HARRIS COUNTY, Texas – The mother of the 2-year-old girl allegedly killed at the hands of her own father is speaking out. She recalled the moment her child’s father face-timed her while he was hurting the child.
“Her face was just covered in blood. He hit her with something really hard, and then he called me on Facetime, and he showed me. He choked her on Facetime. I said, ‘Tray stop, that is your daughter, stop, she loves you.’ His exact words were you only love that man, you did this to her,” Kairsten Watson, mother of 2-year-old Zevaya Marie explained.
Around 10 a.m. Monday, police say 25-year-old Deontray Flanagan stormed into Walmart in North Harris County after taking his daughter from daycare. Officers say he threatened to harm her if the child’s mother didn’t do what she was told.
“He just wanted my phone. He’s screaming at me telling me what is the passcode, tell me the passcode, or she’s going to get hurt; and I’m telling him the passcode over and over, but I guess it just wasn’t enough,” Watson said.
After he got the phone and passcode, he took off with Zevaya still in hand. Police say Flanagan took deputies on a 30-mile chase, hitting cars, and driving the wrong way. The car eventually came to a stop on Steubner Airline Drive near Veterans Memorial Drive, where officers took Flanagan into custody.
He was uninjured, but little Zevaya required CPR until LifeFlight arrived. She later died at the hospital.
