Last week, Rysheim Smith was sentenced to 25 years to life in the 2016 death of 6-year-old Zymere Perkins, the son of Smith’s girlfriend. As investigators found at the time, the Administration for Children’s Services had multiple opportunities to save Zymere from the severe beatings, cold showers, starvation and other forms of torture he experienced in his short life.
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Mother s Boyfriend Gets 25 Years to Life for Murder of 6-Year-Old Zymere Perkins Little Zymere was found to be living in a filthy, moldy, cockroach-ridden apartment with no electricity before his death in 2016
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Zymere Perkins was found covered in bruises, scratches and welts on his stomach when his mom brought him to the hospital in 2016
The 6-year-old boy later died from what an investigation determined to be fatal child abuse syndrome
Rysheim Smith, the boyfriend of Zymere s mother, was found guilty on all counts including murder and manslaughter
The boyfriend of a 6-year-old New York City boy s mother was sentenced to decades in prison Monday for the child s death, ending one of the highest-profile child abuse cases the city has seen over the past few years.
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