married, hard-working father of two. There is no excuse. If people don't become something, it's their own fault. The reason the black community has so many fathers like this loser, is that they don't stop it. They idolize it. Womanizers and drug dealers are "cool" in those areas. Do you think a father in a tribe in Africa that killed his own kid or another child would be allowed to live? They had their way of dealing with them. Tribal Africans had much more respect for life than the "african-americans" that act like this do today. Until these thugs aren't glorified in the black community, there will continue to be senseless killings of innocent children  and adults.
August 15, 2008 1:45 PM
 

truly blessed said:

Too Mrs.Vonn i agree with what you say about the father. Im a neighbor of them. It was misreported but the mother was not there at the time of the tragedy. She came home from a long day at work to find her child reported dead. So don't fault the mother for that sick creature action. Not only was the child a victim of the abuse but she was also. My neighbor was a heavily ectasy pill taker which also influences his nasty behavior. He need to be punished to the fullest, but lets not through the blame on the mother only thng she did was go to work to help her kids and herself survive. But god will give everyone what they deserve in this horrible crime.
August 22, 2008 12:29 PM
 

Static said:

   
StarChild and unsubscribe00

As a Black Man I found your post utterly useless, even if Whites feel that we should forget slavery as if the Jewish should forget the Holocaust.

This murdering piece of filth should get the death penalty his very own actions toward human life is apparent in the lost of the first life and far as the Mother leaving the child with a killer you carry just as much the blame.

You never leave a fox in the hen house.  When this murdering scum sucking dog is put to death a small part of the world will be better off.

August 24, 2008 5:37 PM
 

nvrplyn said:

Static---I totally agree with you except for one point. Before I get to that, though, the question should be asked, Why was she with some lazy, good for nothing, bum that just sat at home while she went to work? If she really wanted better, how did he fit in to that?
   Now, on to my disagreement. I hear people use the same line about "no one tells the Jews to get over the Holocaust". My question for those that use that is, When was the last time you heard a Jew use that as an excuse for their unfair treatment? I know I haven't heard it in a long time. Not to mention the fact that their mis-treatment was only about 60 years ago. The Jews haven't even had as much time to "get over it". Yes I know the Civil Rights movement wasn't too long ago, but we're talking about the main "excuse" right?
  However, as far as your point goes, I agree with the rest. Kill him. He's not much of a man or a human being anyway.
August 26, 2008 12:30 AM
 

unsubscribe00 said:

what about what the US government did the the American Indians that were here WAY before any of us even stepped foot onto the north american continent?
Was what was done to them, for being behind the times in battle gear, right?
Do you hear American Indians running around, appearing on TV, etc, talking about the holucaust that was inflicted upon them?
I don't. Do you see articles in magazines that depict their tragedy? NO, I've not.
August 27, 2008 2:27 PM
 

myersbraden said:

This is one reason I believe in the death penalty,,fry this gutter maggot..!!!!
August 28, 2008 8:33 PM
 

keyiona1 said:

This character should really be ashamed of himself. They are going to get his *** and make him go 2 the f****** potty. Selfish ***! She didn't mean any harm and she would of went eventually. My heart goes out to this baby's mother. How could he kill his own baby girl or any child for that matter. They should give his *** the dealth penalty. Yes, myersbraden I have to agree with u on this one. I will keep all who cared about this child in my prayers.
December 16, 2008 2:11 PM
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