Woman Sentenced for Beating 4-Year-Old to Death with Broomstick, Blamed 9-Year-Old
An Alabama woman, aged 55, has been sentenced to a 20-year term in a state correctional facility for the brutal murder of her 4-year-old nephew. Yolanda Denise Coale was found guilty of beating the young boy, King Lyons, to death with a broomstick and attempting to implicate his 9-year-old sister in the crime. The sentencing was confirmed by Mobile County Circuit Judge Brandy Hambright. Coale had initially pleaded guilty to manslaughter in December, just days …