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Foster Dad Sentenced To 22 Years In Prison For Killing Boy

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Camron Gardner, 2, Died

JUNEAU, Wis. -- A man convicted of fatally punching his 3-year-old foster son in May of 2005 will spend 22 years in prison, plus 18 years of extended supervision.

Shane Marquardt of Waupun was sentenced in Dodge County Circuit Court.

The criminal complaint said the 33-year-old Marquardt told investigators he flew into a rage after Camron Gardner vomited in his bed during a nap, and he repeatedly punched the 3-year-old as well as 2-year-old Ethan Gardner in their stomachs.

Camron died several hours later. Ethan recovered.

Marquardt pleaded guilty in February to first-degree reckless homicide.

A charge of first-degree reckless injury was dismissed as part of a plea deal but read into the record at sentencing.

2007 Aug 17