GREAT FALLS — A Montana man was sentenced Tuesday to 100 years in jail with out the potential of parole for the November 2019 beating dying of his 5-year-old son. The boy’s mom and a household good friend have been additionally sentenced for his or her roles within the dying of Tony Renova.
Tony had a gash on his head, had been bleeding from the nostril and mouth, had bruising throughout his physique and had dropped from 44 kilos (20 kilograms) to 31 kilos (14 kg) within the 9 months since he had been returned to the custody of his organic mother and father from foster care, charging paperwork stated.
Nice Falls Cops discovered movies on his mother and father’ telephones exhibiting the boy being punished by being required to carry cans or his arms over his head and one other exhibiting the boy getting hit within the head or slapped for wetting himself.
“I’ve concluded that on this case we’ve three folks right here who in their very own methods made the very brief life of a kid into a lifetime of distress, worse some would possibly assume than dying itself,” Decide Elizabeth Greatest stated, Montana Proper Now reported.
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Emilio Renova Sr., 33, had pleaded no contest to deliberate murder in April. The trials of the defendants have been delayed as a result of pandemic and all three ultimately reached plea agreements.
The boy’s mom, Stephanie Grace Byington, 34, was sentenced to 100 years within the Montana Ladies’s Jail with the potential of parole after serving 30 years for accountability to deliberate murder. She was sentenced to a consecutive 10 years for felony baby endangerment.
Racso Birdtail, 25, was sentenced to fifteen years in jail for accountability to assault and proof tampering. Birdtail was carrying a bag containing bloody objects and alcoholic beverage cans to the rubbish when officers arrived, courtroom data stated. A witness reported Birdtail additionally egged Renova on whereas Renova beat Tony.
Tony had been dwelling with a foster household since shortly after he was born. He was returned to his organic mother and father in early 2019, officers have stated.