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East Texas man gets 50 years for death of 5-year-old boy

“Law enforcement was happy because they wanted to hear him say that he was guilty of this offense,” said Harrison County District Attorney Reid McCain.
Credit: Harrison County Jail Records

HARRISON COUNTY, Texas — A Waskom man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to the September 2019 murder of his girlfriend’s 5-year-old son.

Larry Dwayne Prudhomme Jr., 33, entered a guilty plea Wednesday in the 71st Judicial District Court.

“Law enforcement was happy because they wanted to hear him say that he was guilty of this offense,” said Harrison County District Attorney Reid McCain. “The whole thing was tragic and disturbing, but we now know that he’s locked up for a long time, never to hurt anybody on the streets again, and it’s final.”

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