Salvatore Lucchesse, 26, pleaded guilty in March to first-degree manslaughter after he severely beat the child while watching him as his mother was at work on November 28, 2016.
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Lucchesse then called police later that afternoon and reported that the child was unconscious.
Jordan fell into a coma and died nearly a week later. The medical examiner ruled the child's death a homicide due to abusive head and neck trauma.
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"This was a senseless death of a helpless little boy who was left in the defendant's care," Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said. "There is no excuse ever, under any circumstances, for beating a child. Today's sentence is a small measure of justice for Jaden and his devastated family."
Jordan's death was one of several high-profile incidents that triggered a probe into New York City's Administration for Children's Services and led to the resignation of the agency's commissioner in December 2016.
A report later uncovered a series of errors committed by child welfare workers, including that the agency received a report of alleged abuse two days before the beating occurred but didn't locate the child until he was in a coma days later.
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