A Georgia man was sentenced to 50 years behind bars after being found guilty of poisoning breast milk for his infant daughter with antifreeze.

Curtis Jack was found guilty of felony first-degree cruelty to children and felony criminal attempt to commit murder.

A Fulton County, Georgia, Judge sentenced Jack to 50 years in prison with 40 of those years in custody.

In October 2020, Jack was arrested after his 18-day-old daughter tested positive for ethylene glycol, a chemical commonly found in antifreeze.

Jack admitted to detectives he put antifreeze in the baby’s milk bottles and gave the bottles to the baby’s mother and grandmother, who needed the baby’s poisoned milk unknowingly.

Fox News had more to add:

A Georgia father was sentenced to 50 years in prison after a Fulton County jury found him guilty of poisoning breast milk for his newborn daughter with antifreeze.

Curtis Jack, who was charged with felony criminal attempt to commit murder and felony first-degree cruelty to children, was found guilty on all counts, the South Fulton Police Department said Thursday evening.

He was sentenced to 50 years in prison with 40 years to serve in custody.

Jack was arrested on Oct. 16, 2020, after his 18-day-old daughter tested positive for ethylene glycol, a chemical often found in automotive antifreeze, while at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta – Scottish Rite Hospital, according to FOX 5 Atlanta at the time.

South Fulton police said the infant was born on Sept. 24, 2020, to Jack and a woman he worked with after he reportedly insisted she terminate the pregnancy. The two had been in an “intimate relationship” since January of that year, police said.

Per WSB-TV:

A South Fulton man is facing 50 years in prison for poisoning his newborn.

City of South Fulton Police Department says Curtis Jack was found guilty on multiple counts, including attempted murder.

On Oct. 1, 2020, police said Jack picked up bottles of breastmilk from the mother of his child, who was hospitalized after giving birth to their daughter on Sept. 24, 2020.

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