'He is beyond forgiveness': Dad lambasted for murdering newborn daughter with crossbow, running into woods like 'scared rat'

An Upstate New York antheral is headed to situation for taking a crossbow and sidesplitting his newborn girl and injuring his wife.

Patrick D. Proefriedt, 28, was sentenced connected Friday to 25 years to beingness down bars for sidesplitting his 17-day-old daughter, Eleanor Carey, and injuring his wife, the Broome County District Attorney's Office said successful a press release. He pleaded blameworthy successful February to second-degree murder.

Cops responded to a home successful the 2200 artifact of Route 41 successful Colesville, immoderate 17 miles northeast of Binghamton, connected June 26, 2023. Prosecutors said Proefriedt was upset Eleanor was crying and started arguing with his wife. He grabbed a crossbow and fired an arrow astatine his woman who was holding their child, striking them both. The woman survived, but Eleanor died.

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"After the suspect successful this lawsuit took the beingness of his ain child. He ran into the woods and hid similar a frightened rat. A frightened rat," Broome County Sheriff Fred Akshar said during a property conference, per section CBS affiliate WBNG.

Proefriedt besides hid his wife's telephone truthful she couldn't telephone for help, deputies said.

Authorities rapidly launched a monolithic hunt for Proefriedt, with New York State Police and Chenango County Sheriff's Office deputies forming a perimeter astir the country with aggregate patrol units and an aerial drone.

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Proefriedt was recovered hiding successful the woods little than a mile from the location aft his conveyance became stuck successful the mud and was taken into custody.

During Friday's sentencing, his woman Megan Carey addressed the court.

"Despite everything that has happened, I inactive judge successful love, I inactive judge successful healing, I judge successful forgiveness, but helium is beyond forgiveness," she said, according to the Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin. "He has nary empathy and nary humanity."

Indeed, pursuing his seizure Proefriedt blamed his wife, claiming she "dared him" to sprout and ne'er asked detectives however she oregon their girl were doing.

Prosecutors connected Friday besides played the much than 20-minute 911 telephone betwixt Carey and dispatchers. She was reportedly heard comforting Eleanor, saying "stay with mommy" and "please don't die." But by the clip cops arrived, it was excessively late. Eleanor had already died.

For his part, Proefriedt earlier helium was sentenced reportedly apologized to his woman "for the involvement of my child."

Matt Zarrell contributed to this report