Attorneys for two boys accused of beating an 8-year-old Northside girl to death have filed papers asking a Hamilton County Juvenile Court judge to exclude the media from court proceedings.

        The boys, ages 11 and 13, return to Judge Sylvia Sieve Hendon's courtroom today for the results of a second psychologist's review.

African Evans, mother of Takeya Bryant.

        Last month, Dr. Paul Deardorf, a court-affiliated psychologist, told the judge that both boys — believed to be the youngest in the county ever to be accused of murder — are competent to stand trial in the death of Takeya Bryant.

        But defense attorneys requested that their clients be re-evaluated by Dr. Kathleen Hart. She is expected to discuss her findings during today's hearing.

        The judge is expected to rule on the motion to exclude the media before the 9 a.m. proceeding.

        Takeya was killed Aug. 15. Her 13-year-old cousin, who was baby-sitting Takeya and three siblings while their mother worked, called 911 that morning to report that she had become nonresponsive. Paramedics were unable to revive her and she was pronounced dead at Children's Hospital.

        The five children were in the basement apartment of a building in the 4200 block of Georgia Avenue, Northside.

        Police charged the 13-year-old cousin and Takeya's 11-year-old brother in her death. The older boy also faces three juvenile counts of rape for allegedly assaulting the girl with a foreign object.

        The boys are not being named because of their ages. They are being held in a juvenile detention facility in Mount Auburn.

        State law says they cannot be sent to adult court because they are under 14. If convicted, each could remain in custody until he turns 21.

        Takeya was the third of four children of African Evans. Takeya's other two siblings, a 9-year-old sister and a 5-year-old brother, have been placed in foster care, officials said.
       

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