Thomas Valva Case: Ex-NYPD Officer Michael Valva, Former Fiancée Angela Pollina Appear In Court For Pre-Trial Hearing
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RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) There was raw emotion in a courtroom Friday, more than a year after 8-year-old Thomas Valva was discovered dead in his Long Island home.
Valva’s father, an NYPD cop at the time, and his live-in girlfriend were arrested and charged with child abuse and murder. Now, pre-trial testimony is underway.
In a hushed courtroom, observers strained to get a look at ex-NYPD officer Michael Valva and his former fiancée, Angela Pollina.
NYPD cop who froze his autistic son, 8, to death by making him sleep on garage floor for wetting himself is emotionless as prosecutors show photos of the boy s soiled clothes
Michael Valva emotionless at pre-trial hearing Wednesday as he was shown photos of his son s soiled clothes
Thomas Valva, who had autism, died on January 17, 2020 while in custody of his father and his fiancee Angela Pollina
Chilling 911 call Valva made last year was played at a pre-trial hearing Tuesday
Both Valva and Pollina have since been charged with second-degree murder
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An NYPD transit cop charged with murder of his eight-year-old broke down after a recording of the 911 call he made on the day of the boy s killing was played in court.
The chilling emergency call on January 17 last year was played at a pre-trial hearing in Suffolk County Supreme Court on Tuesday.
Michael Valva, 41, has been charged in the murder of his son, Thomas, who was allegedly starved, beaten and locked outside their Long Island home. He died of hypothermia after sleeping in an unheated garage on a freezing night on January 17.
Valva and his fiancée, 42-year-old Angela Pollina, have been charged with second-degree murder in Thomas death.