Dad convicted of drowning 6-year-old son to avoid child support (Fullerton, California)

We've posted on dad GIDEON WALTER OMONDI before. He has now been convicted of murdering his 6-year-old son because Daddy dearest didn't want to pay child support. Previous reports have mentioned that Omondi had joint custody and had tried to kill the boy once before the final drowning incident.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/09/oc-man-convicted-of-drowning-son-6-over-child-support.html

O.C. man convicted of drowning son, 6, over child support
September 8, 2009 5:23 pm

A Fullerton man was convicted today of drowning his 6-year-old son in a bathtub after learning that his wages would be garnished to pay support to his ex-wife and the boy.

Gideon Walter Omondi, 38, was convicted of first-degree murder for the September 2006 death of his son, Richie, who was spending the weekend with his father at his Fullerton apartment.

According to prosecutors, Omondi filled a tub with water, drowned his son and then placed him on a bed under the covers. Two hours later, Omondi went to Fullerton police and told them he had killed his son, prosecutors said.

Omondi faces 32 years to life in prison. Omondi pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, and the sanity phase of the trial is set to begin Wednesday.

-- Dana Parsons, in Orange County