100 years in jail for man caught on CCTV drowning his stepdaughter
WARNING: This footage is confronting and distressing.
A man has been jailed for 100 years after being caught on camera repeatedly tossing his helpless three-year-old stepdaughter into a swimming pool before leaving her to drown.
The horrific and confronting CCTV shows the moment the callous killer throws the defenseless child into the water.
The incident reportedly occurred at a hotel in the city of Morelia in Mexico in August last year.
The child can be seen in the distressing footage struggling to keep herself afloat in the water while her stepfather stands at the edge of the pool watching her.
The footage clearly shows the child is unable to swim and other swimmers in the pool are seemingly unaware of what is occurring and don’t intervene at any point.
In another clip the child can be seen with her arms flailing in the air as he throws a lifebuoy to her, however she is unable to grip it.
The stepfather has been has since been identified as Joes David N.
The deceased child’s mother is a nurse however didn’t realise her daughter was dead initially.
The mother is said to have taken her daughter to hospital after realising she wasn't breathing.
Doctors at the hospital later confirmed she had died.
According to various online reports the mother claimed she was unaware that her daughter was being mistreated.
She became aware of the behavior after viewing the horrific tapes of her daughter's abuse.
The abuse reportedly occurred while the mother was sleeping in the family’s hotel room.
Since its release to the public the footage has caused outrage in South America due to its violent and confronting nature.
The court heard that the man knew his stepdaughter couldn’t swim but feigned surprise when being told the child had passed away, various media outlets have reported.
However the damning footage proved enough to convict him.
He also now faces no possibility of parole for the crime.
According to various reports, the killer stayed silent throughout the murder trial and didn’t testify with prosecutors recommending a prison sentence of up to 40 years.
However a furious judge made his punishment significantly more severe after viewing the confronting footage.
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