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Ex-soldier sentenced to 8 years in prison in beating death of 1-year-old son

A former Fort Bliss soldier has been sentenced to eight years in prison in the 2012 beating death of his 1-year-old son.

He was about to go to trial.

On Friday, Crispen Hanson pled guilty to two counts of injury to a child for two incidents prior to his son’s death.

Prosecutors dropped the capital murder charge.

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