DETROIT – Two people have been charged for allegedly beating their 8-year-old son to death in Detroit earlier this week, officials said.
Stepfather Jamarr Hill, 37, and mom Kentoria Latricia Moss, 31, were charged in the assault, which happened at about 12:30 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 8, at a home in the 600 block of Clairmont Avenue.
Medics responded and took the child to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office.
The child‘s cause of death was multiple blunt force trauma to his head, according to the county’s medical examiner.
Hill was charged with felony murder and first-degree child abuse, while Moss was charged with second-degree murder and lying to a peace officer- violent crime investigation.
“The alleged facts in this case are chilling,” said Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy. “The defendants in this case worked in tandem to beat and eventually kill this poor child - two adults against an eight-year-old. Little Adren had zero chance of surviving.”
The parents were scheduled to be arraigned at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 12.
