29-year-old Antonio Brown Senior will spend at least 36 years in prison for what Saline County Attorney Ellen Mitchell described as cruel, severe, torture of 14 month old Clayden Urbanek in October of 2011.
Brown was sentenced Friday by Saline County District Court Judge Renee Young to life in prison for the 1st degree murder conviction, 168 months for child abuse and 7 months for obstruction of official duty. Each sentence will run consecutive to the murder conviction.
The life in prison sentence is a mandatory minimum of 20 years before there could be any eligibility for parole.
Assistant County Attorney Christina Trocheck read a statement from Clayden’s great grandmother, written as if it had been written by the toddler who had been brutalized by Brown.
Brown also read a statement, sobbing at times apologized for what he had done. Six deputies from the Saline County Sheriff’s Office were in the courtroom during the sentencing.
Brown has yet to be tried for his February escape from the Saline County Jail. That is scheduled for late February of 2014. Judge Young last week granted a change of venue request by Brown’s attorney for the escape case.