Toddler, three, walks alone for a MILE down busy road to find help after her 'father murdered her mother in Florida'

Three-year-old girl walked to her grandmother's house to raise the alarm after the suspected murder of Kristi Lynne Delaney by her boyfriend and father of the child Johnny Lashawn Shipman

Lake County Sherriff's deputies have named Shipman as the only suspect in the murder and believe he has fled north to Alabama

A three-year-old girl walked more than a mile down a busy Florida road to her grandmother's house to get help after her father allegedly killed her mother, officials said tonight.



Sgt. Kristin Thompson of Lake Bay County Sheriff Department described the actions of the tragic toddler as 'kind of heroic' and praised the little girl for managing to cover such a distance to raise help.



The sheriff's department named Johnny Lashawn Shipman, 36, as the suspect and issued a warrant for his arrest in the death of Kristi Lynne Delaney, 26, of Mascotte, 40 miles west of Orlando.



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Tragedy: Kristi Lynne Delaney, 26, of Mascotte, Florida, with her toddler, 3, who walked over a mile to seek the help of her grandmother who traveled to find Delaney dead on her living room floor

Manhunt: Johnny Lashawn Shipman with his 3-year-old daughter is now being sought by authorities in the killing of his girlfriend Kristi Lynne Delaney (right)

The little girl knew the route to her grandmother's house because she had walked it with her mother, Thompson said.



When she arrived, she told her grandmother that her 'mommy was sick'.

Thompson said Shipman did not live in the home with Delaney and her daughter. Thompson would not disclose exactly what the girl saw or told investigators, or whether she identified the assailant as her father.



'She went down to her grandmother's and said she couldn't get her mom to wake up,' Thompson said.

Crime scene: The sheriff's department named Johnny Lashawn Shipman, 36, as the suspect and issued a warrant for his arrest in the death of Kristi Lynne Delaney, 26, of Mascotte, 40 miles west of Orlando

Death: Mascotte police discovered Delaney's body Monday after receiving a call at 12:42 p.m. about a sick person at Delaney's home at 106 South Bay Lake Road

However, they did say that she was in the house at the time of her mother's death and officers said that Delaney was found on the living room floor of her South Bay Lake Road home at around 12.42 p.m. on Tuesday.



Lake County Sherriff's deputies have named Shipman as the only suspect in the murder and believe he has fled north to Alabama.



Authorities warned the public to avoid Shipman, who they described as dangerous and revealed that they believed he was engaged in an 'on again off again' relationship with Delaney.



Indeed, Facebook pictures on Delaney's profile show Shipman with his daughter in pictures dated from Halloween.

Volatile relationship: Authorities warned the public to avoid Shipman, who they described as dangerous and revealed that they believed he was engaged in an 'on again off again' relationship with Delaney

The victim's mother, said her daughter had an abusive relationship with Shipman. Court documents show Delaney had filed a restraining order against him.



'I know he was obsessed with Kristi,' Delaney's mother said to WOGX.Com.



'He didn't want to let her go. She didn't want to be with him. And I think he felt if he couldn't have her, nobody could.'



The 3-year-old child is currently in the care of the Florida Department of Children and Families.



Shipman has an arrest record that includes battery, burglary and drug charges since 1995, according to court records.

