A Man Threw His Ex-Girlfriend’s 3-Year-Old Son Off a Bridge. Then, He Took an Uber to Dump Her Remains in the Same Spot By Bailey Richards 15

An Ohio man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for killing his ex-girlfriend and her son.

Desean Brown was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after pleading guilty to the murders of both Nyteisha Lattimore, 29, and her 3-year-old son, Nylo, on Wednesday, Sept. 10, according to The Cincinnati Enquirer and a news release from Hamilton County Prosecutor Connie Pillich. 

Brown, 25, pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated murder. Under the Sept. 10 plea agreement, the death penalty was taken off the table, and Lattimore’s family was spared “years of painful appeals,” per the release.

The hearing at Hamilton County Common Pleas Court came almost five years after Brown killed Lattimore and her son “on or about” Dec. 5, 2020, the release said.

Brown first fatally stabbed Lattimore — whom The Enquirer identified as his ex-girlfriend — in her apartment in the Walnut Hills neighborhood of Cincinnati, per the release. (At the time of her death, Lattimore was allowing Brown, whom she had previously been in a relationship with, to stay in the apartment, one of her relatives told The Enquirer.)

He stabbed Lattimore 11 times in the neck, The Enquirer reported, citing prosecutors.

The following morning, Brown killed Nylo by throwing him, when he was still alive, into the Ohio River, per the release.

He brought the 3-year-old to the Purple People Bridge, which stretches across the river, in a stroller, according to The Enquirer. He then threw both the toddler and stroller into the river, which Assistant Prosecutor Seth Tieger described as “icy cold” at a Sept. 10 hearing, per the outlet.

Days later, on Dec. 11, Brown put Lattimore’s body in a bag he had purchased on eBay, and took an Uber to the Purple People Bridge, where he then left the remains, according to The Enquirer. He lied to the Uber driver about what was inside the bag, the outlet reported.

Brown attempted to throw the bag, as he had with the toddler, into the river, but it became stuck on a ledge, per the Cincinnati outlet. Someone then discovered the bag containing Lattimore’s remains the following day.

Despite massive search efforts, Nylo’s body was never recovered. Family members did, however, eventually find the stroller in the river, The Enquirer reported, citing Tieger.

In the days before he left Lattimore’s body on the bridge, Brown kept it in her apartment, where Tieger said there was so much blood that it leaked into the unit below, per The Enquirer.

Brown also looked up how to clean up blood and attempted to clean up the crime scene, according to the Cincinnati outlet. 

No motive was discussed at the recent hearing, but prosecutors said in 2023 that a woman told authorities that Brown blamed Lattimore for having a miscarriage, The Enquirer reported.

According to the outlet, the woman also said Brown had discussed killing her and Nylo in retaliation.

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The Sept. 10 plea agreement was “initially offered under the prior administration, but was finalized after Brown was recently found competent to stand trial,” according to the release from Pillich’s office.

Specifically, it came less than a week after a psychologist testified that Brown had been attempting to fake symptoms of a mental illness, The Enquirer reported.

In the release, Pillich described Brown’s actions as “ruthless,” which the plea deal “reflects.” Added the prosecutor: “This sentence delivers justice for both Nyteisha and Nylo.”

Brown declined to give a statement at Sept. 10 hearing.