The Crime

It was July 28,1999 in Broward County Florida. Twelve year old Lionel Tate and six year old Tiffany Eunick were playing together downstairs. Kathleen was supposed to be babysitting Tiffany, but had to work the night shift so she left Tiffany with Lionel so that she could go upstairs and nap.

At one point Kathleen hollered downstairs, telling the kids to be quiet. 45 minutes later Lionel went to wake up his mother and told her that Tiffany was not breathing.

Lionel told his mother that they were pretending to wrestle, he had her in a headlock and he accidentally slammed Tiffany's head into the side of the table. Lionel was roughly 160 lbs, Tiffany a mere 48 lbs. Lionel then told his mother that after hitting her head, Tiffany rolled around on the floor crying. He left her there to go watch t.v. before finally waking his mother.

Was Tiffany's death an accident or was it murder?

Tiffany Eunik
(Monacelli. 2016)

Lionel Tate
(Monacelli, 2016)

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