Disgraced former NYPD cop Michael Valva, found guilty of murder in the freezing death of his autistic son, was hit with a sentence Thursday of 25 years to life.
Judge William Condon handed down the sentence in Suffolk County, the maximum for Valva’s November conviction of second-degree murder in the sickening case.
Valva, 43, had pleaded guilty in the heartbreaking 2020 death of his 8-year-old son, Thomas, after the ex-cop locked the little boy in an unheated garage overnight.
Thomas died of hypothermia after being exposed to freezing temperatures for up to 16 hours, with the mercury dipping below 20 degrees. The boy’s older brother Anthony, then 10, survived the same heinous treatment.
An emergency worker who fought to save little Thomas testified at trial Valva had “no emotion, no sense of concern,” for his son — and told first responders he found the boy unconscious after hitting his head on a door frame.
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