'She was full of life': 1-yr-old Leilani Hull's mom remembers daughter who was killed by her own dad
INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA: A heartbroken mother has opened up on her experience after her 1-year-old daughter was killed by her father. According to the Inglewood Police Department, Jayveyon Burley, 22, was detained after officials recovered his dead daughter, Leilani, in the Los Angeles River beneath the Ocean Boulevard Bridge. At 11 pm on Sunday, December 4, Burley's mother, with whom he lives, called to report a missing person, and police soon showed up at the residence.
According to Burley's mother, he left for Long Beach to pick up his two children from their mother. However, when he came back to his Inglewood house, he only had one of the children with him. That same day, the Inglewood and Long Beach Police partnered to locate Leilani's body. According to Fox News, Lynisha Hull, the girl's mother, claimed on Instagram that Burley would not tell her where the youngster was. "Don't worry about it she's fine," he reportedly told Hull. Burley was arrested on Monday, December 5, on suspicion of murder and endangering a child. He was then taken to the Inglewood Police Department Jail after being arrested.
