I caught this one over on Knuckledraggin My Life Away (Where bad choices make good stories), which is an eclectic site that if you aren't reading at least irregularly, you should. All kinds of good folks hang out there, and they'll make damned near anyone welcome.
The story, Two years later..., gives a link to an absolutely fiendish case of child abuse and filicide, which you can read in Former NYPD Cop Found Guilty of Killing Son.
From the article:
LONG ISLAND - Former NYPD officer Michael Valva has been found guilty of murder in the death of his 8-year-old son.
Michael Valva, 40, allegedly forced his 8-year-old son, Thomas, to sleep in an unheated garage in below-freezing temperatures in January 2020, leading to the child's death.
Valva was found guilty on all charges against him, including the highest charge, second-degree murder.
He faces 25 years to life in prison.
An investigation by authorities had revealed evidence of alleged physical abuse and neglect by Valva and his then-girlfriend, Angela Pollina, between September 2017 and January 2020, including reports from the East Moriches School District alleging that on numerous occasions, Thomas and his brother arrived at school hungry, cold, soiled, or marked with scratches, bruises, and cuts.
This guilty verdict will not bring back 8-year-old Thomas, who suffered immense cruelty at the hands of his father, the same person who was entrusted to protect, provide and unconditionally love Thomas and his older brother Anthony," said Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney. "While there is nothing that we can do to bring Thomas back, we are satisfied with the jury’s decision."
I've got many more questions than answers on this one.
Michael Valva was an NYPD cop. How do you suppose he treated citizens he interacted with? How the hell was this twisted, sadistic son-of-a-bitch allowed to get on the police force to begin with?
Then there's Angelina Pollina, Valva's significant other. Two adult psychopaths in the same house at the same time, caring for children. No one saw anything? No one ever heard anything? This situation is not something anyone wakes up some morning and decides to do. Yeah, nice morning to start torture on the kids.
Each one of these sick SOBs has parents, one way or another. Both Valva and Pollina have a mother and father, and those parents know, beyond the shadow of any doubt at all, what their children are like. I'd bet they also knew the abuse the kids were suffering and never said a word.
How does this crap actually happen?
4 comments:
Fallen world, Satan's lies, people with souls but no Christ. Hard enough for those who do know him, but people like this have no chance of resisting. Don't even know they should try.
CWMartin +1
parents with no thought of anything other than short term gratification. I bet the guy or his girlfriend wanted the kids interfering with their party time so neglect became abuse that became death. Him being a cop just shows what type of personalities they look for to become cops these days which is just as bad too.
CW: I think you pretty much nailed it.
Pioneer: What really gets on my very last nerve is that he was a cop in NYC. How did he get hired? Once hired, how did he not get fired during the first six months he worked there?
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