A Navy veteran accused of brutally beating a disabled man who used a wheelchair has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and will be sentenced to eight years in prison.
A second former Memphis police officer pleaded guilty Friday to civil rights violations in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, leaving three officers heading to trial in federal court next month.
Guillermo Castillo bonded out in 1999 before fleeing to Colombia after he and another man were accused of fatally beating Joel Gerhart while trying to steal a television in Katy.
The 31-year-old was convicted by a jury during an eight-day trial for the beating death of his 3-year-old nephew, Kevin Ramirez-Lara, back in 2020.
The beloved Stewart Elementary inclusion aide's son was arrested two states away, and investigators believe he was targeting his father next.
The child's mother and her boyfriend have already been charged with murder in his disappearance.