3 FEB 2012
Jason Gallaway, 32, of Delaware was found guilty of first degree murder by abuse or neglect Thursday. He first reported his daughter Marissa had stopped breathing in December of 2010 at his Seaford home.
A detective testifying in his trial said when he arrived at the home following the infant’s rush to a hospitalGallaway appeared distracted by a Play Station video game that had been left on pause beside him.
A second detective on the stand, Tommy Lee of the Seaford Police Department, called Gallaway a ‘video freak,’ according to Delaware Online, who showed no emotion or response to hearing the news his infant later died from her injuries.
Prosecutors painted a picture of Gallaway beating his daughter, who was placed on life support after diagnosed with several fractures and three bleeds in her brain, after she interrupted his game playing.
When police arrived they found the infant laying on a coffee table and blue.
Gallaway was called Marissa’s primary caregiver while his wife, a high school English teacher, was at work at the time of the incident.
The wife, Heather Gallaway, collapsed to the courtroom’s floor in tears after hearing the jury’s guilty verdict.
Gallaway remained silent, though eh appeared to contort his face to prevent tears.
He faces 15 years to life in prison pending his sentencing on March 23.
Source : WIDK
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