Boy Sentenced To 3 Years For Killing Little Sister With Wrestling Moves

Terrytown, LA: A 13-year-old Louisiana boy has been sentenced to three years in a secure juvenile facility for the death of his younger half sister.

Armstrong Desvallons pleaded guilty last month to accidentally killing five-year-old Viloude Louis while practicing W.W.E. wrestling moves on her.



Desvallons said that he used the "John Cena Slam" and the "Mark Henry Slam," named for the wrestlers he emulated, when he threw his body or elbow into the petite girl's torso 15 to 20 times at the family's apartment on June 16 2013, according to nola.com. Louis suffered broken ribs, internal bleeding and liver lacerations from the beating.

Desvallons pleaded guilty last month to negligent homicide, The Times-Picayune reported, and was sentenced Tuesday to three years in the facility, where he is to receive treatment for grief, trauma and anger. He could potentially be released sooner than three years, depending on his progress in treatment.

On Tuesday, members of the church where Desvallons' family worshiped offered to take the boy into probationary custody, but Judge Andrea Price Janzen declined. The church members described Desvallons as a good kid, while Louis' stepfather reportedly called him disrespectful and argued that he'd do it again given the chance.

Sources:
New York Daily News
Boy Sentenced To 3 Years For Killing Little Sister With Wrestling Moves
NOLA.com
The Huffington Post