Darlene Cornelius Phillips, 63, Grandmother
Victim: 6 year old grandson Gerren Isgrigg aka "Wylie's Angel"
TX 2010
KHOU
Grandmother of 'Wylie's Angel' indicted
by STEVE STOLER / WFAA-TV
khou.com
Posted on June 4, 2010 at 1:50 PM
Updated Friday, Jun 4 at 1:51 PM
McKINNEY, Texas — Darlene Cornelius Phillips, 63, has been indicted by a Collin County grand jury for the murder of her grandson, Gerren Isgrigg.
Six-year-old Gerren was abandoned in a pile of brush and covered with a blanket at a park near Lavon Lake in April.
For days, the child's identity was unknown; he came to be known as "Wylie's Angel" before he could be identified.
An arrest warrant affidavit said Gerren was alive when he was abandoned three days before his body was discovered.
According to the affidavit Phillips, the boy's grandmother, said she left the child with a note stating, "I'm 6, I have seizures, I need medication and a feeding tube [sic]." Investigators never found that note.
Derren suffered from West Syndrome, a rare epileptic disorder. The little boy was also deaf, blind and did not have control of his limbs.
Last week, the child's parents — Nyki Phillips and Jerry Isgrigg — agreed that the six-year-old boy will be laid to rest in a private ceremony in Arizona. They also agreed on an undisclosed date for the burial ceremony.
Neither parent had been directly involved in caring for Derren for several years; Darlene Phillips had acted as the boy's primary caretaker.
E-mail sstoler@wfaa.com
Six-year-old Gerren was abandoned in a pile of brush and covered with a blanket at a park near Lavon Lake in April.
For days, the child's identity was unknown; he came to be known as "Wylie's Angel" before he could be identified.
An arrest warrant affidavit said Gerren was alive when he was abandoned three days before his body was discovered.
According to the affidavit Phillips, the boy's grandmother, said she left the child with a note stating, "I'm 6, I have seizures, I need medication and a feeding tube [sic]." Investigators never found that note.
Derren suffered from West Syndrome, a rare epileptic disorder. The little boy was also deaf, blind and did not have control of his limbs.
Last week, the child's parents — Nyki Phillips and Jerry Isgrigg — agreed that the six-year-old boy will be laid to rest in a private ceremony in Arizona. They also agreed on an undisclosed date for the burial ceremony.
Neither parent had been directly involved in caring for Derren for several years; Darlene Phillips had acted as the boy's primary caretaker.
E-mail sstoler@wfaa.com
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