The Misery Machine - The Case of Darnell Taylor

Starting point is 00:00:00 Darnell Quinzel Taylor was born on January 18th, 2019 in Columbus, Ohio, to parents Letitia Taylor in Quinzel King. Darnell had black hair and sparkling brown eyes. He was loving, funny, and very adorable. He had a big smile and an infectious laugh that fit his mischievous personality. At five years old, he liked playing tricks, being outside, running around, riding his Spider-Man motorcycle, and playing with his brother, sister, and cousin. His favorite shows were PJ masks, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, and especially Paw Patrol. He would yell out, Paw Patrol to the rescue, and his excitement for the TV show. We don't know much about Darnell's early life, but it seems like all was not well at home. March 25th, 2022, when Darnell was about three years old, a neighbor called 911 with a troubling report.

Starting point is 00:00:54 According to the neighbor, a toddler was strapped into a stroller outside the 100 block of Buffalo Court, where Darnell's family lived in Columbus. The caller stated that the little boy had been left outside alone for over an hour calling for his mother. Historical weather data shows temperatures on that day were below 50 degrees. Lees responded as well as a child services caseworker. According to the caseworker's report, Darnell's mother, Letitia, said that she left the child outside

Starting point is 00:01:23 to punish him for calling her a bad name. She said he had only been out there for five minutes, contrary to what the neighborhood reported. However, she also made concerning remarks to the police, including mentions of previous physical mistreatment, though it is unclear who may have committed these acts. According to the report, she kept repeating she wanted her son to die. She was hoping he would be kidnapped, and that is why she left him outside in the stroller. Darnell was taken to the Franklin County Child Services, and his mother was taken to Grant Medical Center after she made remarks to the officers that led them to believe that she was a danger to herself

Starting point is 00:02:01 and others. Batisha was not charged with a crime for this incident. Details have not been released about what happened to Darnell immediately afterwards. Sometime between March of 2022 and May of 2023, Darnell's paternal grandparents, Tawanda and Anthony Baines, began taking care of him. Despite their love for their grandson and his bubbly personality, taking care of a toddler proved to be too much. much for them. So, they began looking for an alternate home for Darnell. According to Anthony,

Starting point is 00:02:33 Darnel's kind of rough. We couldn't handle him. I hate to say we couldn't handle him, but we didn't want him in the system. Tawanda and Anthony turned to a close family friend named Pammy May. She was about 47 years old, but the family had known her since she was five. She and her husband took custody of Darnell in May of 2023 and gained legal custodianship in the next couple of months. He continued to live with Pam and her husband at their home on Reeb Avenue in Columbus. Unfortunately, giving Pammy custody of Darnell turned out to have dire consequences. On Wednesday, February 14th, 2024, police issued an amber alert for five-year-old Darnell. Pammy's husband had called 911 at 303 a.m. to report that his wife had woken him up

Starting point is 00:03:22 and made statements that made him believe that Darnell could be hurt. In the night, he's husband, 911 recording, Pammy can be heard screaming in the background. She had apparently put her hand over her husband's mouth to try to prevent him from telling police what happened. Call was muffled and very hard to understand, but the caller was able to say that his wife just woke him up to tell him that she killed their foster child. While on the phone, he said that she was running out of the house and taking his gray Jeep Cherokee. The dispatcher asked if Pammy had said how she did it, And he responded, no, she just woke me up and said, he's not here no more. I asked, what did you do to him?

Starting point is 00:04:02 And she said he's not alive. He said that when he tried to grab the phone to call 911, she started fighting him. He also said that she told him she had a plan, and that's when he told her he was not going to go to jail for her. The dispatcher asked, when was the last time he had seen Darnell? And he said it was earlier that morning before he left for work at 10 a.m. Got home at around 10.30 p.m. but didn't check out Darnell, because he doesn't normally do so when he gets home from work. He took a shower and went right to bed as usual.

Starting point is 00:04:31 Dispatcher asked if Pammy had any medical conditions, and he replied that his wife had depression and bipolar disorder, but I've been fine since taking medication. He agreed that this was completely out of character for Pammy. No. 905. 9.05 read out of me. She just told me to kill us.

Starting point is 00:04:58 Okay. She just told me she killed her. Where is your house? I just took out there with his bedroom. She is not here. Okay. What's his name? She's running out to house now.

Starting point is 00:05:16 She's five. And is she white, black or Hispanic? She's black. She's taken my car, and she's running out the house now. Okay. What's your name? Tammy May. P-A-M-M-Y.

