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Man Receives 60-Year Sentence for Drowning Boy in 2022 Incident

On July 2024, a man identified as Bridges received a 60-year sentence from the Arkansas Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to the horrific drowning of a young boy, Blu, in September 2022.

The tragedy unfolded on September 9, 2022, when Bridges provoked Blu by sticking his finger in the boy’s mouth. This led Blu to bite Bridges’ hand. Enraged by the child’s reaction, Bridges took Blu to the bathroom, where he repeatedly submerged the boy’s head in the toilet until he drowned. Read the full story here ▶