Kentae Williams was 10 when he died on April 28, 2017, in Decatur, Georgia. He had been adopted five months earlier and was described as autistic with special needs. Neighbors reported seeing his adoptive father, Leon Harvey Williams, 44, yelling at and threatening the boy outside their Glen Hollow Drive apartment and once dragging him by the neck.

Emergency help was called only after the child became unresponsive; Kentae was taken to a hospital and died of his injuries.

Williams was arrested the next day and in interviews admitted hitting the child, causing the burns, and holding his head underwater, while claiming the death was accidental. A DeKalb County grand jury indicted him in July 2017 on multiple counts including malice murder and first-degree cruelty to children. At trial in July 2018 a jury found him guilty on all charges and he was sentenced to life in August 2018.

Does anyone have additional information about Kentae’s life or the days leading up to April 28, 2017?