Utah father, 24, admits punching his newborn son to death after the baby's crying woke him up Matthew Daniel Graves, 24, of Roy, Utah, took a plea deal in January, admitting to the punching his own newborn son to death in 2017 Police say Graves struck his one-month-old son Brayden around 6.30am on September 7, 2017 after an alarm and the baby's crying woke him up Graves called 911 a few hours later after he realized his son had stopped breathing during a car trip to drop another child off at daycare Police arrested Graves and charged him with his son's murder a day later Prosecutors recommended Graves receive no less than 25 years behind bars, allowing him to avoid both the death penalty and a guaranteed life sentence
By Chauncey Alcorn For Dailymail.com
Published: 23:16 GMT, 21 February 2019 | Updated: 23:16 GMT, 21 February 2019
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A Utah man has admitted punching his newborn son to death because he was sick of the boy crying.
Matthew Daniel Graves, 24, of Roy, Utah, was arrested 17 months ago for killing one-month-old Brayden.
He pleaded guilty to aggravated murder - a first-degree felony and potential capital offense.
