TUCSON, Ariz. — A Tucson man who killed a 6-year-old child in 2019 was sentenced to 25 years in prison last week, the United States Attorney's Office District of Arizona announced Thursday.
Earlier this year, Pablo Martinez, Jr., 36, pled guilty to holding the boy under a running bathtub faucet for up to 10 minutes while giving him a bath.
The water the child inhaled was hot enough to cause liquid thermal burns, resulting in his death, the attorney's office said.
The boy was an enrolled member of the Pascua Yaqui Indian Tribe, and the Pascua Yaqui Police Department investigated the killing with the help of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Martinez was sentenced by United States District Judge Scott H. Rash to 25 years in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
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