Adoptive dad sentenced to 50 years behind bars after son was found dead in a washing machine

Troy Koehler and Jermaine Thomas. Thomas was sentenced to 50 years in prison for the boy’s death. - (Harris County District Attorney's Office)

Nearly three years after a seven-year-old boy was found dead inside a washing machine at his family’s home, the child’s adoptive father has learned his fate.

Jermaine Thomas was sentenced on Wednesday to 50 years in prison for the murder of Troy Koehler, just days after the grim anniversary of the child’s death.