Overview
- Jeroen Jarrel Coombs, 32, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Paisley Brown after initially being arrested on aggravated child abuse.
- Detectives say Coombs admitted taping the child’s legs, tying her wrists, dropping her, and striking her multiple times in the chest.
- An autopsy found blunt-force trauma to the head not visible externally, and the medical examiner ruled the death a homicide.
- Deputies report a roughly 40-minute delay before 911 was called; a visiting witness ultimately phoned for help and attempted CPR.
- Paisley’s mother, Jennifer Kendrick, was arrested on two counts of child neglect as other children were placed in protective custody and both adults were ordered held without bond.