Dad’s sick excuse for toddler’s death after ‘beating and strangling her on Facetime and forcing her mom to watch’

A MAN who FaceTimed his girlfriend while he beat and strangled their toddler daughter has been found guilty of her horrific murder.

During a 45-minute police pursuit, Deontray Flanagan took the life of his two-year-old daughter, Zevaya Flanagan, inside his car while the child’s mother and grandfather desperately pleaded for her safety over the phone.

Smiling toddler girl wearing a Pink Floyd shirt and pink shoes.
Zenaya Flanagan, 2, who was murdered by her dadCredit: KHOU
Mugshot of Deontray Flanagan.
Deontray Flanagan, who was found guilty of murdering his two-year-old daughterCredit: Harris County Sheriff’s Office

Flanagan, who had picked up Zevaya from daycare in Houston, Texas, in March 2023, cruelly forced the toddler’s mother, Kairsten Watson, to witness the tragic event via FaceTime.

While driving recklessly and strangling the child, Flanagan ignored the pleas of Watson and her father to stop the car, resulting in Zevaya being fatally thrown around the vehicle due to not being secured in a seatbelt.

Flanagan was upset with Watson and wanted to punish her because he thought she was dating another man after breaking up with him, according to court records obtained by CBS affiliate KHOU.

“All I was trying to do was provide for my daughter and like move on, and I guess he just didn’t want that,” Watson told the outlet in 2023.

Watson, who remembered her daughter as a bubbly toddler, was haunted by her daughter’s final moments, which she recalled seeing to ABC affiliate KTRK-TV in 2023.

“She was on his lap, and she was gasping for air, and he had his arm around her neck squeezing tighter,” Watson told the outlet at the time.

“He said, ‘This is what you made me do. All you care about is that man.'”

Watson said she responded, “‘No. Stop, please. This is your daughter. She loves you,'” but he continued to hurt the little girl.

After a 30-mile chase, Flanagan crashed into other cars and stopped in a field, leading to a SWAT standoff.

The toddler was then taken to a local hospital where she died.

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Prosecutors said the injuries Zevaya suffered while being flung around the car during the police chase led to her death.

Screenshots from the nightmare FaceTime video showed Zevaya’s injuries, prosecutors said.

Curtis Watson, the girl’s grandpa, said in court that he and Kairsten tried to reason with Flanagan over the call while he beat the girl.

“But then he showed me the lifeless corpse of my granddaughter,” Curtis said, according to KHOU.

[Deontray Flanagan] said, ‘This is what you made me do. All you care about is that man.'”

Kairsten WatsonKTRK-TV

“I wouldn’t wish that on anyone.

“To have to go through that type of anguish and pain.”

FOUND GUILTY

Flanagan was found guilty of capital murder nearly two years after killing Zevaya.

Last week, the jury saw a video of Watson screaming and pleading with Flanagan to stop hurting Zevaya during the police chase.

“He’s killed her, he’s killing her,” Watson reportedly cried during the heartbreaking video.

Curtis addressed Flanagan directly in court with a message about his granddaughter.

“You may have taken her last breath, but you cannot kill her spirit, her memory, or her name,” Curtis said.

Flanagan has yet to be sentenced.

Mother and sister of a murdered toddler speak to reporters.
Kairsten Watson telling Fox affiliate KRIV about her daughter’s final momentsCredit: Fox 26
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