A 26-year-old Los Angeles man was charged Wednesday with the stabbing death of his girlfriend’s 11-year-old son, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.
Rineson Curtis Adams was charged with one count of willful, deliberate and premeditated murder with a special allegation of personal use of a deadly and dangerous weapon, a knife.
Adams also faces one count of felony child abuse, the District Attorney’s Office said.
The boy was stabbed to death on Memorial Day – May 27 -- in the Westlake area. At that time, police had said the suspect was the boy's stepfather.
Adams is expected to be arraigned Wednesdy afternoon in at the Foltz Criminal Justice Center in downtown LA.
Adams has three prior felony convictions, including two convictions for transportation and sale of a controlled substance in 2008 and 1996, and one conviction for burglary in 1996, according to the charging document.
If convicted as charged, Adams faces a maximum state prison term of 64 years to life. The case remains under investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department.
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