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AL vs Kevin Towles – Victim: Geontae Glass

12.18.09: Towles was Sentenced to Death by Lethal Injection on 12.15.09

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Case Background

image of accusedimage of victimKevin Andre Towles is accused of beating his girlfriend’s 5-year-old son to death in December 2006.

Geontae Glass was the son of Shalinda Glass, also faces charges related to her son’s beating death. Shalinda Glass drove to a gas station and went inside. She then came outside and told people her son had been sleeping in the backseat of the car and the car had been stolen. An AMBER Alert was issued for the child. Police located the vehicle with Geontae’s body still seatbelted in the backseat. The vehicle was located on property owned by Towles. Shalinda Glass told police that Towles had beaten her son to death because he brought home a bad report card.

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