Monday, January 9, 2012

Dad sentenced to 53 years in prison for beating death of 2-year-old daughter (South Bend, Indiana)

We've followed this case for a very long time. Dad VALENTIN ESCOBEDO has FINALLY been convicted and sentenced.

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20120107/NEWS02/120108006/Father-convicted-in-child-s-beating-death?odyssey=tab%7Cmostpopular%7Ctext%7CNEWS
Father convicted in child's beating death

2:58 AM, Jan. 8, 2012

A man convicted in the 2008 beating death of his 2½-year-old daughter was sentenced to 53 years in prison by a judge who called his crimes "the worst of the worst."

A jury convicted Valentin Escobedo, 25, of South Bend in November of inflicting fatal injuries on his daughter, Maya, and neglecting her in the year before her death. Jurors acquitted him of murder.

The child's mother, Kristina Byers-Escobedo, is serving 30 years for neglect.

Escobedo said he intends to appeal his conviction.