CROWN POINT â A Lake Criminal Court judge sentenced a man Wednesday to 55 years in prison for killing his former girlfriend s 5-year-old son.
Michael J. Tunstall, 27, of Knox, maintained his innocence during his sentencing hearing, but Judge Salvador Vasquez told him, We honor jury verdicts.
The family of 5-year-old Daniel Holdcroft Jr. told the judge they trusted Tunstall and he betrayed them.
Tunstall s family members testified he was raised in the church and would never hurt a child.
Vasquez said he accepted that Tunstall s family sees him as a good guy, but a jury convicted him of killing a child. I don t know what you are, Vasquez told Tunstall.Â