NYC dad sentenced for smothering 7-week-old son to death because he was crying

NEW YORK (TCD) — A 31-year-old Bronx man was sentenced to as much as a decade in jail for smothering his new child son with a pillow as a result of he saved crying.

The Bronx District Legal professional’s Workplace introduced a decide ordered Teshawn Watkins to spend 5 to 10 years behind bars, plus 5 years of post-release supervision for the loss of life of 7-week-old Kaseem Watkins. Teshawn Watkins pleaded responsible in December to second-degree manslaughter. He additionally entered a plea for third-degree assault as a result of he punched the kid’s mom, his girlfriend, throughout her being pregnant.

The girl reportedly refused to testify towards Watkins throughout his trial.

Watkins was initially charged in March 2020 with two counts of second-degree homicide, first-degree manslaughter, second-degree manslaughter, two counts of prison obstruction of respiration or blood circulation, first-degree reckless endangerment, second-degree tried assault, endangering the welfare of a kid and third-degree assault.

On Jan. 29, 2020, Watkins was on the house he shared along with his girlfriend and their three kids, and Kaseem Watkins started crying. The district lawyer’s workplace mentioned Watkins “turned irate with the infant’s crying and positioned pillows on the toddler, blocking his nostril and mouth.”

Watkins reportedly went to sleep, however when he awakened, he seen the toddler was unresponsive. Watkins’ girlfriend referred to as 911 and the infant was taken to a hospital, the place he was pronounced lifeless. The post-mortem report confirmed the kid died from asphyxia as a consequence of smothering.

In response to the assertion, Watkins put pillows on his son’s head a minimum of one different time between Dec. 9, 2019, and Jan. 29, 2020. Child monitor video reportedly confirmed him “grabbing Kaseem by the pinnacle and spinning his head, inflicting the kid’s physique to flail into the air, after which protecting the infant with pillows.”

Bronx District Legal professional Darcel Clark mentioned following the sentencing, “This youngster had barely begun his life when his father cruelly ended it, inserting pillows on high of the tiny boy till he couldn’t breathe.”

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