4-Year-Old Killed by Stepfather in Boiling Bath
BILLINGS, MT – In a case that has left the community reeling, a Montana man has been sentenced to 80 years in prison for the horrific murder of his four-year-old stepson, who had autism. Prosecutors described a disturbing history of abuse leading up to the child’s death by drowning in scalding water. Christopher Harris Simchuk was convicted of deliberate homicide and assault after evidence revealed he had abused Jackson Gatlin and his brother. Initially reported …