Brianna LeShae Addison

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shawna Hall left two year old Brianna and two other children in Johnson's care for more than 10 hours while she worked the night shift. Brianna Addison was pronounced dead after being left alone with Derric Johnson. Johnson never called 911, and instead called Hall. The report describes a text message Johnson sent the day of the crime typing, "I'm tryna throw her in the air.  She was cryn like somebody killn her." According to the police report, Brianna had fresh bruises and bumps on her head, torso, arms, and legs, as well as a welt on her cheek that matched a small belt found in Johnson's apartment unit where the crime took place.

 

Brianna’s sibling told investigators Johnson "gave Brianna a 'whooping' in the living room because she was bad with a belt and a shoe. “The child went on to say, "Brianna was crying and he was hitting her with a belt.  He stopped hitting her when she was good," according to the report. A Fort Myers police officer reported Macayla appeared traumatized. Macyla “appeared afraid, was shaking and unable to control her breathing,” the report states. “She kept looking up at Derric Johnson with what Lt. Prince described as ‘big eyes.’ The report also states Derric Johnson and the girls’ mother, Shawna Hall, appeared unusually calm and were not crying. Your Child was just beaten how are you so calm and NOT crying or showing any emotion ??? 

 

Johnson admitted to tossing her in the air three to four times and her falling and hitting her head on something hard on the couch in the living room. He denied she ever fell on the floor. An autopsy report lists Brianna’s cause of death as blunt trauma to the head that led to a brain bleed. Brianna suffered nearly 20 bruises and scrapes to her head, face and neck, according to the report. Another roughly 30 wounds covered her torso, arms and legs.

 

Brianna’s mother was interviewed twice by police, both session she maintained she knew nothing about what killed her daughter. Hall told police Johnson never hit her and she never saw him lose his temper with her children. Police told her Macayla witnessed the fatal beating. “He would never hurt one of my kids on purpose, never,” Hall said, in tears, during the interview. “Never on purpose.” I know the truth hurt but Derric Johnson killed Brianna STOP defending him.Whatever the reason was he DID hurt Brianna and she lost her life because of it, Macayla witnessed it all and WHY would she lie?

 

Derric Johnson was originally handed charges of aggravated child abuse and aggravated manslaughter of a child. The state attorney’s office tacked on another charge of third-degree felony child abuse against Brianna’s 4-year-old sister, Macayla Hall. The state attorney’s office claims Macayla could have suffered physical or mental injury because she was in the home while Johnson caused her sister’s death. Macayla was forced to share a bed with Brianna while the two year old died of her injuries. Johnson also refused to provide Macayla with adequate medical care for her asthma attack, causing her to be hospitalized for several days following her sister’s death.