Former NFL Player Sentenced To Life In Prison For Egregious Crimes

A horrific child killing could keep a former NFL player behind bars for the rest of his life.

The Western Journal reported on the death of 5-year-old La’Rayah Patra Nicole Lamont Davis, who that year succumbed to more than 100 bruises, 20 broken ribs, a lacerated liver, and bruises on other organs according to police at the scene. She was the daughter of Amy Taylor and 33-year-old Cierre Wood, a former Notre Dame standout who played for multiple pro teams during his brief professional career. In April, Wood reached a plea agreement with prosecutors that will see him serve a minimum of 10 years before he is eligible for parole, though it’s stipulated that he will be on track for a life sentence.

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“Your heart absolutely breaks and you think, ‘How can somebody be so cruel?,’” said Chief Deputy District Attorney Dena Rinetti at the sentencing hearing. He was relieved to see prosecutors reach with Wood what’s known as an Alford plea, meaning Wood admits that there is sufficient evidence to convict him without costing the state of Nevada the time and resources to hold a trial. His guilty plea includes a charge of second-degree murder and a charge of child abuse, neglect, or endangerment. Taylor, the girl’s mother, had previously been sentenced to life in prison with the chance of parole after 10 years for Taylor’s second-degree murder charge and eight to 20 years on her child abuse charge.

Thomas Ericsson, an attorney for Wood, argued it was Taylor who sat on the girl’s chest to hold her down during an outburst and that his client wasn’t home at the time of the abuse. He added that Wood tried to provide comfort to Taylor and her daughter and pointed to his lack of criminal history. Before the killing, he had a brief career playing for the practice squads of the Houston Texas, New England Patriots, and Buffalo Bills.

At her sentencing, Taylor accused Wood of standing by and watching while she beat her own child to death. Wood concurred in his own remarks, admitting he “kind of did nothing” as Davis died. “It’s very hard for me to believe that you just passively stood there while this child was basically being beaten to death,” the mother told the court at her sentencing. The judge previously read off text messages between the abusive lovers about how to hide Davis’s bruises when she went to school. “You are both guilty,” District Judge Jacqueline Bluth said. “And you better thank Mr. Ericsson for every single second that you got off because if a jury heard these text messages and saw the pictures of that child that I had to see, you would be doing life without the possibility of parole.”

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