Rey Cruz Sr. should never get to lay claim to being a father. The 20-year-old beat his 1-year-old son, Rey Cruz Jr., so severely over a three-day period -- just because the child cried -- that the boy ended up dying.
Cruz was sentenced to 22 years in prison Thursday, according to the Star. He'd been charged with second-degree murder, child abuse and endangering the welfare of a child after his son was found with bruises covering his body -- including his head,
torso, legs and genitals -- last May.
Cruz told police that he pushed the boy down while
trying to teach him to walk and later shook him on May 4. He admitted
slapping his son on the back of his head on May 5. Later that
afternoon, the boy was crying, and Cruz hit him in the face. Frustrated
again by the boy's crying, Cruz admitted shaking the child for a minute
and hitting him in the face twice.
The boy calmed down after being given a bottle. Around 10 p.m., the
child woke up crying. Cruz said he squeezed the child above the waist
and poked him in his stomach to check him. Then he threw the child on
the floor. The child was unresponsive. Cruz left him there for a little
while.
Cruz also admitted to shaking the child two more times,
punching him in the stomach three or four times, and flicking the child's
penis and punching him in the groin to wake him up.
Cruz
finally called 911 around 2:23 a.m. and tried to give the child CPR.
At the hospital, the child was unresponsive, and a medical report showed that the child had a subdural hematoma. The boy's brain was swelling so much
that it was pushing down on his brainstem. He had 10 rib fractures and
"multi-layered retinal hemorrhaging." Doctors classified the injuries
as "non-accidental" and placed the boy in the intensive care unit. The boy was later declared brain-dead, and he died from his injuries.
Twenty-two years don't seem long enough.
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if anybody has anything to say about my son then u know where i live come see me u low life mother fuckers . u dont know my son and u motherfuckers cant judge him only God can
all that dam pounching u doing on that kid should of been me but no he got them hands
Ray Cruzz Good Thing i got to fight him he knows it beat his ass ......hes in the nig house now differnet world kid
Dont Worry Hill Get It I Went To Hiigh School with this kid >>>>>>good thing i got to fight him beat his ass bad hes in the big house now different world
It seems unreal that a judge would sentence a child killer to 22 years. That childs life will not be returned in 22 years. This is not just or fair to this child. Our judicial system has got to change. This person should have gotten life in prison or the death penalty.
This is a sick, sick person(i wont call him a dad). What happens so badly that these people can beat their own children to DEATH. I'm so tired of the stinking judicial system letting these people off with 22 yrs.. or less, then they get out early for "good behavior" while in jail, of which I dont believe in for rapist, molesters,abusers or killers. They should have thought of "good behavior" while in the big world. I just don't know how the damn judges can look their families in the eye or even sleep with themselves, most all of them should be ashamed of themselves! How do you let someone kill a child and not sentence them to life or death. Believe me, it is an INJUSTICE to the victim. I plan to help get these insane sentences changed into real JUSTICE!
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