Witness Tampering Alleged In Case Of Man Accused Of Killing Child

A 23-year-old Camden woman has been charged with trying to intimidate a witness who was set to testify in the trial of a man charged with the murder of an 8-year-old girl that took place in 2016, authorities announced on Thursday.

Quiasia Carroll is charged with second-degree retaliation against witnesses and fourth-degree cyber harassment, according to Camden County Prosecutor Mary Eva Colalillo and Camden County Police Chief Scott Thomson.

She is accused of attempting to intimidate a witness by posting threatening public posts, as well as photos, on a social media website of a witness who was called to testify against Tyhan Brown. The alleged intimidation took place between June 6 and June 24, according to authorities.

Brown was previously found guilty by a jury of conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder, aggravated manslaughter, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and unlawful possession of a firearm in the death of Gabrielle Hill-Carter. Hill-Carter was the unintended victim of a gang related shooting.

Last week, Brown was sentenced to an aggregate 51-year sentence in Hill-Carter’s death. On Wednesday, Aug. 29, Carroll was arrested by officers with the US Marshals and Camden County Sheriff’s Department Special Investigation Unit. She was remanded to Camden County Jail awaiting a detention hearing which is scheduled for Sept. 5. Police didn’t say who Caroll tried to intimidate, or if that witness ended up testifying.

Carter-Hill was outside riding her bicycle outside her house around 8:30 p.m. on Aug. 24, 2016, when she was caught in a crossfire between two groups of people and shot in the head. She was taken to Cooper University Hospital, where she died later that week.

One group of people included Brown, and the other included Dixon. Brown left Camden that night and went to his aunt's house in Sicklerville with his mother and girlfriend. Arrangements were then made by a family friend to fly Brown to Nashville, Tennessee, according to the prosecutor's office.

Camden County Prosecutor's Office detectives determined that Brown opened fire on 8th Street in Camden in an attempt to kill Dixon. The two had been involved in an ongoing dispute, and Brown had threatened Dixon a couple days before the shooting by flashing a gun at him, witnesses told authorities.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Cellular Analysis Survey Team (CAST) conducted an analysis of Brown's cell phone and was able to determine Brown was in the area of the shooting when it happened. Brown had told authorities he was in Sicklerville at the time, according to the prosecutor's office.

Attached image of Gabrielle Hill-Carter previously provided