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Sun Nov 6, 2022, 06:29 AM Nov 2022

Ex-cop Michael Valva, accused of killing autistic son, found guilty of murder

https://abc7ny.com/michael-valva-trial-deliberations-jury/12417607/

Ex-cop Michael Valva, accused of killing autistic son, found guilty of murder

By Chanteé Lans via WABC logo
Friday, November 4, 2022 11:20PM

RIVERHEAD, Long Island (WABC) -- Michael Valva was found guilty on five charges, including second-degree murder, by a Suffolk County jury in the ex-NYPD officer's murder trial after the death of his son.

The jury started deliberating on Friday morning in the case of a father charged with killing his son by keeping him in an unheated garage on a frigid night. It took just one day to convict Valva of murder.

The ex-NYPD officer had a stone-cold face as he heard the verdict. It's the culmination of a trial that started in September.

The jury got the case after the prosecution and defense delivered their closing arguments, with prosecutors accusing Michael Valva of subjecting his 8-year-old son with autism to years of abuse.

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