Davahn Alec Profit, age 21 and of the Abita Springs area, was arrested Wednesday (October 22,
2025) evening for first-degree murder in connection with the death of his 4-year-old sister.
St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to a residence in the 21000 block of Gardenia Street regarding an unresponsive child. Detectives with the STPSO Major Crimes Unit determined that the 4-year-old victim had sustained multiple life-threatening injuries, which were caused by Profit, who is her 21-year-old brother. She was transported to an area hospital in critical condition.
Update: October 23, 2025. St. Tammany Parish Coroner Dr. Christopher Tape identified the victim as Janna Haynes and ruled that “the Manner of Death is clearly Homicide. The injuries this child sustained are not consistent with any sort of accident,” Tape said. Tape is still evaluating autopsy results before rendering a final ruling on Cause of Death.
Profit was initially booked into the St. Tammany Parish Correctional Center Wednesday night for attempted murder and resisting arrest. On Thursday (October 23, 2025), a warrant was issued for his arrest for murder after hospital personnel notified detectives that the child had succumbed to her injuries.
“There are no words strong enough to describe the heartbreak our community feels over this tragedy,” said Sheriff Randy Smith. “A 4-year-old little girl, innocent and full of life, should have been safe in her own home and surrounded by love. Instead, her life was taken in a moment of unimaginable violence. My heart aches for her family and for the deputies and detectives who responded.”
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