A 28-year-old man in California will likely spend the rest of his days behind bars for killing his 2-month-old baby, inflicting “repeated physical abuse” on the infant until he ultimately died from his injuries.
Mathew Garcia on Monday was sentenced to 50 years to life in prison for the brutal 2020 killing of young Emiliano Garcia, authorities announced. A county jury earlier this year found Garcia guilty on a slew of charges in connection to his son’s death, including one count each of child abuse resulting in death, child abuse resulting in great bodily harm, and misdemeanor child abuse.
According to a news release from the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office, Emiliano was born on Aug. 22, 2020, and lived with his mother, father, and two other children at a home in the 2600 block of East Marsh Street. San Joaquin County is in the state’s Central Valley near Sacramento…