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Lawrence toddler beaten to death, according to coroner's final report
By Michelle Betts Kansan staff writer
Mother's boyfriend charged with child abuse, first-degree murder
The final autopsy report on a 23-month-old Lawrence boy confirmed that he was fatally beaten, the Douglas County coroner said.
Atlanta pathologist Kris Sperry conducted the autopsy in Lawrence after Eric Brewer's death Feb.5. Douglas County coroner Carol Moddrell, who assisted Sperry in the autopsy, received a copy of the final 15-page report Friday afternoon and gave copies to the Douglas County district attorney's office and Lawrence police.
caused internal bleeding, according to the coroner's reports.
Eric died from a ruptured liver that
Donald Earl Bruce, the boyfriend of Eric's mother Wendy Brewer, was charged with first-degree murder and child abuse in connection with the child's death.
A preliminary hearing for Bruce is scheduled for Wednesday.
Wendy Brewer was charged Thursday with involuntary manslaughter and released on bond.
Her preliminary hearing is scheduled for 4.p.m. Wednesday.
Jerry Wells, Douglas County district attorney, said the two cases
He said he did not expect charging anyone else in the case.
might be combined after the preliminary hearings.
Moddrell said she requested the assistance of Sperry, a Lawrence native, because the case was complicated.
She said that according to Sperry's report the child could not have lived for more than 15 minutes after a blow that damaged his liver. Even if the boy had been taken to the hospital for medical care, he probably would have died.
Moddrell said a blow that resulted in
death within 15 minutes was a lethal injury.
Sperry's report also recorded other injuries to Eric Brewer, including several bruises, Moddrell said.
Lawrence police said the boy was not injured with a weapon.
Alita Cooper, assistant professor of human development and family life, said child abuse in most cases was promoted by problems such as economic pressures, dysfunctional families or lack of support in families.
"It happens everywhere, and it happens in every stratum, even in Lawrence," Cooper said.
Scholarship hall parking faulted
Students send a letter to KU officials criticizing lack of spaces and lighting
ByErik Bauer
Kansas staff writer
Sarah Kraus is scared to park outside Douthart Scholarship Hall at night.
"It's not a real safe neighborhood to walk around by yourself," she said.
Kraus, Waukesha, Wis., senior, is one of about 80 residents from Douthart and Grace Pearson scholarship halls who is upset about the lack of parking spaces and adequate outdoor lighting on Louisiana Street between 13th and 14th streets.
Residents sent a letter to KU officials Wednesday detailing their complaints and concerns about safety.
The letter was sent to Ken Stoner, director of student housing, Jim Wilkins, assistant director of systems residence life, Donald Kearns, director of parking department, and Chancellor Gene Budig.
s and residents can park in the lot during it only residents can park there after 5
Kraus said the construction of Amii Scholarship
and the return of residents to Pearson Scholar-
ship Bath were made possible.
She said she estimated 27 parking spaces were lost because of the Amira construction.
"They should have supplied us with a parking option before they put the hall up," she said.
Kraus said scholarship hall residents were allowed to park in the Alumni Place overflow, yellow sticker parking lot at 12th and Louisiana streets.
But the lot is always more than full, Kraus said.
Many residents are forced to park on Tennessee and Ohio streets, where they frequently are ticketed, she said.
Kraus also said the lighting on Louisiana was inadequate and many residents did not feel safe walking from their cars to the halls because of crime in the area.
A KU student was sexually battered and sodomized Feb. 4 at the 1200 block of Louisiana street, according to Lawrence police reports.
Kraus said residents called the police Feb. 8 because an unidentified man was wandering around outside Douthart.
Police questioned the man and let him go because when they arrived, he was not committing a crime, said Lt. John Mullens. KU police representative.
Mullens said the police were patrolling the area more frequently because of the number of residents who were nearby.
Stoner said he was concerned about campus safety, but the facts in the letter were inaccurate.
The construction of Amini Hall actually provided scholarship hall residents with more parking spaces, he said.
"There's more spaces down there this year than last year," he said.
He said the housing department was working with the All Scholarship Hall Council to improve the outdoor lighting.
"We can all share a concern for the safety and security on campus," he said.
Stoner said he would respond to the letter in the middle of the week because he needed time to obtain facts.
Shan Schwartz, president of the All Scholarship Hall Council, said scholarship hall residents had tried since last fall to find options for additional parking spaces.
"Even though we gained some to make up for the ones we lost in the alley, there seems to be a lot more cars," Schwartz, Topeka sophomore, said. "The parking situation is worse than it has ever been."
Kearns said the residents' problems had nothing to do with parking and the police needed to address their concerns about safety.
He also said parking services had sold too many parking stickers in various lots, including those currently used by the scholarship halls.
It is normal to sell more stickers than there are spaces because not everyone parks in the lots every day, he said.
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