Timothy Lee Wilson,36, a Florida man was handed multiple life sentences for torturing his 11-year-old stepson, who was rescued on new year’s day after a waitress secretly showed the boy a sign asking if he needed help.
Wilson was convicted of charges of aggravated child abuse, aggravated child abuse with a weapon, child neglect, and false imprisonment in June and was sentenced to multiple life sentences on Wednesday, August 24.
Meanwhile, his wife, the biological mother of the child, Kristen Swann who was aware of the abuse, will face neglect charges. Her sentencing is scheduled for September 16, 2022.