Connecticut man gets 65 years for killing his girlfriend, but their daughter remains missing

MILFORD Conn AP A Connecticut man was sentenced Monday to years in prison for the beating death of his girlfriend Christine Holloway but their baby daughter disappeared at the time and remains missing Jose Morales was convicted by a jury in April of murder and evidence tampering in Holloway s killing which took place inside her home in Ansonia about miles kilometers west of New Haven Their daughter Vanessa was months old when Holloway was killed and relatives continue their efforts to find her Police disclosed in that Morales was a suspect in the girl s disappearance but he was never charged Several family members of Holloway spoke at the sentencing What was done to my niece Christine Holloway is unforgivable and disgusting and that monster continues to lie Where is Vanessa How can someone be so cruel noted Anna Rodonski Holloway s aunt Morales declined to speak at the hearing in Milford Superior Court He testified at the trial that two intruders attacked Holloway with a crowbar and assaulted him before they kidnapped Vanessa Morales also revealed he was high on PCP at the time His lawyer Edward Gavin communicated the judge on Monday It s an extraordinarily challenging scenario It shows the ills of PCP and drug use in our society Before handing down the sentence Judge Shari Murphy called the crime vicious and announced Morales manifested a careless indifference to human life Mr Morales you are a dangerous person a vital threat to society and you need to be removed from the population for a substantial period of time the judge noted