DA: Sacramento County father sentenced to 25 years to life for shaking infant son to death

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A man was sentenced to decades behind bars for the death of his infant son in Sacramento County.

Alexander Coffey was sentenced to 25 years to life in state prison on Dec. 19, after a jury conviction for second-degree murder and assault on a child causing death, the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office said.

The case stems from the death of Coffey’s 7-month-old son, Greyson, on Nov. 11, 2023. According to the District Attorney’s office, Coffey was home alone with Greyson when he woke up around 1:15 a.m. feeling angry…

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