Case Against Father for Toddler's Murder Can Proceed

UPPER MARLBORO, MD — The murder case against a Forestville man charged with gunning down his 2-year-old daughter and her mother will continue, with the suspect waiving a court hearing Wednesday.

Elementary school teacher Neshante Alesha Davis, 26, and her daughter, Chloe Nichole Davis-Green, of Fort Washington were shot to death Feb. 2. Prince George’s County Police have charged the toddler’s father, Daron Maurice Boswell-Johnson, 25, of Forestville with murder and he has reportedly admitted his involvement in the mother/daughter homicide.

A lawyer representing Boswell-Johnson waived a preliminary hearing Wednesday, agreeing prosecutors have enough evidence for the case to proceed.

Davis was a teacher at Bradbury Heights Elementary School in Capitol Heights. According to the school’s website, she taught second grade.

Investigators believe Boswell-Johnson went to Davis’ townhome to confront her about child support issues.

According to Maryland online court records, Davis took the suspect to court last year; a paternity test found that Boswell-Johnson was the child’s father. A Prince George’s County judge in December 2015 ordered Boswell-Johnson to pay $600 a month in child support.

He faces two counts of first- and second-degree murder and is being held without bond.

WTOP reports that prosecutors have 30 days to finish processing crime scene evidence and getting statements from witnesses, then seek a grand jury indictment.

»Screenshot of homicide victims Neshante Alesha Davis and Chloe Nichole Davis-Green from WUSA; photo of Daron Maurice Boswell-Johnson, 25, of Forestville courtesy of Prince George’s County Police