Detroit man sentenced to 25-50 years in death of 1-year-old girl
A Detroit man has been sentenced to up to 50 years in prison over the death of a 1-year-old girl in 2022, the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office reported.
LeRoy Metoyer III was sentenced Monday by Judge Wanda Evans to 25 to 50 years in prison on a conviction of second-degree murder, and 15 to 30 years in prison on a conviction of first-degree child abuse, prosecutor Kym Worthy announced. The sentences will run concurrently through the Michigan Department of Corrections.
The charges are in connection with the death of Justice Starks on Nov. 29, 2022.
Metoyer was caring for the young child of a friend when the toddler was assaulted, the prosecutor's report said. Medics were called to the scene and took the child to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead on Dec. 1, 2022.
The Wayne County Medical Examiner's office later determined the cause of death was multiple blunt force trauma to the head.
Charges against Metoyer were filed in March 2023.