A Connecticut man was sentenced to 70 years in prison Wednesday for killing his 7-month-old son when he threw him off a 90-foot-high bridge.
Tony Moreno, 23, was sentenced to maximum prison time, after being convicted by a jury in February of murder and risk of injury to a minor.
“The utter depravity of the crime, a father killing his infant son, speaks for itself,” Middletown Superior Court Judge Elpedio Vitale said.
Police said Moreno threw his son, Aedan, off the Arrigoni Bridge over the Connecticut River in July, 2015, after a period of strained relations with the boy’s mother.
The boy's mother, Adrianne Oyola, had recently refused Moreno's marriage proposal. A custody dispute was settled just days before the boy's death.
The pair exchanged hostile text messages just before the incident. They argued about parenting, court records show.
"You can't just up and leave with [redacted]." Oyola wrote to Moreno.
When Oyola asked where her son was, Moreno replied that he was dead.
Conn. dad texted ex before throwing baby off bridge: police
"He's dead," Moreno wrote.
"And soon I will be too."
Moreno followed the boy off the bridge, but survived the leap.
Moreno claims he intended to commit suicide, and the boy slipped out of his hands by accident. He previously confessed to police that he deliberately threw the boy off the bridge.
Police responded to the scene after Moreno's mother called 911 to report the her son had told her he planned to jump.
Officers saw Moreno jump and found an empty baby stroller near the bridge.
Aeden's body was found two days later, several miles downstream from where he had been thrown.
Moreno's lawyer, Norman Pattis, argued the the boy's death had been an accident, and sought the minimum mandatory 25 year sentence for his client.
"Tony told you what happened," Pattis said. "The jury disregarded it. Aeden slipped from his grasp."
Oyola had no sympathy for her onetime-partner. "Every time I wake up, I pray the nightmare will be over and my son will be in my arms. I won't see my son grow up. You took my whole world in front of me. You took my life," she said during Moreno's sentencing.
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Tony Moreno, 23, was sentenced to maximum prison time, after being convicted by a jury in February of murder and risk of injury to a minor.
“The utter depravity of the crime, a father killing his infant son, speaks for itself,” Middletown Superior Court Judge Elpedio Vitale said.
Police said Moreno threw his son, Aedan, off the Arrigoni Bridge over the Connecticut River in July, 2015, after a period of strained relations with the boy’s mother.
The boy's mother, Adrianne Oyola, had recently refused Moreno's marriage proposal. A custody dispute was settled just days before the boy's death.
The pair exchanged hostile text messages just before the incident. They argued about parenting, court records show.
"You can't just up and leave with [redacted]." Oyola wrote to Moreno.
When Oyola asked where her son was, Moreno replied that he was dead.
Conn. dad texted ex before throwing baby off bridge: police
"He's dead," Moreno wrote.
"And soon I will be too."
Moreno followed the boy off the bridge, but survived the leap.
Moreno claims he intended to commit suicide, and the boy slipped out of his hands by accident. He previously confessed to police that he deliberately threw the boy off the bridge.
Police responded to the scene after Moreno's mother called 911 to report the her son had told her he planned to jump.
Officers saw Moreno jump and found an empty baby stroller near the bridge.
Aeden's body was found two days later, several miles downstream from where he had been thrown.
Moreno's lawyer, Norman Pattis, argued the the boy's death had been an accident, and sought the minimum mandatory 25 year sentence for his client.
"Tony told you what happened," Pattis said. "The jury disregarded it. Aeden slipped from his grasp."
Oyola had no sympathy for her onetime-partner. "Every time I wake up, I pray the nightmare will be over and my son will be in my arms. I won't see my son grow up. You took my whole world in front of me. You took my life," she said during Moreno's sentencing.
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