A man who helped conceal the body of 5-year-old Nefertiti “Neffy” Harris reacted angrily in court Tuesday as he was sentenced for his role in the aftermath of her death.
Corrice Parks, 29, attempted to walk out of the courtroom during his sentencing after Judge Matthew Doran sharply criticized his decision to help hide the child’s body and mislead authorities about what had happened.
Neffy was beaten to death by her mother, Latasha Mott, on Jan. 6, 2024, inside a home on West Beard Avenue. Prosecutors said Mott struck the girl with a belt while she was in the shower. Afterward, Neffy’s body was taken from the home and later buried in a shallow grave in a wooded area behind an apartment complex on Salt Springs Road in Syracuse.
Parks previously pleaded guilty to concealment of a human corpse and first-degree hindering prosecution. Prosecutors said he admitted to helping move Neffy’s body from the basement of the house and burying her. He also pleaded guilty to an unrelated gun charge.
He was sentenced to 14 years in prison.
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