Former Tinker airman gets 80 years in prison for beating child

“I found what you did unconscionable,” Truong said. “The two of you victimized a little boy.”

Solis, 31, of Del City, and his ex-wife, Elsa Solis, 30, were arrested in October 2010 after doctors found significant injuries to the child, whose mother was deployed in Saudi Arabia.

Elsa Solis was sentenced Nov. 30 to 35 years in prison for enabling the abuse of the boy, who was hospitalized after vomiting and having a five-minute seizure.

In addition to the broken ribs, doctors found other bones in various states of healing, as well as a lacerated liver, a punctured lung and bruising from head to toe. The boy had a bite mark on his left leg, prosecutors said in court papers.

Before being sentenced, Gabriel Solis read a rambling statement in which he denied injuring the boy, saying he did “whatever he could to bring Nicholas back to life” the night he was hospitalized.

Solis suggested the boy was injured while he performed CPR, adding that his ex-wife might have injured the child “unintentionally” en route to the hospital.

“I believe that Nicholas was properly cared for,” said Solis, who was fired in September by the Air Force. “This alleged incident never happened.”

Assistant District Attorney Pam Stillings said she found Solis' remarks “repulsive.”