Starting point is 00:05:31 Okay, what's going to be a point now? It's gray, um, G-Carratee. The license is G-I-G-I-G-E-D with, um, I'm sorry, J-I-E-E-D look like, two eyes to look like the Roman or Coup. She's speed not in the drive right now. Okay, okay, hold on, sir. What's that tag again? What's that tag again?

Starting point is 00:06:01 J-I-G-G-V. And she said it towards Lock-B-O-N-R-N-R-E-M-N-R-E-M-A. Did she tell you how she did it or anything detailed? No, she just woke me up and said she's not here no more. I said, what would you do? What did you do from? She said he's not alive. And then when I tried to grab the phone to call you, she started fighting.

Starting point is 00:06:26 He got up to check his room because I didn't get out of Hort until 1030s, and I didn't see him tonight. I came straight home, took a shower, and went to bed. I didn't even check on them, because I usually don't when I get home because I won't ever sleep. And now she's saying, she just woke me up and just told me I got something serious to tell you, and I feel what. And that's what she told me. She's not here anymore. And is that a female or a male? I'm sorry. That's a little four. Okay. Yeah. Is there any other children in the home? No. She won't talk about something. She's got a plan. I'm not going to get it. for her.

Starting point is 00:07:02 Any diagnosed illnesses or anything that, or anything like that, you know of? She does have depression and bipolar disorder, but she has been taking medicine for it. She's been fine. She's been around. So this is completely out of character for her? Very much, yeah. She wakes me up. She wakes me up about 15 minutes ago and said, I got something.

Starting point is 00:07:33 I got something serious to tell you. I said, what? She said, you shut your phone off, shut your phone off. So I shut your phone off and I said, well, what happened? I said, well, what do you mean? Where did you go? Who is it in life? She was like, he's not alive anymore.

Starting point is 00:07:48 The local police arrived within five minutes and spoke to Pammy's husband, who repeated what he had told the 911 dispatcher. The police first searched the home in the 900 block of Reeb Avenue in Columbus, and then they notified Ohio State Highway Patrol in Franklin County Sheriff's Office. at 3.18 a.m. Dash cam footage from the initial responding officer shows that he actually passed the gray Jeep on the way to the scene, but since the Jeep didn't have a front license plate, it wasn't noticed. As officials continue to search the area on foot and with canines,

Starting point is 00:08:20 officials with a special investigation bureau were asked to investigate alongside officers at 3.40 a.m. The Columbus police decided to escalate the situation and asked the highway patrol to send out an Amber alert for Darnell. At 5.09 a.m., the alert was sent out to phones around the state. A second Amber Alert was sent out shortly before 6 a.m. when a license plate reader got a hit on the vehicle in the Cleveland area. The Amber Alert asked for the public to be on the lookout for a gray 2015 Jeep Cherokee with a license plate Jigs 2. Darnel was described as a black male age 5 with black hair and brown eyes and might have been wearing Spider-Man pajamas and white boots.

Starting point is 00:08:59 Pami was described as a black female age 48, 4 foot 9 inches tall, 115,000. pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a green floral nightgown in pink shoes. Shortly after the license plate hit, the gray Jeep was located at 5.50 a.m. at Parkview Estates located at 9-841 Memphis Avenue, which is an apartment complex in the suburb of Brooklyn, Ohio. Pammy and Darnell were nowhere to be found. A warrant was issued for Pammy's arrest for first-degree felony kidnapping and first-degree felony child endangerment. Local state and federal officials continue to search the area. Investigators were at the May residents all day and could be seen carrying evidence from the

Starting point is 00:09:45 house. Pammy's husband was cooperating fully with the investigation. At a press conference that afternoon, Columbus Police Chief Elaine Bryant was asked if they believe that Darnell was still alive. She said, you have no idea what we're dealing with right now. That's why we're asking for the public's assistant. assistance. Any information you can give us, we would greatly appreciate it. Based on this investigation, we are going to continue to fault every lead we have. We will continue to do so until we have located

Starting point is 00:10:14 Darnell and Pam. Darnell's grandparents, Tawanda and Anthony, who had previously been taking care of Darnell, spoke with the news the day after Darnell's abduction. They hadn't seen their grandson since July of 2023, not long after Pammy and her husband gained legal custody of him. Family said Pammy used to attend every birthday, cookout, and holiday, but stopped answering calls out of nowhere. Tawanda said they tried to contact Pammy with no luck, saying, we've been out there to their home, knocking on the front door, the side door, no answer. Going to Anthony, we thought maybe she was keeping him from us so he can be a part of their family first. But six months, that's a long time. Both Darnell's maternal and paternal grandparents had gone to court to give visitation for their grandson.

