A Connecticut man was sentenced Monday to 65 years in jail for the 2019 beating demise of his girlfriend, Christine Holloway, however their child daughter disappeared on the time and stays lacking.
Jose Morales, 48, was convicted by a jury in April of homicide and proof tampering in Holloway's killing, which came about inside her house in Ansonia about 10 miles (16 kilometers) west of New Haven.
Their daughter Vanessa was 14 months previous when Holloway was killed and family members proceed their efforts to search out her. Police mentioned in 2019 that Morales was a suspect within the lady's disappearance, however he was by no means charged.
A number of members of the family of Holloway spoke on the sentencing.
“What was completed to my niece Christine Holloway is unforgivable and disgusting and that monster continues to lie. The place is Vanessa? How can somebody be so merciless?” mentioned Anna Rodonski, Holloway's aunt.
Morales declined to talk on the listening to in Milford Superior Court docket. He testified on the trial that two intruders attacked Holloway with a crowbar and assaulted him earlier than they kidnapped Vanessa. Morales additionally mentioned he was excessive on PCP on the time.
His lawyer, Edward Gavin, instructed the decide on Monday, “It's an awfully tough case. It exhibits the ills of PCP and drug use in our society.”
Earlier than handing down the sentence, Decide Shari Murphy referred to as the crime vicious and mentioned Morales confirmed a careless indifference to human life.
“Mr. Morales, you're a harmful individual, a major menace to society and you have to be faraway from the group for a considerable time period,” the decide mentioned.
