Raquel Wilkins and toddler son Denzel fell to their deaths Sept. 25. Police ruled it a murder-suicide, but attorney for family says that's wrong
Christopher Browning was standing on one of the upper decks at Petco Park last year and saw his girlfriend looking directly at him, their toddler on her hip. It was quiet, he recalled later, “an eerie silence, like in a movie.”In that instant, Browning knew Raquel Wilkins, 40, and their son Denzel Wilkins-Browning, 2, were dead.
The documents include police synopses of statements from several witnesses. They also include diagrams, reports from officers on the scene and a list of seized evidence. The Union-Tribune also reviewed the autopsy report and its investigative narrative, which notes that a day before her death, Wilkins’ phone showed searches for “easy suicide” and “means of suicide.”
Gilleon said the police investigation was narrowly tailored to focus on a theory that Wilkins had killed herself and her child. Several people told police they saw Wilkins stand on a picnic bench, first on a seat, then the table top. A few said she stumbled and stepped down from the table, only to get right back on it. All while holding her son.
“I would say this was accidental,” the man said, according to the document. “Her state of mind, when I encountered them, was that she did not want to end her life.” One of the witnesses told police the fall was “100 percent intentional.” He said he saw Wilkins back up to the railing, holding the child in her arms as if she was going to take a selfie. When she reached the wall, she slipped one leg over the rail, the witness said.
He told police Wilkins had seemed happy that day. But the night before, after an intense argument, she whispered something to the effect of “why don’t you just kill us both,” meaning her and Denzel. And when they made it to the top of the pedestrian ramp at Section 320, she looked over toward the edge and asked if a fall would be fatal.There are other revelations in the witness statements. Among the people who showed up at the scene were private investigators in San Diego hired by Wilkins’ family in Florida. The investigators were supposed to start working the case on the Monday of the following week.
Statements from Browning and others indicate that Wilkins had been back and forth in relationships with Browning and another man. Over the last six months of her life, he said, “I think she had a character breakdown. Things were getting very unstable.”He said the trip to Petco was supposed to be a nice family outing after a troubled week. When they arrived, they started to take an elevator but she suddenly “freaked out” and ran off, he said. They took the escalator instead, with him dragging the stroller.
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