Terrell Rhodes, the 30-year-old man who pleaded guilty to killing his girlfriends 2-year-old son and later assaulting a police officer, is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday in a Clark County courtroom.
Rhodes admitted to killing Amari Nicholson in May 2021. The case that triggered a week-long, community-wide search after Rhodes falsely claimed the toddler had been kidnapped. The boys body was eventually found at a nearby apartment complex, not far from where he had lived with Rhodes and his mother, Taylor Nicholson.
Rhodes entered a guilty plea last year, in April of 2024, to charges of first-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon against a protected person. The plea deal calls for a sentence of 20 years to life in prison for the murder charge.
According to a police report, Rhodes confessed to hitting Amari multiple times after the child wet himself. During his interrogation, he attempted to grab a detectives gun, leading to a physical struggle inside the interview room an incident that led to additional charges, including assaulting a police officer with a deadly weapon and resisting arrest.
Rhodes was originally indicted in May 2021 on a range of charges.
This story will be updated following the sentencing.
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