Starting point is 00:11:01 and St. Pamela had blocked their calls and they weren't able to get a hold of the couple to have regular visitation. Another court hearing had been scheduled for March 11. The family said that they were hoping and praying for a good outcome. Tawanda pled, Pammy, just bring him home. Come on back wherever you're at.

Starting point is 00:11:20 Tonight, Darnale's family is speaking for the first time about his disappearance and they spoke only to 10 TV's Carly Deion who's live in studio tonight with this story. And Carly, this interview quite emotional. It is Andrew and Yolanda. Tonight I spoke with Anthony and Tawanda Baines, who say they're the biological grandparents of Darnell and have been friends with Pammy May for many years. They shared with me what they would say to Pammy if they had the chance.

Starting point is 00:11:46 Just in disbelief right now. A family in shambles. Tammy, what you doing? A desperate plea from Darnell's biological grandparents just hoping to get their. grandson back. This is Dinell. You love him. Please bring him home. Anthony Baines says a friend called them early Wednesday morning saying there was an Amber alert for Darnel. I couldn't believe my ears. We didn't see this coming at all. Now Anthony and his wife, Tawanda, say they feel partially to blame. See, it's kind of our fault that Pammy got Darnel.

Starting point is 00:12:30 The couple says they used to take care of Darnell, but it got to be too much for them. Donnell's got a rough. We couldn't handle him. I hate to say we could handle him, but we didn't warn him in a system. So Anthony says they looked to their close friend who was like family, Pammy. Darnell's aunt, Quinitia King, says she's known Pammy since she was five years old. This is not like her at all, the person that I thought that I knew. King says her family hasn't seen Darnell since last July.

Starting point is 00:13:02 Not long after Pammy and her husband gained legal custody of him. The family says Pammy used to attend every birthday, cookout and holiday. But out of nowhere, she stopped answering their calls. We've been out there to their homes, knocking on the front door, the side door. No answer. We thought maybe she's keeping them from us so she can, he can be a part of their family. first but six months what that's a long time with very few answers to their questions their family is choosing to focus on the good like that infectious smile they know in love as you can see the

Starting point is 00:13:41 pictures he's something else their love for darnell on full display he has a bubbly personality he's always smiling always dancing we just wanted to see him spend time with him love on him continue to hope and pray for a positive outcome. Pammy, just bring them home. You guys come. Come on back wherever you wait. A little after 9.30 p.m. on Thursday, February 15th, Brooklyn police officers were called to an envelope manufacturing business

Starting point is 00:14:15 located at 4,500 Tiedeman Road for a report of a woman walking suspiciously. She wandered into the business wearing a tan overcoat in her nightgown. She wasn't wearing any shoes. She refused to give her name but asked workers at the business to call her husband. He couldn't be reached and the workers called 911 instead. During the call, the woman spoke on the phone to the dispatcher but continued to beg them to call Antoine and wouldn't give her name.

Starting point is 00:14:43 When police arrived, they found the woman distraught and crying. They immediately identified her as Pam E. May and she was transported to a nearby hospital for treatment. Okay. Okay. Hello. Hi, what's going on? Do you call my husband for me?

Starting point is 00:15:07 We're trying to get a hold of him, but can you tell me what's going on so we can let him know? He won't know. Please. I just want to call. Okay. What's your name? I need to talk to Angela, please. Please.

Starting point is 00:15:36 No, but I need to make sure we have the right person, so what's your name? Can you tell me what your first name is? Can you tell me what your first name is? Take a deep breath, we're getting help. Okay. What's your first name, ma'am? Are you hurt in any way? No, I'm not.

Starting point is 00:16:11 No, but... You're not hurt? No. You need an ambulance at all? No. I didn't need to talk to your husband. You just need to talk to your husband? Just tell him his wife.

Starting point is 00:16:27 I need to talk to Antoine. You need to talk to Antoine? Yes. What's his last name? His last name. His name. May. Me?

Starting point is 00:16:49 Okay. Antoine May. Do you think he's at home right now? Yes, he is. He is? Okay. All right, we're trying. We're getting you help, but stay on the phone with me, okay?

