{"id":31350,"date":"2022-12-09T09:55:16","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T09:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/09\/former-nypd-cop-sentenced-for-freezing-autistic-son-to-death\/"},"modified":"2022-12-09T09:55:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T09:55:16","slug":"former-nypd-cop-sentenced-for-freezing-autistic-son-to-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/09\/former-nypd-cop-sentenced-for-freezing-autistic-son-to-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NYPD Cop Sentenced For Freezing Autistic Son To Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n                                <!--  --><\/p>\n<p>Disgraced ex-<a href=\"https:\/\/theshaderoom.com\/?s=nypd&amp;post_type=post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NYPD<\/strong><\/a> officer <strong>Michael Valva<\/strong> was discovered responsible of murdering his autistic son by freezing him to demise, and sentenced on Thursday to 25 years to life.<\/p>\n<p>Valva was given the utmost sentence by a Suffolk County choose following his conviction of second-degree homicide final month.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Former NYPD Cop Sentenced To 25 Years To Life In Death After Autistic Son Dies From Freezing To Death<\/h3>\n<p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/12\/08\/ex-nypd-cop-michael-valva-gets-25-to-life-for-murdering-autistic-son\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>New York Post<\/strong><\/a> stories.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas reportedly died from hypothermia after being left within the freezing temperatures for upwards of 16 hours, with none blankets. When he died, Thomas\u2019 physique temperature was 76.1 levels, 20 levels decrease than it ought to have been, prosecutors famous.<\/p>\n<p>The boy\u2019s older brother Anthony, who was 10 on the time and likewise described as autistic, in the end survived the identical therapy.<\/p>\n<p>An EMS employee who responded to the scene testified at Valva\u2019s trial that the daddy had \u201cno emotion, no sense of concern\u201d for the boy \u2013 telling emergency personnel that he discovers his son unconscious after the boy his his useless on a door body.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">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&#8217;s unheated storage\u00a0for months, with none blankets. Thomas died of hypothermia. Teachers described him as abused and underfed. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KYNQE5oZSk\">pic.twitter.com\/KYNQE5oZSk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davenewworld_2\/status\/1589322463208681472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Boy\u2019s Teachers Testify, Describe Him As Abused, Underfed, And Regularly Cold And Hungry<\/h3>\n<p><!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 2.0.59 --><\/p>\n<p>Teachers allegedly testified and described the boy as abused, underfed, and recurrently chilly and hungry, based on <a href=\"https:\/\/longisland.news12.com\/special-education-teacher-calls-out-cps-says-agency-ignored-reported-issues-with-valva-brothers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>News 12<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One particular schooling trainer mentioned that Anthony, Thomas\u2019 brother, would seek for \u201cany crumb of food\u201d every time potential.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHe was eating from the floor under the bleachers. He was looking for any crumb of food,\u201d the trainer testified whereas crying on the stand, per <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/new-york\/riverhead\/older-valva-brother-was-looking-any-crumb-food-teacher-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patch.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">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\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AtulVuDX2y\">pic.twitter.com\/AtulVuDX2y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 StandAgainstChildAbuse (@JustZub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustZub\/status\/1284305485529788418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 18, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Valve\u2019s Defense Says Ex-Cop Was Under Extreme Stress Due To Finances, Both Boys Showed Signs Of Abuse<\/h3>\n<p>One trainer, who stored a \u201cwell-being log\u201d of her particular schooling college students, famous \u201csmall injuries\u201d on his face together with a limp stroll.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Valve\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas\u2019 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.<\/p>\n<p>Prior witnesses mentioned that each of the youthful boys had been shedding weight, with Anthony dropping 20 kilos in a yr.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><br \/>\n                                <!--  -->\n                            <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');<\/p>\n<p> fbq('init', '1743561565887263'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] 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. 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