has been sentenced to life in prison.
Michael Jones, 46, pleaded guilty in March to first-degree murder in the 2015 death of Adrian Jones. His sentence, issued Monday in a Kansas City court, gives him the possibility of parole after 25 years.
The child’s stepmother, Heather Jones, 31, pleaded guilty in November to the same charge is serving a life sentence in Topeka.
The boy died sometime in September or October but his death was never reported, authorities said.
The child was “essentially starved to death,” prosecutors said, and suffered horrific abuse before he died.
Several calls were made to child welfare authorities in Kansas and Missouri as the family moved back and forth across state lines, according to the boy’s grandmother.
“He was horribly abused, neglected and ultimately killed,” former prosecutor Sheryl Lidtke said as Heather Jones was sentenced last year.
Gruesome photos and video later found on her computer showed the child being struck by a broomstick and being forced to stand in chin-high filthy water in the family’s pool. Other images included shots of Adrian’s emaciated frame and pictures of him being forced to stand outside with his hands cuffed behind his back in frigid temperatures wearing little clothing.
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