AUBURN, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — A Lewiston man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the suffocation death of his infant son was sentenced to 20 years in prison, all but 15 years removed, on Tuesday.
Following his prison sentence, Danny Adams will spend six years on probation.
26 year-old Adams has been in jail since he entered the guilty plea in February, 2017.
Previously stated as being 14-weeks-old at the time of his death, the judge clarified on Tuesday that the infant, Zade Adams, was only 11-weeks-old when when he was found unresponsive in his crib on December 14, 2014 at an apartment Adams shared with the baby’s mother. The baby was pronounced dead at the scene after first responders called to the apartment applied live-saving measures, but were unsuccessful.
The State Medical Examiner and Maine State Police determined that Zade Adams died of asphyxiation.
Victim Advocate, Laura Mintzer, read a statement to the court from Zade’s mother that read in part, “I can’t stop thinking about Zade and what he went through. Such a beautiful and innocent life ended before it could really begin.”
Adams told police he forced
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