St. Johnsbury : A Vermont man has claimed that he killed his girlfriend’s severely disabled child by putting vodka in the boy’s feeding tube.
Walted Richters accepted on Wednesday to a manslaughter charge in the month of August 22, 2014, death of 13-year-old Issac Robitille at the Hardwick home they shared with Isaac’s mother.
The 38-year-old victim is to be jailed for three years as a part of a plea deal with prosecutors. The sentencing date hasn’t been fixed yet.
According to the police reports, Melissa Robitille mother of the boy, approved giving her son vodka through the intravenous tube because the child was “being fussy.”
Prosecutors say Isaac was blind, had no ears, a cleft palate and developmental delays. Melissa Robitille has been charged with second-degree murder. Her trial is scheduled for early next year.
Richters initially was also charged with second-degree murder and, under a proposed plea agreement, would have served 18 months in prison. But a judge last month rejected that proposal.
Inputs from Daily Mail!
