‘Found my daughter and she was dying:’ Georgia mom pleads for answers in 15-year-old’s death

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Friday marks three weeks since a 15-year-old was shot and killed in Savannah. Her mom remains to be trying to find solutions.

Detraya Gilliard instructed WJCL 22 Information that she went in search of her daughter Desaray after she missed her 9 p.m. curfew on Could 6.

She mentioned she discovered her daughter shot and dying close to her residence.

“Desaray was actually on her again porch and the residence was full of individuals however but no one claimed to know something. However, I discovered my daughter and he or she was dying behind this residence,” she mentioned. “I may inform she was nonetheless combating as a result of her eyes had been transferring like she was attempting to speak together with her eyes to me, however she couldn’t converse as a result of she had already misplaced quite a lot of blood by the point I had discovered her.”

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Savannah police confirmed they responded to Yamacraw Village round 10 p.m. on Could 6. Paramedics took Desaray to a neighborhood hospital, the place she died from her accidents.

She was solely 15 years previous and a freshman in highschool. Her mom instructed WJCL that she liked positivity.

Gilliard mentioned she believes somebody may have helped her daughter that night time.

“I don’t know in the event that they had been afraid to return out of their residence, however I really feel her life may’ve been doubtlessly saved had they referred to as the police as a result of by the point I discovered her she was barely hanging on,” she instructed WJCL.

Savannah police are providing a reward for anybody who has data in Desaray’s dying.

Anybody with data can share particulars anonymously by calling Savannah-Chatham CrimeStoppers at 912-234-2020. Data will also be shared by calling the SPD crime tip line at 912-525-3124 or the murder unit at 912-651-4362.

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