GRAFTON, W.Va. (AP) - A West Virginia man has been sentenced to five to 25 years in prison in the death of his infant son.
Media report a judge sentenced Jeremy Shaffer, who did not admit guilt in the case but conceded there was enough evidence for a conviction on charges of child neglect resulting in death and child abuse resulting in serious injury. Originally, he had been charged with second-degree murder. His trial had been set to begin this week.
Authorities have said Shaffer is accused of placing the 16-week-old child face down on a couch and pushing him in a shaking/bouncing motion in 2015. Shaffer told police that the child was crying for over 10 minutes and wouldn’t stop.
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The medical examiner ruled the infant’s cause of death a homicide as the result of cerebrospinal trauma.
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