A Detroit mother has been sentenced to prison in connection with the 2024 fatal beating of her 8-year-old son, a case that had already put the boy’s stepfather behind bars and drawn close attention from neighbors and family members. Court filings and prior reporting identify the child as Adren Thimes Jr., who died in November 2024 after suffering severe head trauma.
According to ClickOnDetroit, the sentencing was announced yesterday during the station’s Local 4 evening newscast. The report did not specify the length of the mother’s prison term, and court records cited in earlier coverage show the case has been moving through the Wayne County courts since the boy’s death.
What investigators found
On Nov. 8, 2024, Detroit police responded to a home in the 600 block of Clairmont Avenue. Medics transported the boy to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy by the Wayne County Medical Examiner ruled his death a homicide caused by multiple blunt force trauma to the head, according to a press release from the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office.
Stepfather's plea and sentence
The boy’s stepfather, Jamarr Hill, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in July 2025 and was sentenced in August 2025 to 18 to 40 years in prison, as reported by CBS Detroit. Prosecutors said the adults’ actions left the child with severe injuries and little chance of survival.
Family reaction
At Hill’s sentencing, relatives delivered blunt victim-impact statements. One aunt said, “They ate well, but the kids didn’t,” while the boy’s grandmother called Hill “a monster.” Those comments were captured in earlier ClickOnDetroit coverage of the August 2025 hearing.
Legal status
Prosecutors charged the mother, identified in court filings as Kentoria Latricia Moss, with second-degree murder and lying to a peace officer, and set a $500,000 cash bond at her arraignment, according to the Wayne County press release. Prosecutor Kym Worthy called the alleged facts chilling in that document, and with the mother’s sentence now handed down, this phase of the case appears to be resolving in court.
