Tamyrii Randall

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Four year old Tamyrii Randall lived in a crowded house often filled with violence. Tamyrii did not survive the abuse. She died a violent death on September 26, 2008 after her liver was almost torn in two. An autopsy found she also had eight broken ribs, three of which had been broken weeks earlier before the fatal blow. When Price realized Tamyrii was not breathing, he put her in the shower in an attempt to wake her and then his father, Michael Price Sr., performed CPR on her. 911was called, but it was too late. She was pronounced dead after being taken to Memorial Hospital. The liver damage was so severe, she likely died within minutes after the injury. Blood and urine were found on the jeans Tamyrii slept in.

 

Tristan Price was arrested after investigators determined he was the only adult with Tamyrii' when her injuries occurred. Price's live in girlfriend Tenesa Randall, is Tamyrii's mother and was at work when her daughter died. Prosecutors filed a first degree murder charge and a felony child abuse causing death charge against Price.

 

Tamyrii’s nine year old sister later told investigators that Price was so violent, she kept a knife to protect herself. Earlier in the year, the El Paso County Department of Human Services received a report that Tamyrii had bite marks around her nipples. The agency helped move the children and mother into an apartment after the agency determined Tamyrii had been the victim of a possible sexual assault. The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office also began to investigate those allegations. In April 2008, Tanesa Randall filed a domestic assault charge with the Colorado Springs Police Department against Price. That domestic assault also prompted her eviction from her apartment and her entry into the shelter. The sheriff’s office, which was investigating the bite marks on Tamyrii, was not informed of the domestic assault. Neither was the human services agency. Randall moved herself and the children back in with Price, to a home that was no stranger to violence. Michael Price Sr. allegedly shot and wounded his son, Tristan Price, in that home about eight months before Tamyrii was killed. Tamyrii’s death was a blow to the child’s father, Dante Harrell, who wanted custody, said the grandmother, Ellayn Harrell of Temecula, Calif. “We were trying to get custody of that little baby,” she said. “We would have taken care of that child.”

 

Tristan Price pleaded guilty to child abuse death of Tamyrii and was sentenced to 25 years in prison.