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

Contrary to fathers' rights propaganda, father perpetrators (along with stepdads and caretaker boyfrends) dominate the most vicious crimes against children: sexual assault, abusive head trauma, murder-suicides, crimes involving gun violence, and other similar forms of physically violent/fatal child abuse. And as more dads are providing child care (either because mom is working and can't find other care, or because dads are increasingly getting unsupervised visitation/custody through the family courts), more dads are are being found guilty of basic child abuse and neglect as well.

10/25/15 -Because of severe time constraints, we are no longer able to do regular updates at Dastardly Dads. We will occasionally post articles on general studies on child abuse/domestic violence, news pieces involving abusive fathers in custody/visitation situations. We wil also be updating the Killer Dads and Custody lists, while looking for a better, more accessible platform for the data.

7/11/16 - We started this blog on June 24, 2009--just over seven years. And like all good things, it's time to bring this project to a close. It has served its purpose. We have close to 10,500 postings regarding fathers and child abuse, with hundred of those cases being enabled by the family courts, social services, and others in authority. The documentation is clear. It is now time to stop documenting and put that energy into changing the situation that puts thousands of mothers and children at risk every day.

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.

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Monday, January 9, 2012

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