Goldsboro family demands justice in 2011 killing of 3-year-old girl
GOLDSBORO, N.C. (WTVD) -- A Goldsboro family is calling for justice in the death of a 3-year-old girl.
The child was killed by a stray bullet more than three-and-a-half years ago, while playing on the playground at her Goldsboro apartment complex.
On Thursday, Princess King would have turned 7 years old, and her family and friends remembered her with a balloon launch -- saying they are sending a message to her in heaven.
However, the family is still waiting for the trial for her accused killer.
The little girl's mother says she wants to get on with her life but feels she can't until her daughter's killer is tried.
Derrick Best was immediately identified as a suspect and was jailed not long after the killing, but he has yet to go to trial.
King's mother says prosecutors are telling her they can't do much about the delays.
"They're saying he's firing his lawyers. That will keep making the case have to get continued. And by that, when he gets a new lawyer, he has to present all the evidence to this lawyer. So that's another delay, you know. It's like, how many more times can he fire his lawyer," said Rennetta McLamb, King's mother. "Feb. 27 it will be four years and it, it's like my life is on hold. I, I sleep but I don't sleep."
ABC11 reached out to Wayne County's district attorney about the delays, but he didn't immediately respond.
