GUILTY Fl - Trysten Adams, 2, Beaten To Death, Port St Lucie, 28 Sept 2014

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Erin MacPherson‏ @ErinCBS12 4m4 minutes ago
The jury for for the Michael Beer Murder Trial is still deliberating, after more than 7 hours. Beer is accused of killing his 2 y/o foster son, Trysten Adams. @VincentCrivelli is taking over my seat in the courtroom as the jury deliberates. So stay w/ him and @CBS12 for updates.

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Man charged with killing foster son takes stand

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Man charged with killing foster son takes stand (with clip)
2 year-old Trysten Adams died in 2014

Jun 19, 2018

"FORT PIERCE, Fla. - It has been four years since two-year-old Trysten Adams died. Tuesday, Trysten's foster father, Michael Beer, took the stand in his murder trial. His attorney began with simple questions.

“How did you treat your son?" asked attorney Lance Richard.
“Like a son," was the reply.

“How did you feel about him?”
“Loved him very much.”

But then, Beer needed to compose himself.

“You have to realize I’m dealing with the loss of my son here, so please bear with me.”

He and his now ex-wife were foster parents to several children, including Trysten.
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Man charged with killing foster son takes stand
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Vincent Crivelli‏ @VincentCrivelli 16h16 hours ago
Court official just announced the jury has reached a verdict in the Michael Beer case. The father who is accused of killing his two year old foster son almost four years ago... waiting for jury @CBS12

Vincent Crivelli‏ @VincentCrivelli 16h16 hours ago
Jury finds beer guilty of aggravated manslaughter.

(video clip Vincent Crivelli on Twitter )
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WPEC CBS12 News‏Verified account @CBS12
Man found guilty in foster child's death, reports @VincentCrivelli http://bit.ly/2tpjSBw

(video clip WPEC CBS12 News on Twitter )
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Verdict: Man found guilty of aggravated manslaughter in child's death

"FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) — Guilty! Wednesday night foster father Michael Beer was taken away from St. Lucie County court in cuffs after a jury found him guilty of killing the two-year-old in his care. The murder case shocked the community four years ago.

Jurors deliberated for about seven-and-half hours after hearing closing arguments Wednesday afternoon. Their guilty verdict was read aloud at 8:45 p.m.

...“Obviously my client is very disappointed by the verdict we were hoping he would go home today,” said defense attorney Lance Richard.

Richard says he plans on appealing the case, and the fact the jury found Beer guilty of aggravated manslaughter, but not aggravated child abuse raises questions. “The verdict to me doesn’t make a lot of sense, I’m not sure how they reached that conclusion, because they found him not guilty on one charge but then found him guilty on another charge so I am not sure how they reached that conclusion,” said Richard. He says he plans to appeal the case based on an error in court.

However, the prosecution was happy with the verdict, although the jury didn’t find Beer guilty of homicide, instead the lesser charge of aggravated manslaughter. “On behalf of the State Attorney’s Office we are satisfied,” said prosecutor Romero Bernie.

Michael Beer faces a maximum of 30 years behind bars. He will be sentenced on August 30 at 1:30 p.m."

Verdict: Man found guilty of aggravated manslaughter in child's death
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RIP Trysten

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Judge gives Port St. Lucie's Michael Beer maximum sentence in death of toddler foster son

Aug. 13, 2018

"FORT PIERCE — Michael Beer, convicted in June by a Circuit Court jury of aggravated manslaughter in the September 2014 death of his 2-year-old foster son, was sentenced Tuesday to the maximum 30 years in prison.

Beer’s attorney, Lance Richard of Stuart, termed it a “life sentence” for the 51-year-old who had been a Port St. Lucie resident until his arrest in the September 2014 death of Trysten Eli Frank Adams....

In addition to testimony from two of Beer’s sisters who pleaded with Circuit Judge Gary Sweet for leniency, Richard brought in three sheriff’s deputies and two nurses who work at the St. Lucie County Jail who testified that Beer was a model inmate who conducted Bible study classes and helped fellow inmates in other ways.

Assistant State Attorney Bernard Romero told Sweet this case “isn’t about good people who do bad things, but when someone does something bad.”

“Throughout history, people are judged by how they act when they are tested by stressful circumstances,” Romero said, pointing to Beer. “Test after test after test, he has never come clean and admitted what happened."

Instead, Romero said, “By blaming the very people who tried to save Trystan’s life,” he caused other people to suffer emotionally.

Assistant State Attorney Jason Bruin also countered with testimony with Trystan’s mother and grandmother.

The grandmother, Elizabeth Taccetta, asked Sweet to give Beer the maximum sentence “so he can feel the pain and suffering that we’ve been feeling.”..."

Judge gives Port St. Lucie's Michael Beer maximum sentence in death of toddler foster son
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