Neely Lejon Dinkins is a 33-year-old life long loser that has never had a plan to go anywhere in life. His criminal record consists of a drug charge in 1998, for that he was given three years probation. Later he was sentenced to five years in state prison for violating his probation twice on the drug charge. It wasn’t long after when Neely Dinkins was arrested for burglary in 2000. That charge ended up getting dropped because there wasn’t enough evidence to pin it on him. Everyone gets lucky sometimes but he sat in jail for 6 months waiting on the outcome of that case. He must of wised up or became better at committing crimes because he didn’t get into trouble again until 2006. In 2006 he pleaded no contest to one count of domestic violence. The domestic violence case got him 3 years of summary probation and ordered to pay $665 in restitution and court fees. His probation for that had just ended in July of 2009.
He sounds like an all around great guy right? BTW, he’s produced several kids to, his baby’s mama/s must have really high standards.
People like Neely Lejon Dinkins are easy to figure out. They are angry at the world, self centered, conceded and have narcissistic personalities. They believe they are above the law, better than everyone else and the world owes them something simply for being born.
On September 11, 2009 Neely LejonDinkins being his usual delusional self decided to get behind the wheel of his Dodge Durango and turn it into a murder weapon. It was a beautiful evening around 8:30 so Alex and Yesenia Alvarez were out enjoying it with their 2-year-old Oscar Alvarez and 1-year-old Kaylee Alvarez. Mommy and daddy were pulling them in their favorite little red plastic wagon and as they were crossing the street in a crosswalk Neely Lejon Dinkins hit the wagon and scooped them up into the wheel well. Like I mentioned before, Dinkins is self-centered and doesn’t care about anybody but his self. He’s not gonna let a small inconvenience like a couple of baby’s being under the SUV ruin his buzz.
He stopped….a block away,put his SUV in reverse just long enough for Oscar to fall and roll out of the wheel well and into the street. Oscar rolled onto Ira Cohen’s feet and Ira picked him up. Dinkins took off again and drove another mile taking back roads and driving erratically to try and avoid police and other good Samaritans that were trying to help. One person was still able to follow him to his driveway WITH Kaylee and the wagon still trapped under the SUV. The whole time people were screaming and begging for him to stop and he completely ignored them.
He got out of his vehicle , said “I think I hit a baby” and ran in the house like the little bitch boy he is. No shit dumb-ass, YOU THINK? During the time Dinkins was driving people were calling 911 and officer’s made it to his girlfriends home just a few minutes after he got there.
Neely Lejon Dinkins was arrested right away. Accident investigator Sgt. Hans Kohnlein said Dinkins drove 1.3 miles to his driveway before stopping and Kaylee was still strapped into the wagon.
You would think once Dinkins sobered up he would have some kind of remorse right? No, not even a little bit. He went to his arraignment 3 days later and was angry and unsympathetic to the family. He didn’t care at all.The Alvarez family sat in the courtroom in shock.
His BAC level was .20, almost three times the legal limit. Dinkins was charged with second-degree murder, driving under the influence causing injury and/or death, driving under the influence, hit-and-run causing injury and/or death and driving on a suspended license. His bail was originally set at $100,000 and then later changed to $1.3 million. Dinkins tried to keep his back to the court so his face couldn’t be photographed but that didn’t work out very well for him.
Mr. Alvarez said “He dragged my little girl. I wanted to run, but I was in shock,” Alvarez said.”I know he’s a father and I feel bad for his family,” Alvarez said of Dinkins. “But I don’t understand why he didn’t stop. It’s like he didn’t have a heart.”
Baby Oscar had cuts and second-degree burns and had to have to surgery but did eventually recover fortunately. Baby Kaylee on the other hand didn’t make it.
Neely Dinkins pleaded not guilty on March 10, 2010. During the preliminary hearing Mrs. Alvarez broke down several times but was able to explain in great detail how her children suffered at the hands of this drunk.
Dr. Paul Gliniecki, the Los Angeles County Coroner’s investigator who performed the autopsy on Kaylee said the cause of death was from multiple blunt force trauma from being dragged by Neely Dinkins SUV. Baby Kaylee Alvarez had extensive injuries from the top of her head to the bottom of her feet. Her skin was torn away leaving only muscle tissue and bone in many areas and her skull was shattered as well said Dr. Gliniecki. Some of the injuries showed that little Kaylee’s heart was still beating as Dinkins was dragging her down the road. He said she was most likely alive throughout most of the dragging. He also testified that
“The most significant injury was to the top of the head … which was torn off,” Gliniecki said, adding that part of the child’s face, nose and ear and part of one hand were also ground away.”She was basically dragged across the road until those parts … were torn away,”.
As many other witnesses took the stand to testify against Neely Dinkins he showed absolutely no emotion, he was stone cold the whole time. He was most likely still mad that he’d been arrested like he had been previously at his arraignment. The judge raised his bail amount once again to $1.49 million. His trial scheduled to start in July of 2010 however there’s been no news that is has begun or has been rescheduled.
These babies were with their mommy and daddy in what should have been a time to remember and make great memories to look back on and talk about. Kaylee took her very first steps and learned to walk the same day she was murdered. Oscar was Kaylee’s big brother, she would have looked up to him, followed him around and wanted to do everything he did. He probably would have been protective of her when she was old enough to date and threatened the boys that were interested in her like most big brothers do.
Neely Lejon Dinkins took that away from the Alvarez family because he was selfish. He dragged this baby for over a mile while she was still alive, she felt everything that was being done to her, he never once thought about the torture he was inflicting on Kaylee or Oscar. People like Dinkins are incapable of understanding. There is no legal punishment that will ever fit the crime that was commited here.
Kaylee Michelle’s memorial can be seen here http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=42176037