Starting point is 00:17:03 Okay. Okay. You're not hurt? No. You okay? Investigators interviewed Pammy at the hospital, and she revealed where they could locate Darnell. She told the police that she looked at the police.

Starting point is 00:17:27 left Darnell's body in a sewage drain in the 1,000 block of Marsdale Avenue in southwest Columbus. With this information, investigators located Little Darnell's body shortly after 1 a.m. on Friday. They could not reveal details about Darnell's cause of death because the case was now being considered a homicide investigation. Darnell's biological parents were informed that a body believed to be their child had been found. At 1.30 p.m. on Friday, family members identified the body as Darnell using post-mortem photos. The Amber Alert for Darnell was canceled. On Sunday, February 18th, Pammy was taken from the hospital and booked into the Cuyahoga

Starting point is 00:18:09 County Jail on charges of kidnapping and child endangerment. Authorities were in the process of getting her formally charged with homicide and extradited back to Columbus. We're here to give you an update regarding missing Darnell Taylor. We have reached a pill of appoint this investigation. We have some very unfortunate news to share. Early this morning, we recovered the fire who we believed to be are you okay.

Starting point is 00:18:37 This is a tragic development, and we certainly hoped for a different outcome. At this time, I'll share a brief timeline of events leading up to this discovery. Last night at 9.30.8 p.m., Brooklyn Police Department officers were dispatched to a business in the 4,000 block of Teethan Road a report of a woman walking suspiciously around the building.

Starting point is 00:19:00 The responding officers identified the woman as Pamy Mayan and took her into custody without incident. She was subsequently transported to a local hospital in the Cleveland area for medical treatment. Our investigators responded and interviewed Mrs. Maney at which time they developed information that Darnell's body may need a sewage train in the thousands of lock of Marsdale Avenue in Franklin County. Shortly after 1 a.m. this morning, we located a violent we believe to be that of down there. We will be in consultation with the prosecutor's office to add murder to Mrs. May charges and to begin the process of transporting her back to Franklin County. We want to thank our local state and federal partners. FBI, Brooklyn Police Department,

Starting point is 00:19:50 Lendale Police Department, Street World Police Department, Ohio State Patrol, the medical staff in Cleveland, U.S. Marshals, our teams, sworn and sydemeanor who worked higher school to try to bring justice to this case. Our local and national media partners were helping us spread awareness and gather information. And lastly, I'd like to thank the community for your continued support, your concern, and your concern, and your partnership. This is not the outcome that we want. We're going to make sure that we do everything that we can to bring justice for now. Pammy had no criminal record prior to Darnell's death. Previous October, her husband had called 911 to report that Pammy had not returned home for two hours later than planned.

Starting point is 00:20:43 Her phone went to voicemail and no other family members had made contact with her. After determining that she hadn't been involved in a traffic crash or other incident, and often was sent to their house to take a missing person's report. However, no report was actually made, so it seems that Pammy had made contact with her family and the case was dropped. There was no mention of Darnell during this incident. The police were called again two weeks later for a dispute over the neighbor's chickens, but again, no report was taken.

Starting point is 00:21:12 On three other occasions since 2021, the police responded to the address to accompany the fire department on unspecified medical issues. But otherwise, there was no police. involvement with the May family until Darnell's abduction. Darnell's maternal grandmother, Shanda McGee, said in an interview that she felt like the system failed her grandson. She said she repeatedly told the caseworker for Franklin County Children's Services about concerns that she had regarding Pammy and felt like grandparents' rights weren't being enforced. She said, as a caseworker, you should have stepped up, even if you had

Starting point is 00:21:48 to take law enforcement to the house and say you guys are not abiding by the grandparent. parents. She said what hurts most is that Darnell will never get to grow up and enjoy a full life, saying, that really broke my heart because it's like, first of all, why did you do that? Then you threw him out in the sewage like he was a piece of trash. The sewer drain where Pammy threw away Darnel soon became the site of a memorial. Neighbors and strangers began leaving toys, balloons, candles, and stuffed animals to remember the little boy. A neighbor who lived across the street from the sewage drain said of the memorial, as far as I'm concerned, that's going to stay there forever, as long as I live. On February 21st, Pammy was extradited back to Columbus into the Franklin

