A Maryland woman allegedly admitted to fatally beating her 3-year-old daughter on Monday, then lying about her being abducted.
A woman named Darrian Randle, aged 31, confessed to hitting Nola Dinkins with a belt multiple times until she stopped breathing. Instead of getting help for the girl, Randle contacted her boyfriend, Cedrick Britten, aged 44, and together they drove around with Dinkins’ body before returning home.
Legal papers revealed that Randle and Britten then placed Dinkins’ body in a suitcase left on the basement stairs overnight. Eventually, Britten disposed of the suitcase with Dinkins’ body at a park in Perryville.
Randle contacted the police in New Castle, Delaware, on a Tuesday, alleging that Dinkins had been taken at gunpoint. An AMBER Alert was issued following Randle’s report, but Britten later informed authorities that Dinkins had departed the residence with her mother. Surveillence footage, however, contradicted this claim as it showed Randle leaving the house alone.
Officers noted that the home reeked of bleach — and a search of Britten’s car uncovered a child’s blanket with a reddish smear resembling blood, WBAL reported.
According to court documents, Randle ultimately admitted to officers that she lied about her daughter being abducted. On Wednesday, Britten reportedly drew a map of the Maryland park where he allegedly dumped the toddler’s remains. A body was recovered from the park the following day.
Randle was charged with first- and second-degree murder, and first-degree child abuse resulting in death of a minor under 13. Britten was charged as an accessory to first- and second-degree murder. Randle is awaiting extradition to Maryland.
[Feature Photo: New Castle police]
