29, 2021.Īfter flashing a pistol at her, Vinson forced the victim to walk to Manhattan Boulevard and the Westbank Expressway in Harvey to panhandle motorists.

27, 2021, he accused her of having sex with another man and the physical abuse began, continuing until Jan. Vinson, who was homeless, met the woman outside a Gretna-area drugstore and moved in with her after their platonic relationship evolved into a romantic one. She was hospitalized for 12 days, four of which were spent in an intensive care unit. The victim’s injuries included brain bleeding, a fractured eye socket, fractured ribs, a bruised lung, and numerous lacerations and ligature marks on her neck, wrists, and ankles. Vinson strangled her at least three times using a chord, causing her to lose consciousness. He forced her to eat cat food and injected methamphetamine into her body. To prevent her from making noise, he stuffed dirty underwear and socks into her mouth and used duct tape to keep them in place. He also stabbed her in the forehead and left lacerations from a serrated knife blade just below her neck. He made her crawl on all fours when he let her leave the closet, kicked her, and inserted the barrel of her pistol into her body. The verdict was reached on Wednesday (May 3) after the jury deliberated for about one hour.Īccording to Assistant District Attorney Lindsay Truhe, Vinson hogtied the victim, a 48-year-old woman, and forced her to sleep on the cold tile floor in a closet. Vinson was convicted of attempted second-degree murder, second-degree kidnapping, second-degree sexual battery, and false imprisonment with a dangerous weapon.

(WVUE) - A Jefferson Parish jury on Wednesday found Darryl Vinson, 60, guilty of multiple charges related to the brutalization and captivity of his girlfriend in her Gretna home for three days in 2021.

Captive by Felicia Fox