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Chad Carr was sentenced Tuesday in the death of toddler Vincent Hill, the result of a plea agreement made in November.
As a result of the plea, which included Carr entering a plea of guilty, he will spend 20 years in prison.
“This was two years in the making,” said Richard Hill, Vincent Hill’s biological father. “But this doesn’t change anything, whether he got this amount of time, or two days. This won’t bring (Vincent Hill) back.”
Carr received the maximum sentence on all five counts he was charged with — including a second-degree murder charge. He will serve 241 months in prison. He can earn up to 36.15 months of good behavior time and will be subject to 36 months of post-release supervision.
District court judge Richard Walker upheld the plea agreement, though at times appeared shaken during the sentencing.
“There was awful evidence presented to the court in his case,” Walker said. “I feel like what EMS workers after (a natural disaster) must feel, the shock and horror of the awfulness of what happened. The tragedy is this was a preventable death. Vincent Hill did not have to die.”
Carr allegedly was home alone with the child when he called 911 to report the child was not breathing. Car allegedly tried to revive the child, but the child was taken to Newton Medical Center by Newton Fire/EMS where he was pronounced dead.
Law enforcement officials told The Kansan in March of 2010 the child was bruised from head to toe and showed signs of previous injuries.
Medical reports show that he had a broken leg, broken shoulder and died of suffocation and blunt force trauma. County Attorney David Yoder has said this case is the worst case of child abuse he has ever seen.
“There is a lot of anger in this case and I feel some of that anger,” Walker said. “There are far too many Vincent Hills. ... In this county, and all counties, there are other possible Vincent Hills.”
Carr made one brief statement in court, speaking softly as he faced Walker’s bench.
“I’d like to say I’m sorry for what happened,” Carr said. “If there was something I could do to change it, I would.”
Chad Carr was sentenced to 138 months for one count of second-degree murder; 43 months for aggravated battery; 13 months for a second count of aggravated battery, 34 months for abuse of a child; and 13 months for a third count of aggravated battery. All sentences will run consecutively for a total of 241 months in prison.
Carr was initially charged with first degree murder in the case, however a change in the tiral and sentencing rules made by the supreme court last year motivated the county attorney’s office to strike a deal.
Vincent Hill's mother, Katheryn Nycole Dale was also sent to prison for more than three years after pleading no contest to abusing and endangering the child.
Chad Carr was sentenced Tuesday in the death of toddler Vincent Hill, the result of a plea agreement made in November.
As a result of the plea, which included Carr entering a plea of guilty, he will spend 20 years in prison.
“This was two years in the making,” said Richard Hill, Vincent Hill’s biological father. “But this doesn’t change anything, whether he got this amount of time, or two days. This won’t bring (Vincent Hill) back.”
Carr received the maximum sentence on all five counts he was charged with — including a second-degree murder charge. He will serve 241 months in prison. He can earn up to 36.15 months of good behavior time and will be subject to 36 months of post-release supervision.
District court judge Richard Walker upheld the plea agreement, though at times appeared shaken during the sentencing.
“There was awful evidence presented to the court in his case,” Walker said. “I feel like what EMS workers after (a natural disaster) must feel, the shock and horror of the awfulness of what happened. The tragedy is this was a preventable death. Vincent Hill did not have to die.”
Carr allegedly was home alone with the child when he called 911 to report the child was not breathing. Car allegedly tried to revive the child, but the child was taken to Newton Medical Center by Newton Fire/EMS where he was pronounced dead.
Law enforcement officials told The Kansan in March of 2010 the child was bruised from head to toe and showed signs of previous injuries.
Medical reports show that he had a broken leg, broken shoulder and died of suffocation and blunt force trauma. County Attorney David Yoder has said this case is the worst case of child abuse he has ever seen.
“There is a lot of anger in this case and I feel some of that anger,” Walker said. “There are far too many Vincent Hills. ... In this county, and all counties, there are other possible Vincent Hills.”
Carr made one brief statement in court, speaking softly as he faced Walker’s bench.
“I’d like to say I’m sorry for what happened,” Carr said. “If there was something I could do to change it, I would.”
Chad Carr was sentenced to 138 months for one count of second-degree murder; 43 months for aggravated battery; 13 months for a second count of aggravated battery, 34 months for abuse of a child; and 13 months for a third count of aggravated battery. All sentences will run consecutively for a total of 241 months in prison.
Carr was initially charged with first degree murder in the case, however a change in the tiral and sentencing rules made by the supreme court last year motivated the county attorney’s office to strike a deal.
Vincent Hill's mother, Katheryn Nycole Dale was also sent to prison for more than three years after pleading no contest to abusing and endangering the child.
