Brentley Gore death: Stepfather charged with murder of three-year-old boy weeps in court

Prosecutors claim Richards used a belt to beat his stepson while his mother, who has not been named, slept in the next room of their home in Hickory Falls, Georgia. Richards denies killing his stepson and investigators said he told them that he dropped the child by accident. Richards, the son of Carollton Police Chief Joel Richards, was originally charged with aggravated assault, aggravated battery, cruelty to children in the first degree and possession of marijuana.

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