Disgraced ex-NYPD officer Michael Valva was discovered responsible of murdering his autistic son by freezing him to demise, and sentenced on Thursday to 25 years to life.
Valva was given the utmost sentence by a Suffolk County choose following his conviction of second-degree homicide final month.
Former NYPD Cop Sentenced To 25 Years To Life In Death After Autistic Son Dies From Freezing To Death
The 43-year-old was in the end discovered responsible of the heartbreaking 2020 demise of his 8-year-old son Thomas after he allegedly locked the boy in an unheated storage in a single day at their Long Island dwelling, the New York Post stories.
Thomas reportedly died from hypothermia after being left within the freezing temperatures for upwards of 16 hours, with none blankets. When he died, Thomas’ physique temperature was 76.1 levels, 20 levels decrease than it ought to have been, prosecutors famous.
The boy’s older brother Anthony, who was 10 on the time and likewise described as autistic, in the end survived the identical therapy.
An EMS employee who responded to the scene testified at Valva’s trial that the daddy had “no emotion, no sense of concern” for the boy – telling emergency personnel that he discovers his son unconscious after the boy his his useless on a door body.
The NYPD cop who killed his 8-year-old son has been convicted of second-degree homicide. Michael Valva compelled his autistic son Thomas to stay within the household’s unheated storage for months, with none blankets. Thomas died of hypothermia. Teachers described him as abused and underfed. pic.twitter.com/KYNQE5oZSk
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) November 6, 2022
Boy’s Teachers Testify, Describe Him As Abused, Underfed, And Regularly Cold And Hungry
Teachers allegedly testified and described the boy as abused, underfed, and recurrently chilly and hungry, based on News 12.
One particular schooling trainer mentioned that Anthony, Thomas’ brother, would seek for “any crumb of food” every time potential.
“He was eating from the floor under the bleachers. He was looking for any crumb of food,” the trainer testified whereas crying on the stand, per Patch.com.
Valva, alongside along with his then-fiancee Angela Pollina, who may have a separate trial, had been arrested again in January 2020, and charged with second-degree homicide and 4 counts of endangering the welfare of a kid.
1) Exactly 6 months in the past our little angel Tommy misplaced his valuable life from the fingers of his sadistic abusers Michael Valva and Angela Pollina. Tommy and his two brothers skilled unimaginable ache, struggling, brutal tortures, and horrific bodily, psychological and sexual abuse… pic.twitter.com/AtulVuDX2y
— StandAgainstChildAbuse (@JustZub) July 18, 2020
Valve’s Defense Says Ex-Cop Was Under Extreme Stress Due To Finances, Both Boys Showed Signs Of Abuse
One trainer, who stored a “well-being log” of her particular schooling college students, famous “small injuries” on his face together with a limp stroll.
Meanwhile, Valve’s protection maintained that the previous cop was below excessive stress resulting from his monetary scenario, and over anger Pollina had proven after each boys urinated and defecated inside the house, based on Patch.com.
Thomas’ older brother, Edward, had mentioned he was allowed to make use of the lavatory in school, however as a result of truth that there have been incontinence points, each Thomas and his brother had been compelled to put on diapers at school, and even had garments and sneakers soaked in urine, prosecutors mentioned.
Prior witnesses mentioned that each of the youthful boys had been shedding weight, with Anthony dropping 20 kilos in a yr.