AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A 22-year-old northeast Ohio man was
sentenced to life in prison Monday for killing his girlfriend’s unborn
baby by punching her in the stomach.
Tyvon D. Ward of Akron
attacked his girlfriend on June 20 after learning that she was 34 weeks
pregnant, prosecutors said. He attacked their 4-year-old son, throwing
him around the room. A few hours later he assaulted the girlfriend,
punching her in the stomach and face.
The woman was hospitalized the next day, and her baby died as a result of the attack, according to the
Akron Beacon Journal (http://bit.ly/1gE9qIE ).
Authorities said that while the woman was in the hospital, Ward and
another girlfriend left the critically injured 4-year-old son home
alone.
When Akron police went to Ward’s home to question him about
his girlfriend’s injuries, they discovered the boy home alone lying on
the carpet. The child was taken to a hospital, where he was diagnosed
with fractures to the face from the previous day’s attack.
Ward
pleaded guilty to murder, felonious assault and endangering children.
Summit County Common Pleas Court Judge Lynne Callahan sentenced Ward to
life in prison without possibility of parole for 20 years.
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