Woman Orders 100-Pound Dog to Attack Boyfriend’s Daughter Before Beating Her to Death

August 30, 2024 Gloria Shaw

In a horrifying case out of Florida, a 34-year-old woman has been arrested following the brutal death of her boyfriend’s 9-year-old daughter, Jamaria Sessions.

The woman, Tyshael Elise Martin, faces charges of first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse after shocking video evidence revealed her orchestrating a vicious attack on the young girl, using a 100-pound dog as a weapon before beating her with her hands and feet.

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded to the tragic scene on the morning of June 17, arriving at a home in Montverde where they found Jamaria’s lifeless body. The little girl was discovered naked, her body covered in a disturbing array of abrasions, punctures, burns, bite marks and bruises—some fresh, others in various stages of healing.

Martin claimed the family was planning to fly to California for vacation that morning and said she tried to wake Jamaria but found her unresponsive and cold to the touch. However, investigators quickly uncovered the horrific truth when they reviewed nearly 3,000 videos recorded inside and outside the home.

Among the footage, deputies zeroed in on six particularly disturbing clips from just before midnight on June 15. The videos show Martin holding the leash of the family’s 103-pound Rottweiler, urging the dog to viciously attack Jamaria, who lay on the floor just out of the camera’s view.

In the footage, the child is seen staggering, nude and disoriented, her hair disheveled and extensions ripped out—evidence of the dog’s brutal assault.

But the horror didn’t stop there. The videos show Martin forcing Jamaria to stand with her arms raised, despite the child’s obvious distress. When Jamaria struggled to maintain her balance, Martin heartlessly kicked her, causing the girl to collapse to the ground.

Even as Jamaria lay motionless, moaning in pain, Martin continued to kick her with full force, eventually dragging the helpless child across the floor by her hair. In one of the most chilling moments captured on video, Martin is heard saying something that sounded, “I’m fixin’ to kill her.”

Investigators also uncovered a pattern of sadistic punishment, with Martin forcing Jamaria to perform grueling exercises as a form of discipline, including prolonged wall sits, running in place with her hands up and running on a treadmill.

The abuse didn’t end there—Martin kicked, punched and pinched the child, escalating to the brutal beating that ultimately claim her life.

On Tuesday, an autopsy confirmed that Jamaria died from blunt force injuries to her head, torso and extremities, along with thermal injuries to her right foot. The medical examiner ruled her death a homicide.

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Martin was arrested the following day and is now being held without bond in the Lake County Jail. She made her first court appearance on Thursday, facing the grim reality of the charges against her as the community is left to deal with the devastating loss of an innocent life.