Dad gets 10-year sentence for abuse that disabled son

Marcel Highwalking says he was frustrated when he hit the boy

By Nelson Daranciang

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 16, 2013

~~<p>A federal judge sentenced a former Hawaii soldier Friday to the mandatory 10-year prison term for assaulting his 2-year-old son in 2011, inflicting permanent brain damage and blindness.</p>
<p>Marcel Reno Highwalking, 22, was living with his wife on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam when his son from a previous relationship arrived in August 2011 to visit for a few months. Highwalking's wife was a service member. The boy had been living with his mother in Montana.</p>
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A federal judge sentenced a former Hawaii soldier Friday to the mandatory 10-year prison term for assaulting his 2-year-old son in 2011, inflicting permanent brain damage and blindness.

Marcel Reno Highwalking, 22, was living with his wife on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam when his son from a previous relationship arrived in August 2011 to visit for a few months. Highwalking's wife was a service member. The boy had been living with his mother in Montana. Login for more...