Local Man Gets 12 Years In Preschooler’s Fatal Beating
Published: August 13, 2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio—A man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison in a beating that killed an Ohio preschool boy.
Twenty-two-year-old Robert Overton III of Columbus was convicted in June of felonious assault and child endangering. The jury deadlocked on a murder charge.
During Wednesday’s sentencing hearing, Overton denied causing the injuries to 4-year-old Antwan Bowman, the son of his former girlfriend.
A coroner said the child died in March 2007 from a change in his heartbeat that was due to blunt force.
Prosecutors said Overton kicked and punched the boy and threw him across a room at his mother’s home. Defense attorneys suggested the boy’s 13-year-old brother was responsible for the death.
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Why would they get him…..hes bout to be locked up with all the other murderers, molestors and rapists. they get together and tip each other on how to get sharpen their nasty habits.
He will be lucky to last 5 years. He better hope the inmates dont get to him if they havent aready.
Put a bullet in his head, and save the tax payers some money!!!!!!
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Once again Life is worthless in Ohio.
I think Overton should be kicked, punched and thrown across a room until he dies like the his victim.
12 years, Drug dealers get more time than this, what a freakin joke.
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