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TAMPA, Fla (WTSP) — The man convicted of fracturing his girlfriend's infant daughter's skull while she was away at work back in 2018 will spend the next 25 years in prison.
After serving his prison sentence, Demarcus Johnson will then serve 5 years on probation, a judge ruled Monday.
Johnson tried to cover the crime up with lies when the 3-month-old baby's mother arrived at her home.
Johnson told his girlfriend that "nothing unusual happened" before she returned home from work that day & found her daughter unresponsive the morning of July 13, 2018.
The child survived the abuse due to life-saving emergency brain surgery after she was airlifted to Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg.
A child abuse expert testified that the infant suffered such "violent, abusive" head trauma from being forcefully shaken & suffering a strong blow to the left side of her head that she lost the ability to move, eat or even cry.
During the trial, evidence was presented showing that the abuse left the 3-month-old with multiple skull fractures & internal bleeding. A doctor even described the child's skull as broken into fragments like "puzzle pieces."
Johnson was found guilty on Jan. 28, 2022, for aggravated child abuse with great bodily harm.
State guidance recommended a minimum of 6.5 years in a Florida State Prison. The maximum sentence for the crime was 30 years.
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