Father Charged in Death of 3 Month-Old Girl

MEMPHIS, TN – Police say a father has been charged with First Degree Murder after his 3 month-old daughter died from head injuries.

According to investigators, officers were called to the Highland Creek Apartments in the 1300 block of Elmview, Monday, August 18, 2008, around 9:00 p.m., about a baby who was not breathing. When police arrived on the scene, they found 3 month-old Jalissa Fuller dead in an upstairs bedroom.

The baby’s mother told investigators that she went to work around 5:30 a.m. that morning, leaving her two children with their father, Julius Fuller. She says when she got home around 8:50 that night, she found the baby unconscious and called for an ambulance.

Detectives say Julius Fuller was at a friend’s home while investigators were at the apartment and refused to return as long as police were in the apartment. Fuller was arrested the next day.

The Shelby County Medical Examiner’s Office says that the three month-old died from blunt force trauma to the head.

The Memphis Child Advocacy Center will be raising a memorial flag for Jalissa Fuller, Friday, August 22. Center officials say this will be the ninth flag to be raised for children who have died as a result of abuse in 2008.

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Comment by Sade on August 23, 2008 at 1:14am: he need his ass beat!!!!!

Comment by ORANGE MOUND VET.AKA MR.22 SHOTS. on August 23, 2008 at 1:34am: THESE NIGGA'S JUST PUT A BAD JACKET ON MY CITY BACK THIS IS THIRD BABY KILLED BY THE FATHER THIS YEAR NIGGA SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON SOMEBODY JOB. INSTEAD HE AT HOME WATCHIN THE KIDS.LIKE A WOMAN.

Comment by G$ on August 23, 2008 at 5:07pm: stupid ass nigga?

Comment by Im His Mrs.Mainstar on August 23, 2008 at 10:18pm: MORE BABIES HAVE DIE THAN THAT THIS YEAR BY THEIR SORRY ASS PARENT!
DIS NIGGA RITE HUR IS A SMOKER!.......I WONDER IF THE MOMS IS ONE 2?.......IF NOT
U DONT HAVE 2 HAVE A SORRY ASS NIGGA IN THE HOME JUST CUZ THEY THE FATHER!....FUCC THAT SHIT!!!!!!!!..........BITCHES NEED 2 WAKE UP!..............FO SHOW THE BABY IS IN A BETTER PLACE THAN THIS.....RIP........

Comment by Im His Mrs.Mainstar on August 24, 2008 at 3:04am: LOOK AT THAT NIH'S BLACC ASS LIPS!..........HE B SUCCING ON THE PIPE!

Comment by Dominique Leeper on August 24, 2008 at 12:27pm: BITCH ASS NIGGA!! I have kids and i would have killed a mafucka for killing my baby!! Why his black dog ass wasn't working???

Comment by Shantee Williams on August 24, 2008 at 6:41pm: Fucking bitch is what he is. How can you hurt a damn baby, yo own baby at that? nigga need his shit cracked in prison