9-Year-Old Girl Charged With Beating Brother Before His Death

Yolanda Coale. (Mobile Police Department) MOBILE, Ala.—A 9-year-old Alabama girl was charged with assault after allegedly using a broomstick to beat her younger brother, who later died, records show. Court records show that Yolanda Coale, the boy’s aunt and legal guardian, told officers she awoke Thursday to the sound of the children screaming. She said she found the girl hitting her brother with a broom stick, causing...