Killer babysitter wrote six word message in blood after murdering toddler as 911 call reveals dad's screams

Daily Mail UK ^ | March 28, 2025 | Alyssa Guzman

[Morgana]

A killer babysitter wrote 'everybody who played me is cursed' in blood on the wall after killing a toddler, cops say, as harrowing 911 audio emerged.

Marketta Phillips, 41, was arrested on Wednesday for the death of Journei Ross, three, who died from multiple stab wounds in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Jeremy Ross, Journei's father, came around from work around 3:30am to find his roommate and on-again-off-again girlfriend sitting on the kitchen floor surrounded by knives and covered in blood, according to 8 News Now.

When he walked into the bedroom, he found his daughter unresponsive and began chest compressions.

Written on the wall, Phillips allegedly wrote the twisted six-word phrase in blood: 'Everybody who played me is cursed.'

Phillips told detectives she had 'snapped' and stabbed Journei 'more than once' to 'get back at' Ross, the local outlet reported.

Ross frantically called 911, telling the dispatcher: 'My baby isn't breathing anymore. A crazy girl cut my baby up.'

Journei, who was on the spectrum, suffered at least 10 stab wounds on the torso, legs, and neck, her mother Phalan Whitson told 8 News Now.

[Salvavida]

He allowed her to live? He came home and ALLOWED her to live?????????????

[Cold_Red_Steel]

Demonic

[cnsmom]

I’m noticing many black women committing crimes lately. This is a new trend ?

[TangoLimaSierra]

So, who exactly was watching the baby?

It's in the title.

[Ikeon]

It's relevant because most baby killers are black, fr9. Most abortions to killing infants. most drug dealers are black, most people smoking dope at 2 am driving around are black.

on patrol live isn't racist, most suspects are ..... wait for it.... black.

realtors won't talk about demographics and crime around the homes they are trying to sell. Because no one wants to live around black.

[Freee-dame]

My favorite bumper sticker of all time said “radical mom … I raise my own kids.”

RIP sweet baby.

[webheart]

Autism, schmautism. How does a child of 3 get diagnosed as autistic? The kid cries a lot and nothing the adult does seems to be effective. I think it is a sign of poor bonding between the child and the parents and the child expresses frustration. Autism diagnosis is a vehicle to being able to medicate the child. This is a consequence of not having two parents in the home.

[Red Badger]

My grandson has autism and he’s had both parents all his life.....

[skr]

What does the victim’s autism have to do with anything?

[Wuli]

Demonic

[Albion Wilde]

What does the victim’s autism have to do with anything?

Some possible reasons to mention it:

The child's behavior was unusual or difficult, and frustrated the babysitter, contributing to the urge to murder the child;

the child required a more specialized caregiver that the unmarried parents did not or could not afford to provide.

Reporters are so used to supplying reasons to pity the criminal of color, it just pops right out of their keyboard.

[skr]

Thank you for that angle; hadn’t thought of it. Nice try from the reporter, but won’t work with me. The woman said she wanted to get back at the dad, so it sounds more related to an unstable adult relationship than an unstable toddler.

[Albion Wilde]

The woman said she wanted to get back at the dad, so it sounds more related to an unstable adult relationship than an unstable toddler.

I agree. Excuse-making by blaming it on the child is typically lefty.