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Tyre'ke Evans
Date: 12/19/11
Gender: Male
Age: 4
Race: Black
Time: Unknown
Suspect(s): Patricia Brewer, 23; Kenneth Dewayne Coleman, 21
Status: Suspects convicted
What happened:
Tyre'ke Evans, 4, dies after a beating left him with a swollen brain, lacerated liver, bruises and abrasions. His mother, Patricia Brewer, 23, and her boyfriend, Kenneth Dewayne Coleman, 21, are charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated child abuse. In Aug. 2014, Coleman pleads guilty to second-degree murder and two counts of aggravated child abuse and is sentenced to 20 and 15 years. In Oct. 2014, Brewer pleads guilty to two counts of aggravated child endangerment and is sentenced to 20 years.
Read more:
• Boy dead, another hurt in possible abuse, Chattanooga police say
• Chattanooga mother charged in beating death of 4-year-old son
• Neighbors unaware of possible child abuse before Chattanooga boy killed
• Chattanooga 4-year-old beaten all over body, autopsy reveals
• Autopsy reveals previous beatings of 4-year-old boy
• 2 charged in boy's beating death appear in court
• Charges in death of 4-year-old Tyre'ke Evans sent to grand jury
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