A Denver man who was found guilty of murdering his girlfriend's 3-year-old son in 2018 was sentenced to life in prison this month.
John Affourtit, 38, was sentenced to mandatory life without parole on April 6, according to the Denver District Attorney's Office.
On Sept. 25, 2018 paramedics responded to the apartment after receiving a report that a child was not breathing. The boy was declared dead shortly afterward.During Affourtit's interview, he told police that he was currently unemployed and would watch the child while his mother was at work. A week before the child's death, the boy fell out of the bathtub, Affourtit said. The boy had a cut on each of his eyes and a"knot" on his head, according to the arrest affidavit.
Denver 7+ Colorado News Latest Headlines | April 28, 11am In a separate interview with the girlfriend, she said when she arrived home around 4 p.m. that day, she found the boy deceased. She said she called 911 and started CPR.
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