A Milwaukee father has been sentenced to prison in the death of his 5 year old son, according to FOX 6 of Milwaukee.
Travis pleaded guilty to three felony charges: second degree reckless homicide, child neglect and child abuse. FOX 6 reports he was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison, followed by eight years of extended supervision.
According to the station, the boy’s parents told authorities in 2019 that he had fallen down a flight of steps. Travis later told investigators that he struck the child after the boy ate the last slice of Father’s Day cheesecake, FOX 6 reports.
Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge David Borowski addressed Travis at the sentencing hearing. “How you can live with yourself, even for a day, I don’t understand,” the judge said.
FOX 6 also reports that Borowski believes the state could have filed a more serious case, which might have led to a harsher sentence. Prosecutors expressed concern for the safety of Travis’s four other children, according to the station.
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