Man Gets 50 Years In Prison For Killing 12-Year-Old Girl Over Her Phone
Almost two years ago, Kadejah Davis-Talton, then 12, was shot to
death at her home in Detroit over a disagreement about a cellphone. On
Tuesday, the man convicted in her killing was told he could face 50
years in prison.
Wayne County Circuit Judge Vonda Evans sentenced Joshua Brown,
age 21, to 24 to 50 years for second-degree murder, 14 to 30 years for
assault with intent to murder, which he is to serve concurrently, and an
additional mandatory two years for a felony firearm charge, according
to the Detroit Free Press.
According to prosecutors, the man’s mother, Heather Brown,
drove her son to and from Davis-Talton’s home on Jan. 31, 2012 after she
had gotten in a dispute over her missing cellphone with Almanda Talton,
the girl’s mother.
Talton said she found a phone in public restroom at a tax
business and gave it to an employee, according CBS Detroit. She thought
Joshua Brown came to her home to discuss something else, and then shut
the door on him after talking to him briefly. Brown, then 19, fired
several shots through the door, according to prosecutors, striking and
killing Kadejah Davis-Talton.
According to the Free Press, Evans said Tuesday the phone was eventually found in Talton’s car.
“Why would two mothers risk their children’s lives over such a
minor thing as a cellphone?” Evans asked before sentencing, the Detroit
News reports. “A mother’s worst nightmare was experienced the night
Kadejah was killed.”
Evans also told Brown, “You should have been man enough to let her fight her own battle instead of bringing you into her mess.”
Davis-Talton was a sixth-grade student who had straight A’s
and had just celebrated her birthday before her death, according to
WXYZ-TV.
Joshua Brown was found guilty in a second trial after
a prior mistrial. Heather Brown was charged as an accessory after the
fact for her role in driving her son to the house. She accepted a plea
deal in October and received nine months of jail time with work release
and five years of probation, according to MLive.
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