A court hearing turned violent on Thursday when the man accused of stabbing a mother to death and throwing her toddler in the Ohio River was attacked by the toddler’s father.
Desean Brown, the man charged in the deaths of Nylo Lattimore and Nyteisha Lattimore, was in court for a motion to suppress hearing on whether or not a taped confession in Nylo and Nyteshia Lattimore’s killings to police would be allowed as evidence. The judge ruled it would be allowed at trial.
Brown’s hearing had just wrapped up when Nylo Lattimore’s father walked up and punched Brown repeatedly.
The father, Tonio Hughes, was tackled by two deputies who asked the judge to hit the panic button for more back up.
But even after he was cuffed, Hughes stood back up and attempted to break free from deputies hold before Brown was taken out of the courtroom.
Hughes was escorted out shortly after. Judge Megan shanahan found Hughes in contemtp of court and sentenced him to seven days in the Hamilton County Justice CEnter.
Brown’s next court date is Aug. 29.
Prosecutors say 29-yead-old Nyteisha Lattimore was stabbed inside of her apartment on December 5, 2020. Her body was found along the banks of the Ohio River near the Purple People Bridge on December 12, 2020.
Deters said the woman’s killer purchased a body bag online, then brought her body to the river a week later.
Deters said that Nylo Lattimore’s blood was found on a Paw Patrol blanket that was recovered with Nyteisha Lattimore’s body. The boy’s stroller was also found in the Ohio River.
Exhaustive search efforts for the young boy have turned up empty-handed, and the prosecutor says an investigation revealed he was killed by the same man who killed the boy’s mother.
Brown now faces the death penalty. He has been charged with two counts of aggravated murder with a death penalty specification, one count of gross abuse of a corpse and one count of tampering with evidence.
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