Utah man pleads guilty to punching one-month-old son to death after the baby's cries woke him up
Matthew Daniel Graves, of Roy, Utah, took a plea deal in January, admitting to punching his own newborn son to death after he woke up from sleep due to his cries in 2017
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In a bid to avoid a potential death sentence, a man accused of punching his own newborn son to death in 2017 has now pleaded guilty.
24-year-old Matthew Daniel Graves, hailing from Roy, Utah, pleaded guilty in January to one count of aggravated murder and in return got a pass on a misdemeanor drug charge and a felony charge of allowing a child to be exposed to a controlled substance, stated a Standard-Examiner report.
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