A Florida man was arrested in New Jersey final week within the deadly capturing of a girl and demise of her child, who was trapped in a scorching automotive together with her mom’s physique, authorities stated.
Doujon Griffiths, 23, had been wished since September 2021 within the deaths of 20-year-old Massania Malcolm and her 1-year-old daughter, Jordania Reid. Griffiths can be dealing with tried homicide fees within the capturing of Jordane Reid, recognized by investigators as Malcolm’s boyfriend and Jordania’s father.
Orange County Sheriff’s Workplace
The shootings befell exterior Malcolm’s Orlando house constructing on Sept. 7, 2021, Orange County Sheriff’s Workplace detectives stated in arrest warrants obtained by JHB.
Jordane Reid was hospitalized and has since recovered. Malcolm and Jordania’s our bodies had been found on Sept. 9 in Reid’s automotive, Sheriff John Mina stated in a Sept. 10 information convention.
“It’s disgusting,” Mina stated on the time. “It’s really an evil particular person, and whoever did that should pay for these crimes.”
Griffiths had been residing with Malcolm and Reid, a longtime buddy, at her Orlando house within the month main as much as the shootings, sheriff’s detectives stated in arrest warrants issued in September. Malcolm was upset that Griffiths wasn’t contributing to hire or different family bills throughout his keep, Reid later advised investigators, and on Sept. 7 stated she wished him to go away. Reid agreed to drive Griffiths to a Greyhound bus station and purchase him a ticket. Malcolm joined them, sitting within the entrance passenger seat with the couple’s child in her lap.
Griffiths was sitting within the rear passenger seat, Reid stated, and shot at him earlier than he began backing out of the car parking zone, in keeping with the warrants. When the daddy jumped out of the automotive and tried to run away, Griffiths received out and continued to fireside a pistol at him, Reid stated. Investigators later decided that Griffiths fled within the automotive with the others nonetheless inside.
Investigators consider that Griffiths shot and killed Malcolm contained in the automobile, drove to a special car parking zone and walked away, leaving her physique and the infant there.
A medical expert decided that Malcolm had died from a gunshot wound to the face, neck and hand, and dominated her demise a murder. Jordania had no noticeable accidents and is believed to have died from warmth exhaustion.
After the shootings, a neighbor heard Reid requesting assist and referred to as 911. Orange County sheriff’s deputies stated that Reid, who was mendacity behind a bush with a number of gunshot wounds, tried to inform them what had occurred however couldn’t converse. On Sept. 9, Reid, who had undergone surgical procedure and was intubated, managed to put in writing Griffiths’ identify and nodded when requested if Malcolm had additionally been shot.
After confirming that Malcolm was not at her house, investigators had been capable of find Reid’s automotive, a Volkswagen Jetta belonging to his mom, utilizing GPS know-how. Contained in the automotive, which was parked in so much about 1 mile away from Malcolm’s house advanced, investigators discovered her physique within the passenger seat and the infant’s physique on the motive force’s aspect floorboard.
The automotive’s air-con “was within the off place” when the automobile was discovered, investigators stated.
“[Griffiths] left Jordania Reid contained in the closed automobile with out help, with none air-con or meals,” realizing that the infant had no solution to escape, a sheriff’s detective wrote in an arrest affidavit.
Law enforcement officials in Linden, New Jersey, arrested Griffiths on the excellent homicide warrants after a site visitors cease final week, the Orange County Sheriff’s Workplace introduced on social media, including that he can be extradited to Orange County.
The sheriff’s workplace presently doesn’t have a time-frame for when extradition will happen, a spokesperson advised JHB. JHB reached out to the Linden Police Division and the State Legal professional’s Workplace serving Orange County however didn’t instantly obtain a response.
It was unclear whether or not Griffiths had retained an lawyer.