On a Thursday evening in November of 2007, a helpless Angel was raped and beaten and even bitten by a man her mother had trusted to take care of her and her two year old brother. Da'Niyah Jackson was only ten months old when Clinton Smith, a 30 year old man, took it upon himself to assault her and that assault would leave her on life support for two days before she died.
Though Da'Niyah had bruises on her face, arms and legs as well as bite marks on her chest, Clinton claimed that she was laying down and he was getting ready to change her diaper when he put her on her stomach and pushed hard which caused her to vomit, claiming he was playing with her. Clinton claims he put the baby into her playpen where she stayed until her mother, Latoya Jackson, came home about 9:30 p.m. and saw her child was bruised and would not respond to her.
Da'Niyah's injuries lead police to believe that her injuries were more than just from being pushed in her stomach