Lakehills man gets 80 years for crippling baby

[The Straight Story]

Lakehills man gets 80 years for crippling baby
by Judith Pannebaker
Bandera County, Texas

Approximately 25 months after a Lakehills man, in a fit of temper, nearly killed his girlfriend’s then-5-month-old son, little Dalton Oliver finally received justice.

On Thursday, June 28, Jeffrey Thompson, 35, was sentenced to an 80-year prison term for the crippling injuries he delivered to his girlfriend’s baby in May 2005. Now two and a half years old, the toddler is blind and remains unable to walk, talk or eat on his own.

During the two-day trial in Boerne and in earlier interrogations, Thompson had maintained the child’s injuries had occurred accidentally. However, his defense became problematic due to an inability to settle upon a single version of the self-described “accident.”

http://www.banderacountycourier.com/

[MonkeyFunk]

1. oh god

that poor baby.

I hope he never gets out of prison.

[grilled onions]

2. Not A Face Of Remorse

Will he have special quarters???? So often they do when the crime involves children.

[Mythsaje]

3. Last night at work

a co-worker shared with me a horrific story about his ex-girlfriend, his ex-girlfriend's boyfriend, and his daughter. To make a long story short, they suspect the man killed the child but couldn't even determine cause of death, so he got away with it.

This sort of stuff is truly terrible.

[Vidar]

4. Cheaper just to stake him out in the desert, but I'll bow to majority

in applauding this sentence.

[LeftishBrit]

5. Horrible!

The poor child!!!! No words really.