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Kristen A. Gober, 27, last year received a 51-year sentence, but the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled in February she could not be sentenced to more than 42 years.
Father of drowned brothers receives 16-year prison sentence
June 30, 2021
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CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) A 16-year prison sentence was handed Wednesday to a northwest Indiana man who pleaded guilty to two counts of neglect of a dependent resulting in serious bodily injury in the drownings of his two sons.
Levi Patillo, 4, and Evan Patillo, 2, were unresponsive when two fishermen pulled them from the Kankakee River near the Illinois-Indiana state line on Aug. 21, 2018, according to prosecutors. Their father, Eric Patillo, 37, told a witness that he was high on heroin while at the river with his sons.
Patillo’s sentence was handed down by Lake County Judge Samuel Cappas. His May plea agreement called for a sentence of three to eight years on each count. Cappas gave him credit for about three years already served while awaiting a resolution of his case.
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