Family reacts after man admits to killing girlfriend, 3-year-old
By Karin Johnson
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CINCINNATI (WLWT) — Desean Brown pleaded guilty to murdering his girlfriend, Nyteisha Lattimore, and her three-year-old son, Nylo in 2020.
In exchange for pleading guilty to two counts of aggravated murder, the death penalty was taken off the table.
Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge sentenced Brown to life in prison without parole.
After Wednesday’s hearing, Rodrick Lattimore, Nyteisha’s father, expressed his devastation over the loss of his daughter and grandson.
“It ripped my heart out when it happened,” he said.
Lattimore directed his anger at Brown, saying, “I just want this guy to know that you had no right to put your hands on my daughter, to murder my daughter and my grandson the way you did. What did you do to my grandson? When you go to that prison, you’re going to talk, and when you do, I’ll be waiting. I want to know what really happened to my grandson.”
Earlier in court, Brown kept his head down as he pleaded guilty.
Hamilton County assistant prosecutor Seth Teiger said Brown stabbed Nyteisha in the neck 11 times inside her Walnut Hills apartment on Dec. 5, 2020.
Teiger detailed the events following the murders, explaining, “That next day, early Sunday morning around 4, he took Nylo in his own stroller to the Purple People Bridge and threw Nylo and the stroller into the icy cold Ohio River.”
Days later, Brown ordered a body bag on eBay.
“On Friday, 12-11-2020, he ordered an Uber. He took Nyteisha’s body in the body bag to the Uber to the Purple People Bridge, where he had originally killed Nylo,” Teiger said.
Her body, when he threw that over the bridge, got stuck on a ledge, and a security guard found her body and called police. Despite extensive searches, Nylo’s body was never recovered.
Nyteisha’s father said he’s satisfied with the sentence because he said the death penalty would have been the easy way out. Still, he admits no punishment will ever be enough.
“Go to where you need to go, go to hell. That’s where you need to go, go to hell,” Lattimore said.
Lattimore said his family prays, often shares stories about Nyteisha and Nylo, and honors their names as a way of healing.
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