Mother of pregnant teen killed in Orlando speaks out
TO AGREE, SO IF THE PROPOSED BILL PASSES, FLORIDA WOULD BE THE ONLY STATE TO REQUIRE EIGHT. THE TRIAL FOR THE TEENAGER ACCUSED OF KILLING A PREGNANT GIRL IN ORANGE COUNTY IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN A FEW WEEKS. 17-YEAR-OLD LORENZO LARRY PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO THE MURDER OF 16-YEAR-OLD DE’SHAYLA FERGUSON. TONIGHT WE’RE HEARING EXCLUSIVELY FROM DE’SHAYLA’S MOTHER. SUMMER: SHE TALKED TO WESH 2’S CHRISTINA WATKINS ABOUT HER FAMILY’S LOSS AND HOW SHE’S NOW HONORING HER DAUGHTER. >> MY BABY WAS FUNNY. FUNNY. SHE’S A TIKTOKER. A DANCER. CHRISTINA PAULA DAVIS REFLECTED : ON THE SPECIAL MOMENTS SHE SHARED WITH HER DAUGHTER, DE’SHAYLA, SHE ENJOYED LIFE AND LOVED THOSE AROUND HER. >> SHE LOVED HER LITTLE BROTHER, PLAYING PLAYSTATION, GAMES. SHE WAS ALWAYS UP FOR ANYTHING . SHE WAS MY RIDING BUDDY. SHE LOVED GOING TO HER SISTER GAMES. CHRISTINA: THREE MONTHS AGO, ALL OF THOSE MOMENTS CAME TO AN UNFORTUNATE END. DE’SHAYLA JUST TURNED 16 WHEN SHE WAS SHOT AND KILLED ON OCTOBER 24 IN ORLANDO. SHE WAS 5 MONTHS PREGNANT. DAVIS SAYS SHE WAS AT WORK WHEN SHE GOT THE DEVASTATING CALL. >> I RUSHED OVER, AND YEAH, THAT’S WHAT I SAW MY DAUGHTER LAID OUT ON THE GROUND. CHRISTINA: SHE GOT TO THE SCENE ON BROKEN PINE CIRCLE AND STARED AT HER DAUGHTER’S BODY FOR HOURS. >> I WAS ANGRY. I WAS HURT. I COULDN’T EVEN GO AND HOLD HER. IT’S JUST REALLY PAINFUL. NO PARENT SHOULD HAVE TO WITNESS THAT. CHRISTINA: SHE SAYS THE LOSS HAS BEEN ROUGH. SHE’S IN GRIEF COUNSELING, HAS A THERAPIST. THROUGH PRAYER AND SUPPORT, SHE’S TRYING TO DO THE BEST SHE CAN TO HONOR HER DAUGHTER AND HER UNBORN GRANDCHILD WHO SHE CALLS BABYGIRL FERGUSON. THIS MURAL IN PINE HILLS IS JUST ONE WAY DAVIS SAYS SHE’S DOING THAT. >> IT CAME OUT SO BEAUTIFUL. WE LOVE IT. I PASSED BY IT A LOT JUST TO LOOK AT IT. CHRISTINA: SHE HOPES WHENEVER PEOPLE SEE THIS, THEY WILL STOP AND THINK OF THE MEMORIES WITH DE’SHAYLA. >> PLEASE REMEMBER MY BABY A
‘Please remember my baby’: Mother of pregnant teen killed in Orlando reflects on daughter’s life
Updated: 7:57 PM EST Jan 31, 2023
The trial for the teenager accused of killing a pregnant girl, and her unborn baby, is scheduled to begin in late February. Court documents show 17-year-old Lorenzo Larry pleaded not guilty to the murder of 16-year-old De’Shayla Ferguson. Back in October, detectives from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office found her body in the front yard of a house on Broken Pine Circle. She died four days after her sixteenth birthday. WESH 2 spoke exclusively with Ferguson’s mother nearly three months after her daughter’s death.Paula Davis reflected on the special moments she shared with Ferguson. She said her daughter enjoyed life and loved those around her.”My baby was funny. She’s a TikToker, a dancer. She likes to be with friends. She likes to talk. She’s goofy like me. We played around a lot. She loved “Her little brother, playing PlayStation games. She was always up for anything, anytime. She was my riding buddy. She loved going to her sister’s games. She was a big supporter of seeing her sister out there on the field,” Davis said. All of those moments ended three months ago when Ferguson was shot and killed. She was five months pregnant. Davis said she was at work when she got the devastating call.”I rushed over, and that’s what I saw, my daughter laid out on the ground. I was angry. I was hurt. I couldn’t even go and hold her. It’s just really painful. No parent should have to witness that,” she said.Davis says the loss has been rough.”I’m just starting to