BRISTOL, Pa. (TCN) — A 31-year-old man will spend as much as three a long time in state jail for costs associated to the 2023 loss of life of his toddler son.
Based on the Bucks County District Lawyer’s Workplace, a choose sentenced Tyler Sullivan on Tuesday, Aug. 27, to fifteen to 30 years after he pleaded responsible three months in the past to third-degree homicide and endangering the welfare of a kid. Sullivan should additionally bear psychological well being therapy.
On Might 24, 2023, Bristol Borough Police responded to a house to a report of a child in cardiac arrest, the place they discovered an unresponsive 4-month-old baby who was “chilly to the contact.” Officers tried lifesaving measures, however the sufferer was transported to Decrease Bucks Hospital, the place he was pronounced deceased. Based on prosecutors, a doctor decided the toddler’s “accidents have been indicative of a battered baby.” The newborn reportedly sustained a number of accidents, together with contusions, bruising, and abrasions. The physician additionally reportedly stated the sufferer had already died by the point he arrived on the hospital.
Upon additional investigation, the district lawyer’s workplace stated authorities realized Sullivan “violently shook” his son on no less than two events on the day he was discovered, in addition to six different occasions within the weeks main as much as the newborn’s loss of life.
On the sentencing listening to, Sullivan reportedly made a “prolonged, tearful assertion,” describing “how responsible and ashamed I’m.”
The newborn’s mom and aunt additionally made impression statements in courtroom. Based on prosecutors, “The mom stated she was too traumatized and was by no means ready to return to the condominium she shared with Sullivan and their baby.” She stated, “My child deserved to dwell a protracted, pleased, fantastic life.”
The sufferer’s aunt reportedly stated her nephew’s killing left a “gap in our hearts that may by no means be crammed. We’ll miss him perpetually.”
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