Kid Killer: Florida Dad Sentenced For Stuffing Sock In Baby Son's Mouth
Mar. 16 2017, Published 2:47 p.m. ET
A Florida father has been sentenced to life in prison after killing his 2-month-old son by stuffing a sock in his mouth in order to stop him from crying, RadarOnline.com has learned.
Accoridng to The News Herald, Gene Anthony Quinones-Rivera, 27, pleaded no contest on Monday to the death in 2015.
A Panama City judge slammed the former father with the maximum sentence for second-degree murder, landing him behind bars for life.
In December 2016, Quinones-Rivera reportedly walked into a police station and confessed to killing his son, Gediaelamir Rivera, after putting a sock in the baby’s mouth to stop his crying and went to bed.
Hours later, Quinones-Rivera — who has been trained as a nurse — tried to revive his son with CPR and placing him in cold water, but was unsuccessful.
Quinones-Rivera claimed he the put Gediaelamir’s body in a trash bag and disposed of it in a remote area in Bay County, Florida, without notifying the police.
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In an interview in January, the shamed father admitted he smoked marijuana that night and felt "angry" over his son's crying. Quinones-Rivera told cops he "needed to pay" for the death.
Gediaelamir’s mother, Yanoshua Ramos-Melendez, has also been charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child. She has yet to enter a plea.
Quinones-Rivera will spend the rest of his life behind bars in South Florida.
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