Man convicted after girlfriend’s 7-year-old starved to death ‘alone in a playpen’ despite ‘ample food’ in home

A 30-year-old man in Ohio will go to prison for his role in killing his girlfriend’s 7-year-old son after the ailing child starved to death, weighing just 19 pounds when authorities discovered his lifeless body in a playpen.

A Lucas County jury on Friday convicted Joshua Mulvey on one count of first-degree felony involuntary manslaughter and third-degree felony endangering children in connection with the June 2023 death of Kristopher Snyder, court records show.

The child’s mother, 30-year-old Samantha Hardiman, was sentenced earlier this year to 15 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to murder. In exchange for her plea, charges of manslaughter and child endangerment were dismissed…

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