FL - Tristin Bernard, 18, Beats 3 yo Girl with Brick, Leaves Her to Die in Recycling Bin. 1 May 2019

[PastTense]

The man suspected of smashing a child in the head with a brick and leaving her to die inside a recycling bin in Miami Gardens told police that he injured the child because she wasn’t listening to him, according to police... “The defendant stated the victim had run out of the house and almost crossed the street. He ran out of the house and stopped her. He stated since she wasn’t listening to him he struck her with the brick,” the arresting officer wrote in Bernard’s arrest report.

The child was taken to Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital in Hollywood in critical condition. Family and neighbors say Bernard is mentally unstable, according to a report from Miami Herald news partner CBS4.

18-year-old charged with beating a 3-year-old with a brick ‘because she wasn’t listening’

 

[MadH92]

Apparently he had some mental issues, but no one thought he was capable of doing anything like this.

 

[BrownBear]

Keturah's mother Chanis Johnson said, "I was scared with everything that was going on but I think God has given her a second chance to be with me. She is doing well. She is much better. She has had a fast recovery. Doctors said she recovered very quickly for how young she is. The people at Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, they really helped bring her back to life. They had a great team from housekeeping to the nurses to rehabilitation to the doctors and surgeons. They helped get Keturah walking again."

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