COURIER LIFE, SEPTEMBER 24-30, 2021 13
East New York
man charged
with killing of
four-year-old
A man has been charged with murder and manslaughter after
he allegedly beat a four-year-old boy to death inside the
Gowanus Houses (pictured here) in Boerum Hill. Google
BY BEN VERDE
An East New York
man has been charged
with murder and manslaughter
after he allegedly
beat a four-year-old
boy to death, according
to the Brooklyn District
Attorney’s offi ce.
Authorities claim
Jerimiah Johnson, 27,
beat his girlfriend’s son
Jayce Eubanks to death,
after an autopsy on the
child showed he died of
blunt force trauma to his
torso.
“The autopsy of this
helpless child revealed
that he suffered unthinkable
abuse in his short
life and ultimately died,
allegedly at the hands of
this defendant, who we
will now seek to hold accountable,”
said District
Attorney Eric Gonzalez
in a statement. “I am
committed to doing everything
possible to protect
children in our communities
and to bring
cowardly child abusers
to justice.”
According to the District
Attorney’s investigation,
on Sept. 12, the
victim’s mother was awoken
at home in the Gowanus
Houses apartment
complex on Hoyt Street
“This child
suffered
unthinkable
abuse in his
short life.”
at 5:30 am by the defendant.
The defendant,
who was holding the
young boy in his arms,
told her that her son was
not breathing. The child
was taken to Brooklyn
Hospital Center where
he was pronounced dead
at 6:54 am.
An autopsy found
that Eubanks was suffering
from several old and
new injuries at the time
of his death, including
multiple bruises to his
body on his limbs, back,
chest, and abdomen,
bite marks on both of
his ears, a healing skull
fracture, multiple rib
fractures, and trauma to
the stomach.
A judge ordered Johnson
be detained without
bail. He is due back
in court in Novemeber,
at which time he faces
a sentencing of up to 25
years to life in prison.
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