Ruben Gonzalez sentenced to 30 years in death of Willacy County teen
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A jury has sentenced Ruben Gonzalez in the death of 13-year-old Jesse Harrison Jr.
Gonzalez was sentenced to two years for criminal negligent homicide and 30 years for injury to a child. The sentencing was announced on Wednesday morning.
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Gonzalez was one of three people arrested in connection with Harrison's death. Harrison’s mother and grandmother — Sabrina Loredo and Antonia Villarreal Gonzalez — are also charged.
The indictment against those three suspects says Harrison was beaten and starved before his death.
Loredo and Villarreal have trial dates set for October.