Commerce man sentenced in death of 10-week old baby
TULSA, Okla. — A Commerce man was sentenced to 20 years in a federal prison for the beating death of a 10-week-old girl.
Michael David Gregory, 30, pleaded guilty in March to reduced charges of voluntary manslaughter and assault resulting in serious bodily injury, in the death of 10-week-old Amaya Mae Robison and the assault of her twin sister, both in Indian Country.
Robison, of Vinita, died Dec. 3, 2022, from blunt force trauma to her head, according to her autopsy. The other twin sister also had a small brain bleed; however, she has made a full recovery, court documents show.
U.S. District Judge Sara E. Hill sentenced Gregory to three years of supervised probation following his release.
The girls were two of four children whose mother had abandoned them. Child Protective Services took one daughter, according to court records, the other girls were left with a neighbor and Gregory's girlfriend at the time, Shanna Kimbro. The twins were just 10 days old when the mother left them with Gregory and Kimbro, court records show.
Court records show Gregory 'had no idea how to care for a baby, much less two of them.' In his plea agreement, Gregory said he was responsible for the twin infants while his girlfriend went to work. Gregory confessed, 'I was often forceful when I picked up or laid down' the twin girls, 'which is not proper care for newborn infants.'
On Dec. 1, 2022, he called his girlfriend, saying one of the infants had stopped breathing.
Gregory is not a member of a federally recognized tribe. However, the apartment in which Gregory cared for the twins is located on the Quapaw Nation reservation, and both infants are considered 'Indian persons' because they are eligible for membership in the Choctaw Nation.
Gregory will report to the United States Bureau of Prisons facility on July 22, court records show.
Online court records show the biological mother has not been charged.
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