Man Sentenced to 12-30 Years After Beating Nashua Child So Badly It Caused Brain Bleeding, Fractures

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A man was sentenced to at least 12 years in prison after he admitted to beating a Nashua infant so badly it caused permanent brain injuries.

Enrique Santiago, 21, of Lawrence, this week pleaded guilty to nine counts of first-degree assault. He was sentenced to 12 to 30 years in prison, the Union Leader reported.

“You deserve every day,” Judge Jacalyn Colburn said during the sentencing, according to the Union Leader.

Santiago admitted to stuffing an iPad in a pillow case and beat the 10-week-old boy so he would stop crying.

The boy suffered bleeding in his brain and eyes, fractured ribs, and leg and arm fractures. His brain injuries will affect him his whole life, authorities said.

Police said the beatings happened at his residence on Arlington Street in Nashua, which he shared with the boy’s mother. The mother said she came home from work one night in December 2013 and found her boy with injuries all over his body.

During the sentencing, the mother said she hopes Santiago thinks about his actions for the rest of his life, according to the Union Leader.

This was the second recent case of horrifying child abuse in Nashua.

In November, police said Katlyn Marin, 25, beat her 3-year-old daughter, Brielle, to death.

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Enrique Santiago’s case

• Man Charged with Battering Nashua Infant
  
• Man Says He Struck Crying Baby On Purpose
• Enrique Santiago’s Arrest Report

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The Murder of Brielle Gage

• Candlelight Vigil to Honor Brielle Gage
• Nashua Mother Charged with Murdering Her Daughter
• Authorities: Nashua Girl Was Murdered
• Nashua Police Investigating Death of 3-Year-Old Child

Photo credit: Nashua police