A New York detective took the stand Monday at the Suffolk Superior Court and said the father and stepmother of deceased 8-year-old Thomas Valva discussed deleting home security footage on the day he died. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 43-year-old Michael Valva is currently on trial for the murder of Thomas, who froze to death after …
Michael Valva, a New York man on trial in connection with the death of his son, Thomas Valva, asked the child if he was alive after the boy collapsed outside the family’s Long Island home in 2020. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 43-year-old Michael Valva is currently on trial at the Suffolk Superior Court, for the …
A New York detective testified Tuesday during Michael Valva’s murder trial that injuries found on the defendant’s slain autistic son during an autopsy changed the course of the investigation. According to Detective Michael Ronca with the Suffolk police, an autopsy performed after 8-year-old Thomas’ death revealed injuries to his forehead and face. Newsday reports Ronca …
A former NYPD cop on trial for allegedly killing his 8-year-old son reportedly showed “no emotion” as first responders tried to save the child from dying, a paramedic told the court Thursday. “He had no emotion, no sense of concern,” paramedic Erin Lambert told the jury on Thursday, at the Riverhead courtroom, adding that murder …
The mother of a slain New York boy said he cries for help were ignored, leading to the death of her 8-year-old son, Thomas Valva. As CrimeOnline previously reported, during opening statements Monday at the Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, Assistant District Attorney Laura Newcombe told the jury that Michael Valva, who’s currently on trial …
Prosecutors painted a grim picture Wednesday of the lives led by two special needs children whose father now stands trial for the murder of one of them — 8-year-old Thomas Valva, who died after spending a frigid winter night locked in the unheated garage of his father’s Long Island home. Forty-three-year-old Michael Valva, a former …
A former New York cop accused of torturing his 8-year-old son to death cried in court Tuesday listening to the 911 call he placed the the boy died. Thomas Valva died on January 17, 2020, after he was left in an unheated garage overnight at temperatures outside reached 19 degrees, as CrimeOnline previously reported. His …
Emergency services are called to a New York home after reports of an unresponsive 8-year-old boy. His father says he fell in the driveway. Medical technicians and cops are suspicious considering the boy’s body temperature is just 76 degrees. Thomas Valva dies and now his policeman father and the stepmother are charged. Investigators say the …
Thomas Valva’s mother told the judge that her children were not being fed, were wearing urine-soaked clothes, and had been forced to sleep in the garage. The judge said she was talking to much, and refused to return the children to her
