Takaylah Tribitt had a rough life, but she made it 14 years surviving however she could, Deputy Prosecutor Douglas Shaw said. "She made it six days with Deon Simmons, and
Deonlashawn C. Simmons, 36, admitted in an interview played Wednesday for a jury that he spent time with homicide victim Takaylah Tribitt, 14, on Sept. 13, 2019. She was found
Evidence technician testifies he and other investigators didn t collect two gloves from scene because they appeared weathered and were not believed to have any evidentiary value.
Deonlashawn C. Simmons, 36, has pleaded not guilty to murder in the shooting death of 14-year-old Takaylah Tribitt, whose body was found in September 2019 in a Gary alley.
Takaylah Tribitt, 14, of Chicago, was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head Sept. 16, 2019, in an alley near East 20th Avenue and Pennsylvania Street in Gary.