Man Guilty of Brutal Abuse, Murder of Stepson
Evidence showed the 2-year-old, AVEION LEWIS, had lost a quarter of his body weight and had suffered an untreated broken arm in the last month of his life.
Brandon R’eal Lockett Sr. has been found guilty of second-degree murder and child abuse and neglect in Roanoke Circuit Court after pleading no contest to the charges this afternoon. Lockett faces a up to 50 years in prison when he is sentenced in November in the January 2010 death of his stepson, toddler Aveion Lewis — 40 years is the maximum penalty on the murder charge, 10 years for the abuse and neglect.
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---------------------------------------------By the time you finish reading this, 15 children will have been abused; In the next five minutes, 30 more; Within the next hour, 360 more; And by tonight, close to 8,000+ children will have suffered from abuse, 5 of which will die. Child abuse has increased 134% since 1980 and is now considered a worldwide epidemic. The high jump in child abuse deaths and the shocking increase in statistics highlights the frightening lack of public knowledge.
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