Mother and her boyfriend convicted of torturing, killing 7-year-old and framing her biological dad
07/07/2025 12:44 pm PDT
LOS ANGELES (TCN) -- A 34-year-old mother and her 33-year-old boyfriend were recently convicted in connection with the abuse, torture, and killing of a young girl several years ago.
A Los Angeles County jury found Ida Brockman and her boyfriend, Malachi Whalen, guilty on July 2 of the torture and murder of Brockman’s 7-year-old daughter, A’Miya D., at their home in Hawthorne. Brockman was also convicted of one count of child abuse causing death, while Whalen was found guilty of one count of assault on a child causing death. Brockman and Whalen will be sentenced in September.
According to prosecutors, Brockman and Whalen "brutally" tortured, beat, and killed the victim on Sept. 9, 2021. The defendants reportedly tried to frame A’Miya’s biological father, but Brockman later confessed to pinning the blame on him.
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner determined the 7-year-old girl "endured physical torture encompassing over 58 individual injuries, including severe burns, blunt force trauma, multiple fractured ribs, a collapsed lung, and other significant internal injuries."
In a statement, District Attorney Nathan Hochman said, "This was a case that shook us all to our core. The brutal murder of A’Miya, a defenseless 7-year-old girl, at the hands of her own mother and her mother’s boyfriend is nothing short of horrific. We are grateful that the jury returned a guilty verdict and held both defendants accountable for their cruelty."
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