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Brooklyn DA Sentences Man to 15 Years in Prison For Murder of 4-Year-Old Boy

The 4-year-old had injuries to his limbs, back, abdomen and chest.

Jerimiah Johnson, 30, of East New York, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter on April 17. According to the investigation, the incident happened on Sept. 12, 2021, at the child’s home in the Gowanus Houses. Rickia Delvalle, the child’s mother, says she was woken up by Johnson, who told her that the child could not breathe and had collapsed to the floor. Delvalle saw that the child was not breathing and was unresponsive. An autopsy performed by the medical examiner revealed numerous injuries that were both new and old. Click here to read more on brooklyn12.com. 




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