In December 2013, a deeply unsettling sequence of events unfolded, leading to the tragic death of Dione Payne, a 16-year-old African-American male from Dayton, Ohio. The narrative of his final days is a harrowing account of a robbery plan that spiraled into a brutal and fatal beating.
The initial scheme, conceived by Michael Geldrich, 36, and Adam Patrick, 30, was to rob Payne of drugs and money. Geldrich had planned to place a pillowcase over Payne's head and restrain him with duct tape.
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