A man in Texas has been sentenced to life in prison after he killed his ex-girlfriend’s baby by holding him upside down and dunking him multiple times in the toilet.
Antoine Gorman, 28, was charged and found guilty of murder after the seven-week- old baby Malachi Nelson died in the November 2016 incident in Freeport.
Gorman had been babysitting Malachi and his two siblings, ages three and four, while his then-girlfriend Tashiay Nelson was at work.
Freeport, Texas man Antoine Gorman, 28, (left) was sentenced to life in prison in the murder of seven-week-old baby Malachi Nelson (right) who he repeatedly dunked in the toilet in 2016
Gorman, pictured above holding the baby, turned the child upside down and repeatedly dunked him in the toilet as he was babysitting him for his girlfriend
Investigators said that Gorman held the baby upside down and repeatedly dunked him into the toilet.
When Nelson arrived home she found her baby’s cold and lifeless body but Gorman was no where to be found.
Nelson said to local news stations that her four-year-old daughter witnessed Gorman in the act, leaving the little girl traumatized.
‘He dunked him like two or three times,’ Nelson said to ABC13.
She added that Gorman said baby Malachi would not stop crying as he babysat him.
The worried mother then called Gorman to ask why he was not home when he was supposed to be babysitting the children.
Heartbroken mother Tashiay Nelson, pictured above, said ”I hate him and I hope he rots in hell’ on Gorman as he was sentenced to life in prison for his crime
The mother came home to find Malachi, above, cold and lifeless body and Gorman no where to be found
Gorman fled the scene after and was arrested two days later in Houston. In court he showed no remorse and laughed at the victim’s family
The Freeport Police Department shared this image saying: ‘We are proud of all parties involved… who all assisted in bringing justice to Baby Malachi and his family’
‘She called him on the phone and said why’d you leave my kids at home by themselves? He said ‘I didn’t I walked to the store but I’ll be right there,’ but he never showed up,’ a relative said to Click2Houston.
A hunt for Gorman then ensued.
Freeport Police located him and arrested him in the Houston metropolitan area two days later.
A jury found Gorman guilty of murder in Malachi’s death, sentencing him to life behind bars on Friday.
Nelson revealed that in court Gorman showed no remorse for his crime.
‘He was shooting the finger at us the whole time. Looking back at us, laughing, playing with his hair the whole time. Being disrespectful. He wasn’t showing no remorse or nothing,’ she said to ABC.
He did not testify in his own defense and he will not be allowed to be eligible for parole for 30 years.
‘I hate him and I hope he rots in hell,’ Nelson said on his sentence.
The Freeport Police Department shared his sentence on Facebook on Friday.
‘Today, defendant Antoine Gorman was sentenced to life in prison for the November 2016 death of 7 week old Baby Malachi Nelson. We are proud of all parties involved, police, fire-EMS, dispatch, BSCO, district attorneys office and witnesses, who all assisted in bringing justice to Baby Malachi and his family. Prayers to the family!’ the post said.