An Illinois man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for murdering an 11-year-old boy who was protecting his pregnant mother during an attack the day after the suspect was released from prison.

Crosetti Brand, 39, was convicted in June of first-degree murder of 11-year-old Jayden Perkins and the attempted murder and domestic battery of Jayden's mother in a 2024 home invasion in Chicago . On Tuesday, a Cook County judge sentenced Brand to life in prison for the murder, plus 120 years for the attempted murder, domestic battery and home invasion, local ABC affiliate WLS reported .

According to prosecutors , Brand and Jayden's mom started dating when they were teenagers. Brand was almost immediately abusive and she had been trying to get a protective order against him, including in th

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