Portage, MI — A Michigan jury on Monday found 32-year-old Brandon Sullivan guilty of Felony Murder and First-Degree Child Abuse in connection with the 2022 death of 18-month-old Jacob Flowers.
According to the Portage Department of Public Safety, officers were called to the Anna’s Vineyard Apartments in the 6100 block of Applegrove Lane around 5:50 p.m. on December 15, 2022, after reports of an unresponsive child. Responding officers found the toddler unresponsive but still showing a pulse. Flowers was taken to a nearby hospital for emergency medical treatment but died the following day.
Investigators determined that the child’s death was a homicide and that Flowers had been in Sullivan’s care earlier in the day. After an extensive investigation, Sullivan was charged with both Felony Murder and First-Degree Child Abuse in connection to the toddler’s death.
Sullivan is scheduled to be sentenced on November 21, 2025, in Kalamazoo County Circuit Court. He faces a potential life sentence without the possibility of parole for the murder conviction.
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