Thursday, June 24, 2010

Dad gets life for letting 23-month-old daughter freeze to death after sexually assaulting her (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

We've posted on dad WILLIAM PAIGE before. What can you possibly say about a father who rapes and murders his own baby daughter?

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20008594-504083.html

June 23, 2010 3:43 PM

William Page Gets Life for Letting 23-Month-Old Daughter Freeze to Death After Sexually Assaulting Her
Posted by Edecio Martinez

PITTSBURGH (CBS/KDKA/AP) William Page told the judge he's innocent, said he got an unfair trial, and then was sentenced to life in prison for leaving his 23-month-old daughter outside to freeze to death after sexually abusing her.

Page's daughter, Nyia, was found dead in Feb. 2007. Page molested the girl then became angry because she kept removing her diaper. He then left her outside in freezing temperatures. Nyia's body was found in a wooded area of Rankin, Pa., east of Pittsburgh.

Jurors convicted him in March, but split on whether he deserved the death penalty.

Page on Tuesday denied having killed anyone and vowed to fight until he was free.

Allegheny County Judge David Cashman told him he should have received the death penalty and called him a "despicable human being."

He sentenced Page to life in prison plus 21 to 42 years for murder, kidnapping, making false reports to police and aggravated indecent assault.