COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – A Colorado Springs man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for abuse that led to the death of his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son.
20-year-old Raul Alvarado was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty in the 2015 death of Luis Molina.
Alvarado confessed to a fellow inmate at the El Paso County Jail that he punched the toddler with brass knuckles after the boy interrupted a video game.
Luis’ mother, Mayra Martinez, was sentenced in February to three years in prison for failing to intervene in the repeated abuse.