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Judge denies Herman Black's request for a sentence reduction. Date published: 7/1/2006
A man who dumped the body of a 3-year-old Caroline County boy into Lake Anna will get 10 years in prison, a Spotsylvania County judge reaffirmed yesterday.
Herman Lee Black, 49, was in court yesterday to ask Circuit Judge Ann Hunter Simpson to reduce the 10-year prison sentence he got for the involuntary manslaughter and felony child neglect of Tyreek Davis. Tyreek died Sept. 29, 2004, and his body wasn't found until this past February. Black disclosed the location of Tyreek's remains to detectives in part to receive a chance at a lighter sentence. In tearful testimony yesterday, Black explained what led to Tyreek's body being wrapped in a large brake drum and dumped into about 18 feet of water near the Harris Bridge in Lake Anna. Black was living with girlfriend Linette Davis and her four children, including Tyreek, in a Carmel Church motel room when the incident occurred. Black agreed to watch Tyreek that September day. Black testified that he was going about 65 mph on U.S. 1 near Thornburg when he had to slam on the brakes of his van to avoid a car. He said Tyreek, who was in the back and had taken off his seatbelt, was thrown to the floor. Black testified that he didn't think Tyreek was badly hurt. He said the boy ate lunch, spoke and jumped around. The boy later took a nap and was unresponsive when Black tried to wake him up. Black testified that he tried to perform CPR on the boy, but that he couldn't revive him. Black, who said he drank more than a case of beer and smoked marijuana that morning, said he began to panic. A convicted felon several times over, Black said he began thinking about what police would say about Tyreek's unwitnessed death. He said he was sure he'd face murder charges and wouldn't get a fair trial. Black, who was self-employed and worked for a tree service, was cutting wood at the time at his brother's home on Granite Springs Road. He said while he was walking around and thinking about what to do, he came upon a brake drum.
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