8-year-old charged in beating demise of 1-year-old

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A 8-year-old kid is being accused of beating a 1-year-old young lady to death while they were allowed home to sit unbothered as their moms went to a club, Alabama police said Tuesday.

Birmingham police representative Sean Edwards said the kid beat and slaughtered 1-year-old Kelci Lewis when she wouldn't quit crying. The mother of the baby, 26-year-old Katerra Lewis, additionally is accused of murder for her part in the demise of her little girl.

"This is by a long shot one of the saddest cases that I have seen and been a part of since I turned into a cop," Edwards said. "This sort of flippancy in the interest of a guardian is absolutely inadmissible," he said.

Police said a homicide warrant has been gotten for the kid who is presently under the watchful eye of Alabama's youngster welfare organization, the Department of Human Resources. His case will experience the family court framework.

Edwards said the 8-year-old was the most established of six youngsters took off alone as their moms, Katerra Lewis and a companion, went to a dance club on the night of Oct 11. The 8-year old is the child of Katerra Lewis' companion. The companion has not been charged.

A 6-year-old who was in the home that night told police what happened, Edwards said, and the data was predictable with the little child's wounds. Kelci Lewis endured serious head injury and real harm to her inward organs, police said.

Edwards said the 8-year-old is the most youthful homicide litigant he's ever known about in the Birmingham region.

"I trust the 8 year-old is going to require some exceptional guiding for the following quite a while," Edwards said.

He said the mother's discipline is "something she needs to live with for whatever is left of her life."

Katerra Lewis has posted $15,000 bon