Grandson admitted to beating his grandmother to death with a hammer and then stole her car, cops say

Kerrien Dates, a 23-year-old from Memphis, Tennessee, has admitted to beating his grandmother to death with a hammer after he was found in her stolen car, cops say. - (Shelby County Jail)

A Tennessee man has admitted to beating his grandmother to death with a hammer after he was found in her stolen car, cops say.

Kerrien Dates, a 23-year-old from Memphis, was arrested last Thursday in Jackson, more than an hour’s drive northeast of his hometown, in connection to the death of his grandmother Sonya Date, 58, according to local reports citing authorities.