CHICAGO (WLS) — Despite a video confession, a violent legal historical past and a path of state baby abuse findings, a south suburban man has been discovered not responsible of murdering his toddler daughter in a highly-publicized case eight years in the past.

Jeremiah Thompson was 21 years outdated when Lansing police arrested him in 2014 after his two yr outdated daughter’s demise.

Jakarriah Patterson had been overwhelmed to demise as a result of she had a grimy diaper, based on investigators, who documented damaged bones, lacerated organs and scattered bruises.

Thompson, on parole for theft on the time of the killing, was held with out bond within the Cook County jail for almost eight years awaiting trial on first diploma homicide prices.

“I was devastated. I was angry. I was hard and I’m still lost. Like I don’t understand. This confusing to me. I don’t understand what were they thinking,” mentioned Karla Patterson, the mom of the little lady, who mentioned she struggles for phrases and has no clarification for what occurred.

Patterson mentioned she has no clarification and struggles for phrases after a Cook County jury discovered her daughter’s father not responsible.

That trial, lastly held within the Markham courthouse this month, ended Monday when a jury returned 4 not responsible verdicts.

Thompson didn’t testify in the course of the trial.

The jury had seen what police name a videotaped confession from Thompson. According to authorities there have been quite a few purple flags of abuse patterns reported by DCFS within the months main as much as the little lady’s demise beforehand documented by the company

Lansing police chief Al Phillips mentioned they noticed it as a “slam dunk case.”

Chief Phillips mentioned he’s “disgusted” and “outraged” by the acquittal, and instructed the I-Team that they “100% had the right person.”

“In my 24 years of law enforcement I’ve never seen anything this bad. Very, very devastating for that family and our detectives around here are heartbroken for the family,” mentioned Phillips.

Jakarriah Patterson’s grandmother was additionally outraged by the decision.

“So is it okay to beat your kid and for them to die and you just run free,” she mentioned, “I’d just like to say to the people that served on the jury, I hope you sleep good at night. I really do because you made a big mistake.”

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s workplace mentioned in an announcement they “prosecuted this case to the fullest extent, and will continue to do so on behalf of all victims in Cook County.”

Thompson’s lawyer from the Cook County Public Defender’s Office declined to debate the acquittal at the moment.

The little lady’s household mentioned they may proceed preventing for justice in her title. But in legal court docket, when a jury votes to acquit, prosecutors do not get a second probability.