Man gets 140 years in fatal Ind. child abuse case

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A South Bend man convicted of beating three of his sons, one of them fatally, was sentenced Thursday to 140 years in prison by a judge who said she wished the sentence could be longer.

Terry Sturgis, 35, was convicted by a jury in May in the Nov. 4 death of his son, Tramelle, and the beatings of two other sons, ages 14 and 9 at the time. St. Joseph Superior Court Judge Jane Woodward-Miller sentenced Terry Sturgis on 14 counts, including murder, two counts of criminal confinement, nine counts of battery and two counts of neglect of a dependent.