RANDOLPH COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — The man who was found guilty of killing a child in Randolph County in 2022 has been sentenced to death.
Joel Vilchis Valdez Beltran was charged with first-degree murder in September 2022 after a 14-month-old died a week after being taken to the hospital with serious injuries in what officials described at the time as suspected child abuse.
Beltran was in a relationship with the child’s mother and would help her with her children. When she couldn’t wake the toddler up one morning, she called for help and the boy was taken to the hospital…