Darriynn Brown is an alleged killer from Texas who has been charged with the kidnapping and murder of four year old Cash Gernon
According to police reports Darriynn Brown allegedly kidnapped Cash Gernon in the middle of the night by breaking into his home. Cash Gernon would be brought to a location away from the home where he would be brutally murdered
Darriynn Brown would be arrested and charged with kidnapping and murder
However before Darriynn Brown could go to trial he would be declared incompetent. Now four years after the murder Brown has been ruled competent and his trial begins in October 2025
If convicted of murder Darriynn Brown could spend the rest of his life in prison. The prosecutors in the case are not seeking the death penalty which I am guessing has something to do with him originally being declared incompetent
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The man caught on camera taking a 4-year-old Dallas boy from his bed and killing him nearly four years ago is now competent to stand trial. FOX 4 is learning more about what that means and how his capital murder case could proceed.
An arrest affidavit said a baby monitor captured video of Brown taking Cash out of his bed while he was sleeping.
DNA evidence also linked Brown to the little boy’s murder.
But both prosecutors and defense experts agreed that he was incompetent, and he was sent to the Terrell State Hospital.
What we know:
Last week, Brown was returned to the Dallas County jail after being declared competent to stand trial. That means he’s undergone treatment and is now able to understand what he is on trial for.
What we don’t know:
Defense attorney Heath Harris said there are still questions about his client’s mental state at the time of the crime.
“It’s not about what his current mental state is. It’s what was his mental state at the time of this alleged offense. We said then and we are saying now that we believe the insanity defense will come into play,” Harris said.
What they’re saying:
“For the insanity issue, it’s whether you were legally insane at the time of the crime,” said former prosecutor Toby Shook, who is not involved in the case.
Shook believes prosecutors will hire their own experts to try to assess Brown’s mental state when Cash was killed.
“What the DA’s office has done in the past, if they believe once their experts look at it that there is a true insanity defense, often times they agree. Now, that doesn’t mean the defendant gets off and goes home by any means. But they’ll agree. If the DA’s experts don’t agree, then there usually is a trial and there will be a battle of experts,” he said.
What’s next:
Prosecutors will review Brown’s treatment records and likely administer more psychological tests to determine how to move forward with the case.
Judge Stephanie Huff is presiding over the case and is reportedly trying to expedite the trial.
Harris said that while Brown is competent now, he may not be by the time the trial begins, if it gets that far.
“He’s dealing with a mental illness, a mental disease,” he said.
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