Mother furious that Rep. Crockett called her daughter that was murdered by illegal migrant a ‘random dead person’
Kayla Hamilton with her mother, Tammy Nobles, before she was killed in July 2022. Courtesy of Tammy Nobles
The mother of Kayla Hamilton, a young Maryland woman who was murdered in 2022, is speaking out against Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) after the congresswoman referred to her daughter as a “random dead person” during a congressional debate.
Tammy Nobles, appearing on Fox & Friends First, criticized Crockett’s choice of words during a recent House Judiciary Committee discussion on the proposed Kayla Hamilton Act, named in honor of her daughter.
“You just don’t call a victim of a crime a random dead person. No victim should be referred to like that,” Nobles said. “What she said was really nasty, and it came across as racist.”
Crockett made the comment while arguing that Republicans were using victims’ names for political purposes. “Stop just throwing a random dead person’s name on something for your own political expediency,” she said during the hearing. She also accused GOP lawmakers of overlooking other crime victims, including those linked to Jeffrey Epstein.
Kayla Hamilton was 20 years old when she was sexually assaulted and strangled in Aberdeen, Maryland. The suspect, a 17-year-old migrant from El Salvador, was in the U.S. illegally and later identified as a member of the MS-13 gang.
Nobles said she was “furious” after hearing Crockett’s comments, and described her daughter as a “happy and energetic child” whose life deserved respect.
Harford County Sheriff Jeff Gahler, who led the investigation into Hamilton’s murder, also condemned Crockett’s remarks. “Kayla was important. Her life mattered,” Gahler said in an interview. “For Congresswoman Crockett to be so dismissive, so insensitive to a crime victim—any crime victim—it just speaks to the character of who we’re electing from some jurisdictions around this country. ‘Pathetic’ is the best word I have for it.”
The Kayla Hamilton Act, introduced by Rep. Russell Fry (R-S.C.), aims to strengthen federal screening procedures for unaccompanied migrant children. The bill would require the Department of Health and Human Services to enhance background checks, including screening for gang affiliations, verifying information from countries of origin, and more thoroughly vetting potential sponsors.
Nobles has endorsed the legislation, saying it could help prevent future tragedies by protecting both American citizens and vulnerable migrant children from gang violence and unsafe placements.
“It’s very important to protect the children,” she said.
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