The father Michael Valva, 40, of Center Moriches, a confirmed New York City Police Officer, reported that his son Thomas Valva, 8, was found unconscious in the driveway after falling while waiting for the school bus at approximately 9:40 a.m. that morning.

Upon arrival, police found Michael Valva conducting CPR on his son in the basement of the home. He was then transported to Long Island Community Hospital where he was pronounced dead with a body temperature of 76 degrees.

However according to Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart, after further investigation from the police examiner, it was found that the timing and nature of the death did not conform to what the father had reported. Rather, police found that Thomas had never been in the driveway and had been left in the attached, unheated and unfinished garage overnight with outside temperatures of 19 degrees. He also sustained head and facial injuries that also did not fit the father’s account. The major contributing cause of death, according to the medical examiner’s office, was hypothermia.

“Police have arrested [both] Michael and Angela Pollina (his fiancée) for the death of his 8-year-old son for engaging in conduct that created a grave risk of death for this child,” she explained stating that both have been charged with Murder in the 2nd Degree. “We want to express our sincere condolences to Thomas Valva’s family and friends, especially his siblings.”

In the home, located on Bittersweet Lane in Center Moriches, Valva had two additional children aged 6 and 10; Angela Pollina, 42, and her twin daughters aged 11 and son aged 6 also lived in the home.

Police believe Michael Valva’s 10-year-old son was also a victim of the abuse while he and his brother Thomas were subject to punishment of food deprivation and exposure to frigid temperatures.

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