MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — A 30-year-old Medford, Ore., man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his girlfriend’s toddler daughter in a brutal wrestling match.
Circuit Court Judge Lorenzo Mejia found Benjamin James George guilty of murder by abuse and first-degree assault in the death of Kacy Sue Lunsford. The judge sentenced the former Marine on Thursday to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years for the murder charge.
The little girl was nearly 3 when she died on June 15, 2010, at a Portland hospital, five days after the assault.
Prosecutor David Hoppe said previous incidents of abuse ended in one night of “ultimate wrestling moves” by the 230-pound man that left the 30-pound child with collapsed lungs, a lacerated liver, internal bleeding and massive head wounds.
