OH - Antwan Bowman, 4, beaten to death, Columbus, 8 March 2007

[Marie]

[FONT=Verdana,Arial]Teen Accused of Killing 4-Year-Old[/FONT]

Columbus police are searching for a 19-year-old man accused of punching a four-year-old boy to death. Police charged Robert Overton III with murder yesterday in the March 8 death of Antwan Bowman.

 

[southcitymom]

[FONT=Verdana,Arial]Teen Accused of Killing 4-Year-Old[/FONT]

Columbus police are searching for a 19-year-old man accused of punching a four-year-old boy to death. Police charged Robert Overton III with murder yesterday in the March 8 death of Antwan Bowman.

So sad. Prayers to everyone hurting over this.

 

[philamena]

I don't know what to say.:banghead::furious:
Why is it that can people kill so easily?

 

[missacorah]

Ridiculous that a grown man would have any reason to even consider doing this to a child of this age. He will have to live with his actions for the rest of his life.

 

[Belinda]

By Associated Press

POSTED: 02:00 p.m. EDT, Jun 12, 2009

COLUMBUS: A jury has deadlocked on a murder charge against a man accused of killing a preschool boy by kicking and punching him and throwing him across a room.

Franklin County jurors found 21-year-old Robert Overton of Columbus guilty of felonious assault and child endangering, but were unable to agree on the murder count.

More at link:
http://www.ohio.com/news/ohiocentric/47935532.html


Robert Overton III

Jury Trial
Location: Southeastern Correctional Institution
Sentence Date: 08/17/2009

Offenses:
Felony Assault
Child Endangerment

Sentence: 12 years

Expiration of Stated Term: 05/12/2019