Man gets 10 years in prison for infant daughter’s death

A 32-year-old Avon man who pleaded guilty to causing the death of his infant daughter has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Patrick Williams pleaded guilty to a child abuse charge and was sentenced Wednesday for the June 8, 2015, death of Paris Williams. His fiancee and Paris’ mother, 25-year-old Lossie Thomas, also pleaded guilty to child abuse and was sentenced in June to seven years in prison.

Paris died from pneumonia and was underweight, dehydrated, suffered from staph and E. coli infections and had sores on her body. Williams was the baby’s primary caretaker.

Williams and Thomas have three other children who are currently with child protective services. The youngest was born while Thomas was incarcerated.