Dad to be tried for murder in beating death of 3-month-old daughter (Memphis, Tennessee)

Dad JULIUS FULLER will be going to trial on murder charges next month for the beating death of his 3-month-old daughter.

http://www.wreg.com/news/wreg-mother-baby-murdered-talks,0,2287160.story

Mom Prepares For Trial of Man Charged With Killing Infant
Julius Fuller charged with August 2008 murder of his daughter Jalissa
Mike "The Watchdog" Matthews
5:49 PM CDT, May 27, 2010

FAST FACTS:

* Tamika Abrum says her 3-month-old child was beaten to death because she cried a lot
* She got upset and angry over the beating death of a 2-year-old girl a few weeks ago
* Says women should look for "warning signs" to see if men are violent

(Memphis 5/27/2010) Tamika Abrum sat and watched the story.

The story of how a little 2-year-old girl went to the bathroom on the floor.

Her mother's boyfriend decided she needed to be taught a lesson.

So he beat her with a basketball shoe.

The mother came home, noticed the child was acting funny, but didn't do anything.

The little girl was pronounced dead the next morning.

"When I see stories like this," Tamika Abrum said, "...it hits home. Sad. Very sad."

Tamika Abrum was frustrated, and angry when she saw the story, "A person who would do something like this," she said, "...something has to be wrong mentally. Especially if you beat a child because she soiled herself. She's 2 years old, what do you expect?"

Tamika knows about children.

She is the mother of five.

And then there was Jalissa. Jalissa Fuller. Jalissa was 3 months old when she was beaten to death. The man charged was her father, Julius Fuller. "I asked him why," Tamika said. "He keeps saying it was a mistake."

A mistake is one thing. Murder is another. It's an emotional scar that never leaves Tamika Abrum. "It's still hard. It's like it happened yesterday. It's still hard. She had a birthday on the 14th."

Now, Tamika says she tells women to look out for warning signs. "Keep an eye on them. If they're aggressive toward their children, or they're aggressive toward you, watch out."

Julius Fuller will go on trial on June 7th.

There won't be any justice, Tamika says, because the worst sentence Julius can receive, if convicted, if life behind bars. "I hope he spends everyday thinking about what he did to Jalissa," she says.