Starting point is 00:22:35 County Jail in charge with homicide. Now, according to court documents, Cammy had allegedly suffocated Darnell inside her home around 11 p.m. on February 13th, then later admitted to hiding his body in a sewer drain. During her arraignment, Hammy wore a beige jumpsuit but no emotion. She stared blankly ahead during the video hearing, which lasted only three minutes before a Franklin County court judge ordered a $4 million bonds. Darnel's abduction brought up some problems with the Amber Alert system in Ohio. Often when we tell these stories, we have cases where the information does not meet the Amber Alert criteria. In this case, however, all of the conditions were met. There was evidence that an abduction had taken place and that the child was

Starting point is 00:23:22 in danger. There was a description of the suspect and their vehicle. So an Amber Alert was sent out shortly after 5 a.m. However, the Ohio State Highway Patrol soon found out that not all phones in the area received the alert. Those that did get the initial alert got a default message with no useful information. The message said, and I quote, Amber Alert in this area until February 14th, 628 a.m. Eastern standard time, execute action, message from the state of Ohio. The text should have included details about the abduction with a description of the child, the suspect, and the vehicle. The glitch may have occurred because this was the first Amber Alert sent out since the Highway Patrol switched from a 90-character text limit to a 360 character text limit. Authorities found out about the glitch

Starting point is 00:24:10 after the first Amber Alert for Darnell went out shortly after 5 a.m. It took more than a half an hour for that error to get sent back at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for the Amber Alert to be resent. This time, the alert went out to Cuyahoga County and surrounding counties, but not Central Ohio phones. This was because Pambi's license plate had been picked up by an automated plate reader near the Cleveland area, more than a hundred miles from where Darnell had been taken. This glitch frustrated local authorities. Ohio State Highway Patrol Captain Ron Raines said it's critical that people receive an Amber Alert with the correct information. He said, we are looking at every step in that distribution process to find out where the issues are, issue, or issues.

Starting point is 00:24:52 They should have received information on the suspect, the vehicle, and the victim. For Captain Raines, this fault in the system felt personal. He said, we treat this as though it is our own child. I have a daughter myself. Most of our staff have kids. So as far as from a public safety perspective, we try to do everything that we can to make sure that the information is out there as quickly as possible. On Saturday, February 24th, twin brothers Devon and Tavon Woods, who grew up in the foster care system, walked a mile in Columbus to honor Darnell. The two were originally from South Carolina and went 17 years without knowing who their parents were.

Starting point is 00:25:32 They walk for Darnell because when something like this tragedy occurs, it's important to show up. Devon said, my question to the world is, you know, when is it going to, when is it going to, when is it going to, when is it going to stop, you know, when are the people in the world going to start taking these cases seriously? Because what we've been seeing is just child after child. And it's like after the kid dies, people talk about it for a couple of weeks and then it's just like another child that's forgotten. On February 27th, a grand jury indicted Pammy for aggravated homicide, three counts of tampering with evidence and abuse of a corpse. Her arraignment was scheduled for March 1st. Through her attorney, Samuel Shamansky, Pammy pled not guilty to each of the charges. Her previous bonds set at $4 million

Starting point is 00:26:21 remained in place. Her attorney asked the judge to consider moving Pammy from the Franklin County jail to a secure psychiatric facility saying this is going to be a mental health case through and through. On March 25th, Pammy appeared in court again and her attorney told the judge that she was competent to stand trial. However, he said that her not guilty plea was likely to change at a later date to not guilty by reason of insanity. He asked the court for a mental health evaluation for Pammie, which is being considered at that time. According to Tyler McCoy, a Franklin County prosecutor,

Starting point is 00:26:54 she has mental health issues, bipolar, and schizophrenia, as well as possessive and controlling behaviors in the past. However, according to former Franklin County prosecutor Ron O'Brien, to be proven not guilty by reason of insanity is not an easy task. He said, if the defendant is pleading insanity, they must prove by a preponderance, one, that they suffer from a mental disease or defect, and secondly, that as a result of that defect, they didn't have the ability to distinguish right from wrong. He said that the fact that she confessed to her husband that she killed Darnell could make it hard to prove that she didn't know right from wrong.

Starting point is 00:27:31 The fact that she also fled the scene and took trouble to hide the body could also indicate that she knew what she did was wrong. In early April, police body cam footage taken during Pammy's hospital stay was released. In the video, Pammy was lying in a hospital bed holding a cup of water. She openly talked about suffocating her son and didn't seem to show any sort of remorse. Detectives asked her if there was any chance that Darnell was alive and she replied, No, there isn't. And I did it. In the video, she said that she caught Darnell eating snacks in bed the night before, which made her angry. She said, he had a granola bar in peanut butter crackers in his bed. He had a knife to open the box.

