The parents of 4-month-old Brookelynn Fancher were charged with her 2024 murder over the weekend. We learned disturbing new details in a Houston hearing.
HOUSTON — We’re learning new details about the tragic suffocation death of a four-month-old baby girl.
Destiny Campos and Jeremy Fancher are now facing murder charges in the death of their daughter more than a year ago. Investigators say Brookelyn Fancher was placed in a motel drawer in May 2024, where she suffocated and died.
This weekend, more than a year after Brookelynn’s death, Campos, 20, and Fancher, 37, were arrested.
Lisa Farrell, the baby’s grieving grandmother, said the couple shares blame.
“I just want the baby to get her justice, you know what I’m saying? They were both wrong, they both did that baby dirty, they both should be in jail,” Farrell told KHOU 11. “They all could’ve done something, but nobody did nothing.”
Farrell says Jeremy Fancher was her partner for seven years, but he started dating her daughter in 2019. Farrell no longer has contact with either of them.
“I try to stay away from it. It’s disgusting, it’s embarrassing, I’m embarrassed,” Farrell said.
More details were revealed about the allegations against Campos during her probable cause hearing on Saturday.
“The allegations are they left their four-month-old child in a closed drawer multiple times and would intentionally stuff a towel around the edges to muffle the sound,” prosecutors said.
Campos admitted she’d done it several times, according to prosecutors.
“And indicated reasons why she was placed in there, one of which was to aid in the defendant and co-defendant to have personal time together,” the probable cause magistrate said.
According to court documents, a motel housekeeper noticed the baby crying in the drawer several times while Campos was sleeping. She told police that she confronted the young mother and tried to get hotel management to report Campos to CPS.
It was revealed in the hearing that Campos is seven months pregnant.
Farrell has a message to those handling the case.
“Look at the facts. I know one’s a complete messup, but they need to look at her because I’ve been dealing with her a long time, and something’s broken in there,” Farrell said.
Campos will have another hearing on Wednesday.
Fancher, who is in custody in Tom Green County, is waiting to be brought back to Harris County to face a murder charge.