Angela Pollina was convicted of killing 8-year-old Thomas Valva by exiling him to the unheated garage of their Center Moriches home on a 19-degree night and failing to help the autistic child as he froze to death.
Michael Valva spent Christmas and New Year's EveĀ in the Elmira Correctional Facility, a maximum security state prison in Chemung County, according to the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.
The Long Island jury convicted Michael Valva of second-degree murder for killing his 8-year-old son, Thomas, who contracted hypothermia when he was made to stay in a freezing garage.