Man who bludgeoned 4-year-old cousin to death because boy put his shoes on the wrong feet and sat down to pee is headed to prison

An Indiana antheral volition walk decades successful situation for beating his 4-year-old relative to decease because the lad was putting his shoes connected the incorrect feet and sitting down to pee.

Montrell Dionte Jolly, 36, was sentenced to 55 years successful situation for the decease of young Ke'andre Jolly, the Tippecanoe County Prosecutor's Office said.

Jolly pleaded blameworthy successful July to murder, neglect of a babelike resulting successful catastrophic injury, aggravated battery, and battery resulting successful decease to a idiosyncratic little than 14 years aged and being a habitual offender owed to 3 anterior felony convictions.

On July 28, 2023, instrumentality enforcement successful Lafayette responded to a 911 telephone astir a kid who was having a imaginable seizure, according to an affidavit of probable origin successful the case. Paramedics arrived astatine the location connected the 800 artifact of North 13 Street and recovered Ke'andre Shamar Jolly, 4, unconscious.

The lad was recovered "soaking wet" connected the level of the residence, a paramedic told police. The wrong of the location was filled with "a smoky haze" and the "odor of marijuana," the affidavit says. There were "no disposable signs of injury," connected the child, the paramedic observed, but helium was "unresponsive" and "one pupil appeared constricted" portion "one pupil appeared blown," which is "indicative of a caput injury."

Investigators aboriginal noted the beingness of humor connected the bath antagonistic and sink, harm to the bath door, and "multiple bloodstains" connected walls successful aggregate bedrooms.

Ke'andre was rushed to a section infirmary and aboriginal airlifted to a children's infirmary successful Indianapolis. Staff astatine the archetypal infirmary notified the Lafayette Police Department the kid "suffered non-accidental trauma," the affidavit says. Ke'andre died connected Aug. 1, 2023, from blunt unit injuries to his head.

During an interrogation with police, Jolly said helium was "disciplining" the kid by making him "do partition sits due to the fact that Ke'andre had enactment his shoes connected the incorrect feet," according to the affidavit.

Jolly said helium made Ke'andre bash partition sits portion the lad extended his arms guardant connected a "daily" basis.

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"Montrell expressed vexation with Ke'andre's dependence connected his mother. Montrell advised Ke'andre was crying during the partition sits and was not doing them correctly, truthful Montrell moved Ke'andre to Montrell's chamber to bash the wall-sits determination truthful Montrell could supervise the partition sits better," the affidavit stated.

At 1 point, the suspect allegedly told police, helium allowed the kid to usage the restroom. That conscionable made the antheral much angry.

"Montrell got upset again due to the fact that Ke'andre was going to beryllium connected the toilet to urinate alternatively of lasting 'like a regular boy,'" the affidavit of probable origin continues. "Montrell made Ke'andre basal to usage the restroom and past instrumentality to the partition to bash partition sits."

Jolly forced the lad to enactment the shoes connected the close foot, but helium couldn't bash it. More partition sits ensued.

"Montrell advised Ke'andre continued to whine but past abruptly stopped making immoderate noise, truthful Montrell looked astatine Ke'andre and observed helium was connected the crushed adjacent the country of the doorway framework with humor coming retired of his mouth."

After that, the suspect said helium tried to aftermath the lad up but couldn't, truthful helium enactment him successful the bathtub and sprayed him with acold water, to nary avail. About 20 minutes later, constabulary allege, an big successful the location — either the suspect oregon the boy's parent — called 911.

Throughout the wall-sit punishment and the child's nonaccomplishment of consciousness connected the time successful question, his parent was successful and retired of the location buying groceries and past unloading them from the car and putting them away, she told police. She said she was alert of the subject her lad received — and that it was happening due to the fact that helium had incorrectly enactment his shoes on.

Police determined that Ke'andre's injuries were not from partition sits but from a beating.

Colin Kalmbacher contributed to this report