DeKalb father, girlfriend sentenced to prison for deadly beating of 5-year-old daughter

The Brief

  • A DeKalb County father and his girlfriend will spend decades behind bars after beating the man’s 5-year-old daughter to death after she didn’t want to help clean up their house.
  • Prosecutors say Cedric O’Neal Herring tried to claim that his daughter’s wounds were from a multi-car accident.
  • Last week, the 28-year-old entered a guilty plea and was sentenced to 50 years with 30 in prison.

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. A DeKalb County father and his girlfriend have been convicted of the death of the man’s 5-year-old daughter.

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On Wednesday, 28-year-old Unchinna Myrick pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and two first-degree counts of cruelty to children in connection with the 2021 death of Janiyah Herring.

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