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DeKalb father, girlfriend sentenced to prison for deadly beating of 5-year-old daughter

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A DeKalb County father and his girlfriend will spend decades behind bars after beating the man's 5-year-old daughter to death after she didn't want to help clean up their house.

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Father And Girlfriend Sentenced For Beating 5-Year-Old To Death For Not Cleaning The House

Five-year-old Janiyah Herring died after her father’s girlfriend tied her to a bed and beat her with a cord for refusing to help clean their Decatur home, according to testimony from the child’s siblings. Court records show Cedric O’Neal Herring, 30, brought his unresponsive daughter to Emory Decatur Hospital on May 29, 2021, claiming they had been in a car accident. Hospital staff immediately recognized Janiyah wasn’t breathing and discovered h…

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DeKalb father, girlfriend sentenced to prison for deadly beating of 5-year-old daughter

A DeKalb County father and his girlfriend will spend decades behind bars after beating the man's 5-year-old daughter to death after she didn't want to help clean up their house.

·Atlanta, United States
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DeKalb County father, girlfriend sentenced to decades in prison for beating death of his 5-year-old daughter - On Common Ground News

DECATUR, GA—A DeKalb County man and his girlfriend have been sentenced to decades in prison for the 2021 brutal beating death of the man’s young daughter. Investigators reported that the couple took turns beating the child until she lost consciousness after she did not do chores. The father then took her to a hospital, claiming [...] The post DeKalb County father, girlfriend sentenced to decades in prison for beating death of his 5-year-old daug…

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