Man who fatally hurt baby, then played video games, sentenced

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) – A father from Kansas who reportedly played video games after fatally injuring one of his twin infant children has been sentenced to more than 26 years in prison.

25-year-old Marlin Williams Jr. was sentenced Thursday to 316 months in prison.

He pleaded guilty earlier this year to second-degree murder in the January 2020 death of his 2-month-old son, Marrell, and to three counts of aggravated battery for abusing the baby and his twin sister.

Williams told police he was frustrated with the infants’ crying and squeezed his son’s head “extra hard“ before leaving the room to go play video games for around a half-hour.

Doctors later found that Marrell had suffered two skull fractures and that his twin sister had suffered a broken femur.