YOLO COUNTY, Calif. — A Sacramento man was sentenced to nearly 16 years in prison this week after he killed a 16-month-old girl and abused her 3-year-old brother in 2021. His sentencing comes weeks after he pleaded to lesser charges following a pre-trial ruling.
According to prosecutors, Derrick Dimone Woods was watching the two children at a motel in West Sacramento. When their mother returned, Woods ran away and jumped into a car that was waiting for him.
The woman found her 16-month-old daughter on a bed, covered with a sheet and not breathing. Her face was swollen and covered in bruises. She also found her 3-year-old son sitting on a chair, covered in bruises and welts from being whipped with a charging cable…