Brooklyn Woman and Her Fiance Face Assault Charges in Death of Boy, 3.

A man and a woman were arrested in Brooklyn on assault charges in the killing of a 3-year-old boy who lived with them, the police said, and more charges were possible after the medical examiner's office determined that the boy had been beaten to death. The woman, Nymeen Cheatham, 30, and the man, Lemar Martin, 25, who lived together at 129 Patchen Avenue, in Bedford-Stuyvesant, were also charged with acting in a manner to injure the child, Kyle Smith, the police said. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]