ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE
Case # 09WF1880
Date: March 4, 2016
MAN SENTENCED TO 55 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR BEATING DEATH OF 2-YEAR-OLD CHILD
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced today to 55 years to life in state prison for assaulting a 2-year-old child causing his death. Lae Thongphun, 34, Garden Grove, was found guilty by a jury Dec. 14, 2015, of one felony count of involuntary manslaughter and one felony count of assault on a child under 8 years of age with force likely to cause great bodily injury causing death with a sentencing enhancement for a prior strike conviction for a first degree burglary in 2007 in Los Angeles County.
At the time of the crime, Thongphun was in a romantic relationship with a woman and lived with her and her two young children in an apartment in Garden Grove. Continue reading