An Edgecomb man accused of beating a young girl to death has been found guilty, state officials said.
Tyler Witham-Jordan was charged with murder in connection with the death of 3-year-old Makinzlee Handrahan on Dec. 25, 2022.
Witham-Jordan was the boyfriend of Makinzlee’s mother.
Prosecutors said Witham-Jordan was experiencing opioid withdrawal on that Christmas morning and was mad at his girlfriend’s children, WMTW-TV reports.
Cops used DNA evidence found inside the upper waistband of the girl’s bloody diaper and under her fingernails.
There was also a broken hairbrush with large clumps of Makinzlee’s hair stuck in the bristles, authorities said.
Witham-Jordan was arrested on Oct. 6, 2023, and charged with depraved indifference murder.
The defense blamed the girl’s mother for the murder, denying there was evidence incriminating Witham-Jordan.
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