Baseball Bat Killer-Matthew Ponomarenko
March 14, 2025
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March 14, 2025
Baseball Bat Killer-Matthew Ponomarenko
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Baseball Bat Killer-Matthew Ponomarenko
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Baseball Bat Killer-Matthew PonomarenkoCLEVELAND, Ohio -- A Parma man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for beating his 5-year-old son to death with a baseball bat during what he said was a psychotic episode.Matthew Ponomarenko pleaded guilty to aggravated murder, kidnapping and endangering children in the March 25, 2021, slaying of Jax Ponomarenko.Prosecutors agreed to drop charges that would have made Ponomarenko eligible to face the death penalty if convicted.Visiting Judge Timothy J. McGinty accepted the plea Thursday and imposed a sentence of life with first chance at parole after Ponomarenko spends 45 years in prison.#policebodycams #bodycam #bodycamarrest #realbodycam #detectiveTrue Crime: The Court of Public Opinion Podcast: Join the Podcast and dive deeper into the chaos of real-life crime with Alexis Knight!No fluff. No filter. Just the truth. https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-the-court-of-public-opinion-with-alexis-knight--6292057***Alexis Knight True Crime Videos - Police Interrogations, Bodycams on X***
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