Ex-NYPD cop convicted in death of 8-year-old son

In the middle of winter, 8-year-old Thomas Valva froze to death after being hosed down and forced to sleep in the garage of his Long Island home. The boy’s father, 43-year-old former NYPD police officer Michael Valva, may now spend the rest of his days behind bars after a New York judge sentenced him to 25 years to life. Following prosecutors’ argument that Valva knowingly forced Thomas and his 10-year-old brother to sleep on a …

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