A father has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for killing his 5-year-old son in June 2019 over a slice of Father's day cake.
When the child's caretakers first notified authorities that the boy from Milwaukee, US, had fallen down a flight of stairs, they assumed that he had suffered a tragic accident.
When the boy from Milwaukee, United States, died, the child’s caretakers told police he had fallen down a flight of stairs.
Eventually, the boy's father told the truth.
The boy had eaten the father's slice of Father's Day cheesecake, and this enraged the father, causing him to punch his son in the stomach and hit his face, resulting to his death.
In regards to the killing of his kid, Travis Stackhouse was sentenced to 20 years in jail with an extra eight years of extended supervision on Tuesday, June 29.
He was charged with second-degree reckless homicide, neglecting a child, child abuse, and intentionally causing harm.
According to FOX 6, Circuit Court Judge David Borowski said: "The typical person who learns about this case doesn't understand how you could beat or hit any living human being as brutally as you did in this case, much less your own child."
I still can't comprehend how you can live with yourself for a day," the judge said.
During the court case, the prosecutors feared for the welfare of Stackhouse's four other children.
Judge Borowski said that Stackhouse would have been offered a more serious charge in the event that he didn't plead guilty to the crime.