Judge takes 20 minutes to convict man in 8-year-old's 'horrific' beating death from 2020
The judge addressed Coulter, calling the case "the most horrific set of facts" she's ever heard.
"Sir, those children have haunted me this last week," Judge Johnson said to an impassive Coulter. "I hope, sir, when you're in prison, those same boys that have haunted my mind, haunt yours."
The three surviving brothers of the 8-year-old boy, whose decomposing body was found in October 2021, told their story in court Thursday of what life was like living with their mother's alleged abusive boyfriend.
Judge takes 20 minutes to convict man in 8-year-old's 'horrific' beating death from 2020
One by one, the siblings, now ages 17, 12, and 9 years old, took the stand on the trial's third day, testifying for hours about how Coulter kicked, hit, and punched Kendrick for months leading up to his death. The two younger brothers said Coulter abused them as well.
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The eldest brother called 911. He was 15 years old at the time. Prosecutors played the call during closing arguments.
"My brother is dead, and he's been dead for a while," the teen can be heard saying. He explained to the dispatcher that his mom and her boyfriend moved out. "It's just me and my two other brothers here."
The teen, now 17, was the only one of the three brothers to testify in the same room as Coulter but did not look at the man he once thought of as a "father figure."
Verdict: Brian Coulter sentenced to life for killing 8-Year-Old Kendrick Lee
HOUSTON - Brian Coulter, the man found guilty of killing 8-year-old Kendrick Lee, will spend the rest of his life in prison.
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much more at the links. I wish the surviving boys nothing but peace and a life of love and happiness. Now for the "mother", time for Gloria to face the music.