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Dante pleads guilty in DeKalb County Georgia to murder after 7 year old Z'ayre was shot with gun under his car seat

Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2025 8:58 am
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DEKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA — A DeKalb County father has learned his sentence after pleading guilty to the death of his son, who was killed with his unattended firearm on Thursday, the district attorney's office said.

44-year-old Dante Lamar Daugherty took a non-negotiated guilty plea for second-degree murder, two counts of second-degree cruelty to children in connection with the death of his 7-year-old son Z'ayre Daugherty. He was sentenced to 10 years, with two years in custody and the rest on probation.

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