The unidentified 11-year-old witness and sister of homicide victim Quachaun Brown, 4, testified against murder suspect Jose Calderon, 20, at the Bronx County Courthouse on Tuesday, Oct. 9.
Calderon, the boyfriend of Quachaun’s mother, is on trial for the January 2006 killing of the boy in the family’s Norwood apartment. The story made citywide news at the time and is now back in the spotlight because of the trial.
The 11-year-old sister testified that Calderon smashed the 4-year-old’s head against a wall before beating the child with his hands. The children’s mother, Aleisha Smith, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and faces seven and a half years in prison when she is sentenced.
Calderon, whose trial is expected to wrap up this week, faces 25 years to life if convicted.
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