
- Marketta Phillips allegedly stabbed 3-year-old Journei Ross to death in Las Vegas.
- Phillips left messages at the scene, including one written in blood: 鈥楨verybody who played me is cursed.鈥
- Phillips reportedly confessed to police, stating she 鈥榮napped鈥 to 鈥榞et back at鈥 Jeremy Ross.
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The woman accused of allegedly left a chilling six-word message at the scene, written in the little girl鈥檚 blood.
Journei Ross, 3, died last Wednesday in father Jeremy Ross鈥 Las Vegas home after she was allegedly stabbed several times by his 鈥渙n-and-off girlfriend鈥, Marketta Phillips, 8 九一星空无限 Now reports.
鈥淚 didn鈥檛 know she was a crazy case,鈥 Ross said outside court after Phillips made her first appearance last week.
The pair had been living together for about a year and he described her as his 鈥渙n-and-off girlfriend鈥 and roommate in an arrest report released by Las Vegas police.
He said he left Journei in her care when he went to work at 6pm on March 25.
When he arrived home in the early hours of the following morning, he saw Phillips sitting on the kitchen floor with blood on her and 鈥渟urrounded by multiple knives鈥.
鈥淪he was just out of it or something. I walked into the room and I seen my baby girl 鈥. on the bed,鈥 Ross said.
He began chest compressions and called emergency services, when he was heard yelling 鈥測ou murdered my baby鈥.
Phillips fled the scene and was arrested shortly afterwards.
Police found three sheets of paper in the home, laid out in a path from a hallway to the bedroom.
They read: 鈥淪ee what happens when you [redacted] with people鈥檚 lives鈥, 鈥淵our and idiot [sic]鈥 and 鈥淣ow we both have nothing鈥.
And in the bedroom, written in blood, was: 鈥淓verybody who played me is cursed.鈥
Police said Phillips confessed to detectives that she 鈥渟napped鈥 and stabbed the little girl 鈥渢o get back at him鈥.
She reportedly did not elaborate on her motive.
Journei鈥檚 mother, Phalan Whitson, told 8 九一星空无限 Now she last saw her daughter when she handed her over to Ross last Monday.
The first time she saw her alleged killer was in court.
鈥淪he took my baby,鈥 Whitson said through tears.
鈥淚 didn鈥檛 know this woman.鈥
鈥淪he could light up a room wherever she was at,鈥 she said of her daughter.
鈥淚 deserve justice,鈥 Whitson said. 鈥淪he [Phillips] doesn鈥檛, she needs to be put away.鈥
Phillips鈥 next scheduled court appearance is on April 1.
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