SAN ANTONIO — A San Antonio man was sentenced by a judge to 45 years in prison after his young son was found to have been forced into hours of military-style exercises resulting in major injuries before he died.

Judge Joel Perez of the 437th District Court announced Derrick Coles' punishment Monday, three years and eight months after he w as first arrested in connection with the death of his 12-year-old son, Danilo. The boy was found unresponsive after Coles said he fell in the shower, police said at the time; Danilo was taken to a hospital where records say medical staff reported "several suspicious injuries" before he died.

Coles, 36, was arrested shortly after, when authorities found he would make the child do push-ups and hold boxes that weighed around 50 pounds for hours to discip

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