Lionel Tate was 14 when he was convicted for first-degree murder in the death of 6-year-old Tiffany Eunick, while his mother Kathleen Grossett-Tate was sleeping upstairs. Lionel Tate was convicted of killing Tiffany Eunick by stomping on her so forcefully that her liver was damaged terribly, and she sustained other injuries including injuries to her head, face, arms, and torso. She suffered a fractured skull, fractured ribs, and swollen brain. The injuries that Tiffany sustained are similar to falling from a three-story building. (Blanco, Lionel Alexander Tate: Murderpedia, the Encyclopedia of Murderers).
They described the acts of Lionel Tate as not playful but cold, callous, and indescribably cruel. (Blanco).
Lionel Tate described his acts towards Tiffany at first as if he was giving her a bear hug but later revealed that he was initially trying to show her wrestling moves he saw on TV performed by a professional Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. While showing these moves he saw to Tiffany, Lionel threw her into what he believed was the sofa but ended up throwing her into the railing of the stairs. It was later revealed that Lionel admitted to punching Tiffany 30 to 40 times. Lionel went upstairs to tell his
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Growing up knowing that your parents can’t stand each other's presence to the point where it is better if they live in separate houses is tough. Reading through Lionel’s conviction and after his conviction and even when he was convicted again for robbing a pizza store and on gun possession charges all within seven years. On March 9, 2001, Lionel was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. It was then overturned in January 2004. Lionel was released. On May 18, 2006, Lionel was sentenced to 30 years in prison on gun possession charges. On February 19, 2008, Lionel pled no contest to the pizza robbery and was sentenced to 10 years in