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05.11.2022 - 21:15 / dailyrecord.co.uk
An ex- policeman has been charged with second degree murder after he forced his eight-year-old son to sleep on the concrete floor of a bitterly cold garage overnight. Michael Valva, a former New York officer, was found guilty of four counts of child endangerment and is now facing a potential maximum 25 years to life sentence in prison.
Below freezing temperatures fell to -6C the night little Thomas Valva was forced to sleep in the garage of his family's Long Island home and the youngster sadly died the following day in January 2020. After a month's worth of testimony, Friday's verdict was announced on the first day of deliberations, the Mirror reports.
The eight year old's death was ruled as a homicide by a medical examiner who found that hypothermia was a leading factor in his death. Prosecutors said that Thomas and his 10 year old brother were both on the autism spectrum and were sometimes made to sleep overnight in the garage by their parent.
Prosecutors also shockingly revealed that the boys had been in the frosty garage for 16 consecutive hours before Thomas died the next day, Newsday reported. They also alleged that cruel, Michael Valva did nothing to aid his son as he watched him die and then went on to lie to police and first responders about what had happened.
The child endangerment counts against Valva stemmed from beating and starving both of his sons. According to US media, the teachers heartbreakingly testified that both of the boys would come to school with visible bruises on their body and would often eat crumbs off the floor as they were starving.
Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney said in a statement: "While there is nothing that we can do to bring Thomas back, we are satisfied with the
Mickey Kuhn, the last surviving credited cast member of the 1939 film classic Gone With The Wind, died Sunday at a hospice facility in Naples, Florida. He was 90.
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