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Nov 10, 2009 4:57 pm US/Mountain

Judge Hands Aaron Thompson 114 Year Sentence

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (CBS4/AP) ― The Aurora man convicted in September of fatal child abuse, false reporting to authorities and concealing a death in the disappearance and presumed death of his daughter will spend 114 years behind bars.

Aaron Thompson didn't speak at his sentencing hearing on Tuesday morning at the Arapahoe County courthouse. Judge Valeria Spencer started out by ruling Thompson should get 48 years in prison for the charge of child abuse resulting in death. A total of 66 more years were given on the other charges.

"You will be held accountable that a child is no longer on the face of this earth because of your behavior," Spencer said before handing down the sentence, adding that even if Lowe, who died of heart failure in 2006, was more to blame for the death, Thompson should have done something. "You have failed as a father. You have failed as a man. You had no courage when courage was called for."

Lynette Thompson, the mother of his daughter Aarone from Detroit, was among those who did address the court on Tuesday morning. She said she wants Aaron Thompson to write a journal about their daughter Aarone while in prison and send the entries to her every week.

She added that she will send Aaron a card on every holiday and Aarone's birthday with the letters WIAP, which stands for "Where is Aarone please?"

"I think someday it will be revealed," Lynette Thompson said outside of court, adding she was pleased with the sentence. "He needs to pay."

Lynette Thompson said Aaron Thompson was a "good gentleman" when she married him years ago. Her daughter, 19-year-old Shaunterius Johnson, said Aaron Thompson took care of her since she was 3, and she never thought he would commit such a crime.

Thompson's mother, Earia Cloman of Detroit, testified in his defense, saying he loves his children and is a hard worker.

"He's not the monster he's made out to be," she said. "Please realize these things when you are sentencing him."

Aaron Thompson said Aarone ran away because of an argument over a cookie but during his 6 week long trial earlier this year his lawyers acknowledged that Aarone was already dead when he reported her missing in November 2005. They tried to pin the blame on Thompson's live-in girlfriend Shely Lowe, who died in 2006 from heart problems.

A grand jury indictment released publicly in April 2008 stated Aarone died because she was undernourished, suffered cruel punishment and was denied medical care.

Aurora police have urged Thompson to tell them where he buried his daughter's body.

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