Boyfriend gets 12 years in 4-year-old's beating death (Columbus, Ohio)

Boyfriend ROBERT OVERTON III has been found guilty of felonious assault and child endangering in the death of a 4-year-old boy. Overton was accused of kicking, punching, and throwing the child across the room. He'll serve 12 years in prison. Then I guess he gets out and does this to another child.

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Man gets 12 years in 4-year-old's beating death
(AP) – 4 hours ago

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.