A Florida man who beat his 7-week-old son and suffocated the child with a baby wipe was sentenced to 45 years in prison for the infant’s death as part of a plea deal, People confirms.
Joseph Walsh pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and aggravated child abuse in the death of his son Chance Walsh, a spokeswoman for the Sarasota State Attorney’s office tells People. After abusing the child, Walsh and his wife, Kristen Bury, allegedly left Chance’s body to decompose in a crib for more than a week.
“You beat and brutalized an innocent infant who could not protect himself,...
Joseph Walsh pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and aggravated child abuse in the death of his son Chance Walsh, a spokeswoman for the Sarasota State Attorney’s office tells People. After abusing the child, Walsh and his wife, Kristen Bury, allegedly left Chance’s body to decompose in a crib for more than a week.
“You beat and brutalized an innocent infant who could not protect himself,...
- 5/3/2017
- by Char Adams
- PEOPLE.com
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