A 27-year-old man in Texas will spend decades locked up for fatally starving his 3-month-old son, who authorities said looked " like a skeleton " when he was found dead in a rural motel two years ago.

District Judge Susan N. Kelly on Thursday ordered Charles Devin Harris to serve 40 years in a state correctional facility for his role in the death of Jacob Jeremiah Amon Harris.

Kelly sentenced Harris after he reached a deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to charges of injury to a child, endangering the welfare of a child, and possession of methamphetamine. In exchange for his plea, prosecutors dropped an additional charge of murder.

Specifically, Harris will serve 40 years for the charge of injury to a child and two years for each of the remaining charges, which will run concurrentl

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