Young Dolph‘s fiancée, Mia Jaye, has voiced her disappointment with the lack of progress made in the late rapper’s murder case.
It’s been a little over two years since the Memphis native (real name Adolph Thornton Jr.) was fatally shot and now, his partner has revealed that she is “fed up” and feels as though her silence was “taken for granted” by police.
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Speaking to Rolling Stone, Jaye explained she hasn’t publicly made statements about the investigation to avoid muddying the waters.
“I’m fed up. It’s been two years’ worth of conspiracies. Two years’ worth of unknowing. Two years’ worth of people not properly communicating to you,” she said. “I didn’t know if garnering more attention would hurt or help, and I wanted to help. I feel like I tried that, and I don’t feel like it was helping. I feel like we weren’t being taken seriously.”
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Jaye went on to explain that her frustrations escalated when she learned through the media, not authorities, that the judge in the case was removed by the Tennessee appeals court — a slight she felt disregarded Dolph’s loved ones.
According to the Associated Press, Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Lee Coffee recused himself last month and asked the clerk of the court to assign a new judge to the high-profile case.
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Coffee’s recusal came as a result of a motion filed by Luke Evans, the lawyer for co-defendant Justin Johnson, who claimed that Coffee couldn’t be impartial “after the judge failed to inform him about an order limiting Johnson’s ability to communicate with people outside the jail other than Evans.”
At the time, Mia Jaye took to social media where she encouraged her followers to take action by writing to Memphis Police, Shelby County prosecutors and federal officials demanding answers.
“If I continue to be silent, it might get to the place where all of my grievances will have to be acknowledged in an appeal process. That can’t happen,” she said. “We’ve got to be assertive in this situation,” she said. “We have to make sure we tackle issues as they come, and not turn a blind eye and then try to go back later to keep fighting this thing.”
She continued: “I’m taking this very personally. They specifically said, ‘There aren’t enough resources to explore that.’ They really want to take it as [a] coincidence. In my heart of hearts, I don’t believe that’s a coincidence. How many other things are they dismissing?”
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Jaye’s call for action comes shortly after she shared her theory as to why Young Dolph was murdered.
“If I were to guess, based on the history of things — rap shit, bro,” she said on Instagram Live. “A song, or two. Some ego shit. Let’s break that down even more. Ego shit. He not here because of ego… He’s not here because of some ego shit… At the end of the fucking day, we killing people because of a bruised, a scarred ego?”
Meanwhile, one of Dolph’s alleged killer, Hernandez Govan, appeared before Judge Jennifer Mitchell for the first time since Coffee’s recusal earlier this month.
Govan, who allegedly ordered the hit on the late rapper, is set to appear in court again on December 14, with a trial date officially set to kick off on March 11, 2024.
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Govan, 44, has been charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, first-degree murder and criminal attempt of first-degree murder — all of which he has pleaded not guilty to.
Justin Johnson, his brother Jermarcus Johnson and a fourth man named Cornelius Smith have also been charged in Dolph’s murder. Justin Johnson and Smith have pleaded not guilty to their charges, while Jermarcus Johnson has pleaded guilty to three counts of accessory after the fact.
