A Texas man has been sentenced to life in jail for repeatedly abusing his girlfriend’s two younger kids, together with denying them meals as a result of “it makes the youngsters must poop,” in keeping with The Unbiased.
Houston resident Victor Prado (45) dated the kids’s mom and allowed them to dwell in a business constructing the place he owned a shifting firm. In response to court docket paperwork, Prado cared for the kids, who have been then 3 and 4 years previous, whereas their mom labored.
Whereas the kids have been in her care, Prado subjected them to horrific abuse by beating them, ravenous them, and restraining them with cable ties.
A witness who observed the kids appeared “starved” confronted Prado. His response was: “As a result of it makes the kids need to poop.”
The witness additionally reported seeing the couple out at evening with out the kids and listening to them screaming.
A tip from the witness led to a Youngster Protecting Providers investigation. In Might 2020, social employees took the kids from their mom and took them to Texas Kids’s Hospital.
Medical workers testified in the course of the trial that the five-year-old boy was severely malnourished, weighed simply 30 kilos and appeared like a skeleton. He had damaged bones and everlasting mind harm.
The lady suffered blunt drive trauma, damaged ribs and intestinal harm. Each boys had ligature marks and pelvic accidents in step with critical automotive accidents.
Docs categorised the kids’s accidents as “baby torture.”
“Our kids are our most useful useful resource and our most weak victims,” stated Harris County District Lawyer Kim Ogg. “This man deliberately tortured two younger kids and can now hopefully spend the remainder of his life in jail.”
Prado was convicted of two counts of harm to a toddler, inflicting critical bodily harm. He’ll serve two life sentences concurrently and should serve not less than 30 years earlier than being eligible for parole.