OSHKOSH – A man who caused the death of his fiancee’s daughter will spend 25 years in prison.
Ryan Jorgenson will also spend 10 years on extended supervision after he is released. He was sentenced Friday in Winnebago County court.
Jorgenson was convicted in January after pleading no contest to first-degree reckless homicide, according to online court records. Police say he admitted to pushing a three-year-old down the stairs in the town of Menasha last year, causing her death. Jorgenson was engaged to the child’s mother.
According to the criminal complaint, Jorgenson was alone with the girl and his own infant child on May 14, 2014. First responders were called to the house that morning for the report of a toddler having a seizure.
The complaint shows the girl suffered brain injuries consistent with being thrown, slammed down or shaken. The document also says the defendant told another jail inmate he “did a very bad thing” and “hurt that little girl.”
FOX 11’s Andrew LaCombe was in court and will have balanced reaction of the sentencing tonight on FOX 11 News at Five.