Man who beat 8-year-old stepson to death in Detroit to be sentenced

DETROIT – A man who pleaded guilty to beating an 8-year-old boy to death will be sentenced Thursday.

Update: ‘He is a monster’: Detroiter sentenced for beating 8-year-old stepson to death

Adren Thimes Jr. was killed in November 2024 at his Detroit home near the intersection of Clairmont and Woodward avenues. The cause of death was ruled to be multiple blunt force trauma to the head.

Jamarr Hill, the boy’s stepfather, and Kentoria Latricia Moss, his mother, were arrested and charged in connection with the death.

Hill was charged with felony murder and first-degree child abuse, while Moss was charged with second-degree murder and lying to a peace officer.

Hill pleaded guilty to second-degree homicide in July and the other two charges were dismissed.

Jamarr Hill’s sentencing will take place at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 7.

Moss is scheduled for a court examination on Aug. 29.

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