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Kendrick Gets 20 Years to Life
Judge E. Gerald Parker sentenced Michael Kendrick, 40, to 20 years to life after a guilty plea to murder in the death of a 7-year-old boy in Dayton. The boy's mother still faces her own trial.
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The guilty plea is a conviction, and 20 years to life is the judgment Parker imposed. It is not life without parole. A child is dead. The mother's charges are a separate case, and they have not been tried.
Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge E. Gerald Parker on Thursday sentenced Michael Kendrick, 40, to 20 years to life in prison.
Kendrick pleaded guilty on Oct. 29 to murder, two counts of tampering with evidence, three counts of gross abuse of a corpse, and endangering children. The plea came days before a trial set for Nov. 2. Ashley Johnson, 37, the boy's mother and Kendrick's girlfriend, is charged with gross abuse of a corpse, tampering with evidence, and obstructing justice. Her trial is set for Nov. 30. Those counts were not part of Thursday's sentence.
Dayton police found the boy's remains on July 12, 2025, after Kendrick called 911 around 3:45 a.m. and reported a kidnapping from the home on Xenia Avenue. Officers determined the boy had not been kidnapped. Court records say he had been dead for weeks, and that Kendrick later directed detectives to the remains on McClure Street.
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