FOUR-year-old Cash Gernon was found dead after being abducted from his home on May 16, 2021.
The crime was allegedly committed by 18-year-old Darriynn Brown.
Brown, 18, and is being held on charges of kidnapping and burglary, but police said more charges are likely “pending results from a forensic analysis.”
Authorities have not confirmed how Sherrod identified the suspect or Brown’s relationship to Cash.
According to WFAA, Brown wore an ankle monitoring bracelet for a prior charge.
“Through the hard work of the men and women of the Dallas Police Department, this criminal was brought to justice, and it would not have been possible without the Dallas FBI Evidence Response Team and the public’s assistance,” police said in a statement.
The boy had multiple wounds from “an edged weapon,” according to The Dallas Morning News.
“We are shocked, we are very angry about what has happened to this small child,” Martinez said, describing the boy’s death as “violent.”
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PICTURED: CASH GERNON
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WHAT DID THE ABDUCTION VIDEO SHOW?
New surveillance footage appears to show “killer” Brown standing over Cash’s twin while the boy was sleeping peacefully in his cot.
In the footage obtained by DailyMail.com, Brown can be seen returning to the bedroom before reaching down and touching the boy.
After a few seconds of wandering around the room, it looks as though Brown is disturbed by a sound and then flees the room, leaving the boy unharmed in his cot.
Hours earlier Brown allegedly broke into the same house and was filmed abducting Cash.
In the night vision surveillance footage, Brown can allegedly be seen walking into the boys’ bedroom wearing a small backpack, a hoodie, sneakers and sweatpants before leering over both boys.
Brown stands motionless over Cash before picking him up quickly and bolts out of the bedroom while holding the boy in his arms.
Cash was found roughly one hour and 45 minutes later stabbed to death in a pool of blood on a nearby street.
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WHERE WAS CASH’S BODY FOUND?
Little Cash’s body was found by a jogger on a residential street during the early morning hours of May 15, in the Mountain Creek area of Dallas, Texas.
Officers found the boy when they responded to a 911 call at about 7am on May 15, according to police spokesman Albert Martinez.
The boy had multiple wounds from “an edged weapon,” according to The Dallas Morning News.
Antwainese Square, 39, told the Morning News she was jogging at about 6.30am when she saw what she thought was a dog lying in the road but when she got closer she saw the boy’s arms and legs.
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WHO IS CASH GERNON’S MOTHER?
Cash’s biological mother has not been identified.
His biological mother believed Cash and his twin brother were with their dad and did not know that they were left with his girlfriend, identified as Monica Sherrod, a police spokesperson said.
The birth mom and grandmother were looking for the pair and both women have since been reunited with Cash’s brother.
Sherrod called cops shortly before 11 am to report Cash as missing – but his body had been found hours before.
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‘SNATCHED FROM A CRIB’
A chilling video appears to show a four-year-old boy being “abducted” from his bed before an “alleged killer who knew the family stabbed him to death.”
Little Cash Gernon was found by a jogger on a residential street early Saturday morning in the Mountain Creek area of Dallas, Texas.
Cash’s father’s girlfriend, Monica Sherrod, identified him and said that he was asleep when the suspect broke in and kidnapped him at 5am local time.
His biological mother believed Cash and his twin brother were with their dad and did not know that they were left with Sherrod, a police spokesperson said.
The birth mom and grandmother were looking for the pair and both women since been reunited with Cash’s brother.
Sherrod called cops shortly before 11am to report Cash as missing – but his body had been found hours before.
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WATCH: SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE SHOWS CASH GERNON ‘KILLER’ IN JAIL AS 4-YEAR-OLD ROOMMATE SAYS ATTACK WAS RANDOM
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WHAT HAPPENED TO CASH GERNON (2)?
Antwainese Square, 39, told local news that she was jogging at about 6.30am when she saw what she thought was a dog lying in the road but when she got closer she saw the boy’s arms and legs.
“That’s when I noticed the baby had ants at the bottom of his feet so I knew he was deceased then,” Square said.
“It was heart-wrenching because this baby could have been no more than five.”
Having called 911 she told the operator she could see blood on the boy’s face and the upper half of his body.
Police later confirmed that the boy was found shirtless and shoeless.
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WHAT HAPPENED TO CASH GERNON?
Following his abduction, Cash Gernon was found dead on the side of a residential street.
Gernon and his twin brother had been living with his father’s girlfriend Monica Sherrod when the incident occurred.
The boy had suffered multiple wounds from “an edged weapon,” according to The Dallas Morning News.
Police spokesman Albert Martinez.Martinez said: “We are shocked, we are very angry about what has happened to this small child.”
He also described the boy’s death as “violent.”
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WHY DID DARRIYNN BROWN ABDUCT HIM?
The motive for Gernon’s abduction by Brown is unclear.
He was identified following the release of CCTV footage that shows him snatching the 4-year-old in the middle of the night.
A second clip also shows how he returned to the house hours later before leaving empty-handed.
How Sherrod identified the suspect or Brown’s relationship to Cash is also unclear.
Yet, what is known is that Brown had previously been arrested by Police and wore an ankle monitoring bracelet for a prior charge, according to WFAA.
The Dallas Morning News reported that the suspect lives with his parents “who provide for him financially.”
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WHO WAS CASH GERNON?
Cash Gernon was a four-year-old boy who is believed to have lived locally in Dallas, Texas.
He was abducted from home on May 16, 2021 after the supect, Darriynn Brown, broke in at 5am local time and kidnapped him.
The little boy’s body was later discovered by a jogger on a resident street early Saturday morning in the city’s Mountain Creek area.
Cash’s father’s girlfriend, Monica Sherrod, then called cops shortly before 11am to report Cash as missing – but his body had already been found hours before.
Ms Sherrod formally identified the body later that day.