Overview
- The mother, 17-year-old Jariah Edwards, was found with a gunshot wound to the head outside a Bay Park vacation rental and died after doctors performed an emergency C-section to deliver her baby.
- The newborn, which died on June 7, had suffered a severe hypoxic brain injury and was kept on life support at Rady Children’s Hospital before being removed from support.
- Police arrested 21-year-old Trevon Williams hours after the May 30 shooting and say he traveled from Arizona by rideshare and used delivery orders to lure Edwards outside.
- Williams has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, attempted murder of a fetus, and weapons counts tied to an extended magazine; he remains held without bail as prosecutors review evidence.
- Court records and prosecutors cite prior allegations of violent conduct and recorded statements in which Williams allegedly admits the killing, and the family has launched fundraisers while investigators continue their case.