come to terms with everything that’s going on. I did start grief counseling. Now, I Also have a private therapist. It’s been really hard, but I’m starting to open up more and start the healing process,” she said. She’s trying to do the best she can to honor her daughter and unborn grandchild who she called “Babygirl Ferguson.”There’s a mural in Pine Hills in Ferguson’s memory.”The artists did such an amazing job. When they first reached out, I was scared because my baby likes everything to be perfect when it comes down to her. Oh my gosh, it came out so beautiful. We love it. We love it. I pass by it a lot just to look at it,” Davis says. She hopes when people pass by , they will remember Ferguson and think of the good memories.”Please remember my baby as the beautiful, loving, caring, funny, talented, dancing daughter that she is. She meant a lot to me, to a lot of people in Orlando,” Davis says.Top Headlines:Florida lawmakers introduce legislation that would allow permitless concealed carry of firearmsPolice: 10 hurt, 2 in surgery after shooting in LakelandMom files wrongful death lawsuit after 12-year-old Orlando boy dies after rowing practice
ORLANDO, Fla. —
The trial for the teenager accused of killing a pregnant girl, and her unborn baby, is scheduled to begin in late February.
Court documents show 17-year-old Lorenzo Larry pleaded not guilty to the murder of 16-year-old De’Shayla Ferguson.
Back in October, detectives from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office found her body in the front yard of a house on Broken Pine Circle. She died four days after her sixteenth birthday.
WESH 2 spoke exclusively with Ferguson’s mother nearly three months after her daughter’s death.
Paula Davis reflected on the special moments she shared with Ferguson. She said her daughter enjoyed life and loved those around her.
“My baby was funny. She’s a TikToker, a dancer. She likes to be with friends. She likes to talk. She’s goofy like me. We played around a lot. She loved her little brother, playing PlayStation games. She was always up for anything, anytime. She was my riding buddy. She loved going to her sister’s games. She was a big supporter of seeing her sister out there on the field,” Davis said.
All of those moments ended three months ago when Ferguson was shot and killed. She was five months pregnant.
Davis said she was at work when she got the devastating call.
“I rushed over, and that’s what I saw, my daughter laid out on the ground. I was angry. I was hurt. I couldn’t even go and hold her. It’s just really painful. No parent should have to witness that, ” she said.
Davis says the loss has been rough.
“I’m just starting to come to terms with everything that’s going on. I did start grief counseling. Now, I also have a private therapist. It’s been really hard, but I’m starting to open up more and start the healing process ,” she said.
She’s trying to do the best she can to honor her daughter and unborn grandchild who she called “Babygirl Ferguson.”
There’s a mural in Pine Hills in Ferguson’s memory.
“The artists did such an amazing job. When they first reached out, I was scared because my baby likes everything to be perfect when it comes down to her. Oh my gosh, it came out so beautiful. We love it. We love it . I pass by it a lot just to look at it,” Davis says.
She hopes when people pass by, they will remember Ferguson and think of the good memories.
“Please remember my baby as the beautiful, loving, caring, funny, talented, dancing daughter that she is. She meant a lot to me, to a lot of people in Orlando,” Davis says.
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