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Monday, January 14, 2013

Former Policeman Killed Mistress and Child Over Child Support, Argue Prosecutors

A former D.C. officer shot his mistress to death and left their child to die in a hot car in Prince George's, according to prosecutors.

  Prosecutors in the murder trial of a former D.C. police officer say he shot his mistress to death and left their child to die in a hot car in Prince George's County, according to The Washington Times. Richmond Diallo Phillips, 40, allegedly killed the two because he didn't want to pay child support, argued prosecutor Angela Alsobrooks during opening statements Monday, the Times reported. The case is the first that Alsobrooks, Prince George's County State's Attorney, has personally prosecuted since being elected in 2010,  according to The Washington Times.   Defense lawyer Brian Denton said his client is innocent and called the evidence circumstantial, according to Times.  Phillips, of Temple Hills, MD, is charged with two counts of first…

Carolyn

6:24 am on Monday, January 28, 2013

@sweetjoneswaterfalls....this must really be overwhelming to you. Unfortunately too many women accept having men in their lives that are half stepping. You were smart enough to know that this was a dead-end relationship and got out...good for you. Women - "self-love" and put an end to these deceitful men who want the cake and to eat it too!   more ›

Monday, January 7, 2013

Trial to Start for Policeman in Deaths of Woman, Baby

The trial is to start this week for Richmond Diallo Phillips who is charged in the deaths of a 20-year-old woman and her infant in Prince George's County, MD.

A former DC police officer, who is charged in the June 2011 deaths of Wynetta Wright and her infant daughter, Jaylin, will face trial this week. Richmond Diallo Phillips was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and for child abuse, according to court records. Wright and her child were last seen the night before a scheduled for a paternity case against Phillips, 40, according to the Washington Examiner. Their bodies were found in Prince George's County. Wright, then 20, was found on June 2 suffering from trauma to her body in Oxon Run Stream Valley Park and pronounced dead on the scene, according to Prince George's County Police. Her infant daughter, Jaylin, was found abandoned in a car in the 2400 block of Southern Avenue, …

sophia holloway

1:53 am on Thursday, January 10, 2013

That is so sad I hope that they bury his sorry dead beat no concience having ass under the jail for wat he did to them but may they rest in peace and my prayers goes out to their family may u all get the justice y'all deserves.   more ›

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