‘Depraved, wicked, evil, inhuman’: MMA fighter gets 27 years to life for daughter’s starvation death

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (TCN) — A father has been sentenced to 27 years to life in prison for the 2024 starvation death of his 5-year-old daughter.

Spectrum Local News reports 35-year-old Robert Buskey Jr. was sentenced on April 3.

Buskey pleaded guilty to the charges on Jan. 23. A former mixed martial arts (MMA) cage fighter, Buskey has been in custody since his arrest in April 2024. First responders arriving at the home following a report of an unresponsive child found the body of Charlotte Buskey, 5, inside a portable crib in a locked bedroom…

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