Alleged killer’s ex-girlfriend says he admitted to shooting girl
A former girlfriend of the man accused of murdering 8-year-old Alaysha Carradine in Oakland testified Wednesday that he had admitted to killing the girl, then had engaged in a two-month campaign of intimidation to keep the woman from going to police.
The testimony came in the third day of the trial of 25-year-old Darnell Williams of Oakland, accused of murdering Alaysha on July 17, 2013, as she took part in a sleepover at a friend’s apartment.
Prosecutors have said Williams went to the apartment on Wilson Avenue seeking revenge for the shooting death of a friend, Jermaine Davis, in Berkeley earlier that evening.
The apartment was home to one of Alaysha’s closest friends, and prosecutors say Williams blamed the friend’s father, Antiown York, for Davis’ death.
Alaysha’s friend, the friend’s 4-year-old brother and their grandmother were wounded when the shooter opened fire through the apartment’s security door.
Rogers said she hadn’t gone to police because she was afraid of what Williams might do and because she was on felony probation for a grand theft conviction.
Defense attorneys said in their opening statements that Rogers is an unreliable witness who can’t be trusted.
