Antonio Evans has been jailed after admitting murdering six year-old Destine King while babysitting the foster child. Evans, who was himself in foster care, was previously charged with raping Destine too

A 14 year-old foster child reportedly raped then tortured a six year-old girl to death after being left to babysit.

Antonio Evans attacked Destine King and her siblings, a seven year-old girl and nine year-old boy, in Memphis, Tennessee, in December 2015.

All three of his victims were also in foster care at the time.

Evans, who is now 18, admitted adult charges of second-degree murder and aggravated child abuse on Friday.


He was originally also charged with rape of a child under eight, although that charge was later dropped, with Evans now jailed for 30 years.

The abuse which killed Destine and badly injured her siblings took place at this house in Memphis, Tennessee, in December 2015 (Picture: WMC)

Evans punched, kicked, slapped and whipped his victims each day while his foster mom was at work, with Destine vomiting and passing out after three days of abuse.



Police were called to the family’s home, with Destine taken to hospital, where she died five days later.

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She was discovered to have suffered injuries including a lacerated liver, pelvic bruising, bite marks on her back, a shoe print on her vagina and bleeding on her brain

The surviving youngsters told police that Evans had threatened to hurt them further if they told anyone what he’d been doing to them.

Both suffered severe bruising on their faces and across their bodies.

Evans was being fostered by the daughter of Destine’s foster mother at the time of the killing.

Her siblings were removed from their home and placed in another foster home after being treated for their injuries.

Speaking at his daughter’s funeral, Destine’s distraught dad Trevin King told the Commercial Appeal: ‘I just miss her so much.

‘We just had fun all the time and she was just so happy and wonderful.’

Family friend Sherrie Lanahan added: ‘She was so full of life and we had so much fun.

‘I just wanted to say how much we are going to miss her as part of the family for the short time that we got to be with her.’