GUILTY MI - Deontae Mitchell, 13, Detroit, 31 May 2016

  • #141
“The tragedy of Deontae Mitchell has touched the hearts of all Detroiters,” Duggan said during a joint news conference with Police Chief James Craig.

“The most terrible moment of being the mayor of Detroit is when the phone rings late at night and I see it’s coming from Chief Craig,” Duggan said. “These calls are coming too often. There’s just too much violence.”

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/...ted-13-year-old-detroit-boy-deontae-mitchell_
 
  • #142
Autopsy for Deontae Mitchell complete; cause of death pending

13-year-old's body found in Thursday morning in field on Detroit's east side


By Halston Herrera - Digital news editor

Posted: 8:46 AM, June 03, 2016
Updated: 1:12 PM, June 03, 2016

...The cause of death is pending. There was no indication of gunshot wounds...

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/...cted-13-year-old-detroit-boy-deontae-mitchell

On one of the reports that I saw or heard yesterday, it was noted that the teen showed signs of having been beaten. If DM wasn't shot, it's possible that COD might be blunt force trauma. :moo: Hopefully, COD will be released later today.
 
  • #143
Autopsy reveals Deontae Mitchell, 13, wasn't shot

Holly Fournier, Nicquel Terry and George Hunter, The Detroit News 1:36 p.m. EDT June 3, 2016

The 13-year-old boy who was kidnapped before his body was found in an overgrown east-side Detroit field did not die of gunshot wounds, according to the medical examiner.

The Wayne County Medical Examiner said Thursday an autopsy for Deontae Mitchell was complete and that the manner of death was pending further investigation...

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/ne...pect-detroit-teen-death-toledo-jail/85338418/
 
  • #144
I somehow wished hed just been shot. my heart breaks again that he was likely beaten and it hurt :(
 
  • #145
  • #146
I somehow wished hed just been shot. my heart breaks again that he was likely beaten and it hurt :(

I am so sad over this child, all those supposed "adults" in that car and nobody would stop this.
 
  • #147
I wish life meant more to people :( Hoping you are resting easy and happy now
 
  • #148
Very sad for this poor boy.
The footage was very hard to watch, but I do get a sense they might have known each other 🙁
 
  • #149
Wtf. Ffs
 
  • #150
  • #151
“He was the type of kid that would help an old lady cross the street, not snatch her purse,” said Ernest McFadden, the father of Deontae’s two older brothers. “He was that kid.”

[..]

Deontae was “the baby of the family” with two older brothers and an older sister, McFadden said. He was a bright kid who loved school and followed the rules.


“He believed in God. He believed in something better than everything going on in the world today,” McFadden said. “He believed in people, too. I guess that’s where he made his mistake.”


McFadden said the family is doing “a lot of praying” since Deontae’s “unbelievable” death.


“It’s happening to these kids every day, though,” he said of Detroit children becoming victims of violent crime. “Kids that still have their innocence and don’t know the world can be so cold and broken.”

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/ne...pect-detroit-teen-death-toledo-jail/85338418/

Today, Deontae's grandparents described him as a gentle child who did well in school and often helped with work and chores around their house.


“He wasn’t the violent type,” said his grandmother, Vernice Ellington. “He was timid, and really sweet. He didn’t deserve this.”


His grandfather, Glen Ellington, said Deontae was well-liked by the neighbors on the block where the Ellington’s live on the city’s west side.


“He wasn’t the type to be in the streets running around,” said his grandfather, Glen Ellington. “He just got caught at the store at the wrong time.”


Vernice Ellington said she helped raise Deontae and never imagined she’d have to endure him being kidnapped and killed over a few dollars.


“We are in a troubled world,” she said.

http://www.freep.com/story/news/loc...k-2-more-suspects-kidnapping-boy-13/85287492/
 
  • #152
I feel so very bad for this boy's family, may they find peace.

What I don't understand though was what two young boys were doing out at 10:30pm in a liquor store parking lot? They should have been home.
 
  • #153
Detroit man charged in kidnapping of Deontae

The Detroit News 12:42 p.m. EDT June 4, 2016

A suspect arrested at his Detroit home this week in the kidnapping of a 13-year-old boy whose body was found in an overgrown east side field was charged in the case on Saturday.

Earnest Coleman, 26, one of four people held in the kidnapping and killing of Deontae Mitchell, was charged with kidnapping by Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy...

Coleman is expected to be arraigned on Sunday in 34th District Court in Romulus...

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/ne...man-charged-kidnapping-deontae-case/85396678/
 
  • #154
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This is exactly what I was thinking......that they knew each other because of no resistance.
 
  • #155
This is exactly what I was thinking......that they knew each other because of no resistance.

I am going to guess that killer dude was a big man around town. He might not have known sweet baby, but I bet sweet baby knew him! And I bet most knew not to resist big dude or there was a price to pay. This is not fact, just my guess.


I cannot believe FOUR (at least) adults knew or participated in the murder of a child and not one tried to stop it or went to the police. I do not understand this world. I guess it is probably just what I stated in the paragraph above, though. Bye bye, big man. Enjoy your bars!
 
  • #156
Ernest Coleman, 26, a Detroiter, was arraigned by video on Sunday before Judge Michael Callahan in Romulus on charges that he kidnapped Deontae Mitchell.

After a not guilty plea was entered on Coleman's behalf, he was ordered to return to court for a pre-trial conference on June 16and for a preliminary exam on June 23, at the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice.

Coleman stands accused of "knowingly restraining" Deontae "with intent to hold for ransom or reward" on May 31 at 11:15 p.m. outside Nino's Market on the 15900 block of East Warren, Callahan said. Deontae’s body was found dead in a field on Baldwin, off Harper Street, not far from where he'd been abducted.

So as to "ensure (Coleman's) appearance and to protect the public from further harm," Callahan said, he set Coleman's bond at $1 million cash. Kidnapping carries a possible life sentence.

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/ne...t-man-held-bond-deontaes-kidnapping/85448896/
 
  • #157
:cry:
 
  • #158
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This is exactly what I was thinking......that they knew each other because of no resistance.

I wouldn't be so sure, because allegedly the perp had a gun. So the victim might have been afraid to put up much resistance or try to run away (as happens when perp has a gun).
 
  • #159
Me too. I'm sure my family would understand if I didn't come home because I was trying to help someone else. While hopefully I will never know if I would actually be brave enough to do it, I'm comfortable with the idea of sacrificing my life trying to save someone else...if there's a chance at their survival. I've been more fortunate in my life than most. No one owes me anything.

Hugs to Dontae and his family.
:rose:


ETA: sorry, the reply function didn't work properly. I was responding to jadejazzkayla
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?309321-MI-Deontae-Mitchell-13-Detroit-31-May-2016-ARRESTS&p=12603636#post12603636
 
  • #160
I hope this child wasn't used as a pawn to force someone else to pay their debt, or scare them into silence for whatever reasons. Nothing makes sense about killing a child. I don't know why he was out that night, or if being at that place was a coincidence or not, it doesn't matter if it was 3 am, and he was going to the store for meds because someone sick, just none of that matters anymore. He is DEAD. For no reason! He didn't attack anyone. He didn't pull a gun on anyone. He didn't beat up a homeless man and try to steal his belongings. He didn't commit a crime!!!! NONE!!! He was just being, and for that was killed. SMH. Monsters are all around. Pure evil.
 

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