THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, January 6, 1996 TAG: 9601060244
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B5 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: NORFOLK LENGTH: Short : 27 lines
A man convicted in November of the murder of his 10-month-old stepson was sentenced in Circuit Court Friday to eight years in prison.
On Nov. 15, a jury found Christopher Savage, 21, guilty of second-degree murder and recommended the eight-year sentence. He faced a maximum of 40 years.
The infant, Calabe E. Urban, was found unconscious in an apartment in the 9600 block of Mason Creek Road on June 8, 1994. He was rushed to DePaul Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The boy had been struck three times in the abdomen after he soiled himself, testimony then showed. An autopsy also showed that the child had previous injuries. Andrew Sebok, Savage's attorney, contended during the trial that the family had a history of child abuse.
Savage was charged with murder and felony child neglect but the child neglect charge was eventually dropped, court records showed.
KEYWORDS: MURDER by CNB