Starting point is 00:28:14 She said he had also been in trouble previously for using profanity and that they didn't have a good relationship. She said, we were supposed to have a loving bond and it wasn't like that with me and my son. I didn't like his behavior, so I was really harsh and mean to him. She then planned out his death saying, this was all premeditated, not like I did it then. She used the term premeditated multiple times during the interview. Cammy described in detail how she went into Darnell's room while he was taking a nap and suffocated him with a trash bag. She said she placed him in the trash bag, tied it shut, and waited until he stopped moving. She said, I wasn't even going to think about, you know, suffocating my son.

Starting point is 00:29:00 One of the detectives asked if Darnell moved at all during this and she said, When I first did it, no. Ten minutes later, I knew he was dead because he wasn't moving. At one point during the video, she said to one of the detectives, At least you have children, I had a son, but I took his life, so yeah. Pammy said after she killed Arnell, she hid his body in a closet in another part of the house for several hours. When her husband got home, she waited for two hours after he went to bed, and then she moved Arnell's body into the Jeep and began planning how to get rid of it.

Starting point is 00:29:34 She said she put an old license plate over the vanity plate on the Jeep to make it less recognizable before driving to an area near her parents' home. She found a manhole on Marsdale Avenue and shoved Arnell's body into it. She then drove home and woke up her husband because she had something serious to tell him. It was then that she tried to cover his mouth when he made the 911 call. She said, The only reason I fled in the nightgown was because I didn't want the police to come in and interrogate me and I wanted to tell my husband and he wasn't listening.

Starting point is 00:30:07 She also said she was confessing everything in order to protect her husbands. The detective showed Pammy a map of Columbus on their laptop, and she was able to pinpoint the area where they could find the sewage drain where she had dumped Darnell's body. In June, an autopsy report showed that Darnell had died from asphyxia by smothering with cervical neck compression. In other words, his neck had been crushed and he died by suffocation. The report also showed that Darnel's body had begun to show signs of decomposition,

Starting point is 00:30:38 that he had alcohol in his system, that he had choked on what had been in his stomach at the time of his death. The report didn't clarify whether the alcohol in this system was from ingesting alcohol itself or from certain medications like cough syrup or if it was part of the decomposition process. Darnell also had bruises on parts of his face and his ear, it bleeding in his eyes and scars on his head and other extremities. Pammy was scheduled to appear in court in May, but that had been pushed back to June. At the time of this recording, there have been no new updates for Pammy's case. Because her trial is still pending, full reports have not yet been made public.

Starting point is 00:31:16 We may learn new details as the weeks and months continue. We must remind viewers that at this time, Amy has pled not guilty to all charges and is still presumed innocent until found guilty in a court of law. Time will tell if her plea stays the same, if it changes to not guilty by reason of insanity, or if it changes altogether as part of a plea agreement. When he was only three years old, Darnell Taylor was left outside in a stroller by his biological mother

Starting point is 00:31:43 for the crime of calling her a bad name. She had allegedly hoped he would be kidnapped, and she would be rid of her son. Darnell was then juggled from agency to agency before landing with his grandparents who loved him, but found the toddler to be too much to handle. The little boy was then handed off to Pammy, a friend that the family thought they knew, thought they could trust. Pammy became his legal guardian, but Darnell was still denied a safe and loving home.

Starting point is 00:32:11 The woman who called him, her son, suffocated him with a trash bag and stuffed his little body down a sewer drain. Why? Because he dared to eat a snack in bed. A granola bar and peanut butter crackers sent her over the edge. She plotted for hours on how to smother her. a child to death in his own bed. And we just have to wait and see if Pammy is brought to justice for snuffing out the brief life of five-year-old little Darnell. Darnell's funeral was held on March 8th, 2024 at the New Birth Christian Ministries in

Starting point is 00:32:44 Columbus, Ohio. He was interred at the East Lawn Cemetery. If he has a headstone, we were unable to find a picture of it. For now, there's that makeshift memorial on the side of the road, marking the sewer drain where Pammy discarded Darnell's body like trash. We hope that Darnell's final resting place proves to be a more gentle and peaceful spot for the little boy whose life was taken from him far too soon.

The Misery Machine - The Case of Darnell Taylor

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