Maryland mother’s alleged confession in 3-year-old’s suitcase death shown in court

Details of a recorded interview played for jurors outline accusations of abuse, concealment, and a false kidnapping report.

NORTH EAST, MD – Jurors in a Maryland courtroom on Wednesday watched a recorded police interview in which a mother charged in her 3-year-old daughter’s death allegedly described beating the child and later hiding her body in a suitcase, according to testimony presented at trial.

Darrian Randle, 32, faces 11 charges tied to the death of her daughter, Nola Dinkins, whose remains were discovered inside a suitcase in North East on June 11. The day before the discovery, Randle reported the child missing in Delaware, initially claiming a kidnapping, a report investigators later determined was false…

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