Penalty phase underway for dad who killed son
GALVESTON, TX
Texas Department of Public Safety DNA analyst Tanya Dean
testified about the tests during the penalty phase of the trial of
24-year-old Travis James Mullis. Mullis was convicted Friday of
stomping on his son's head to stop him from crying.
Galveston County prosecutors are seeking the death penalty
Wednesday for the death of son Alijah Mullis. Jurors only
alternative would be life imprisonment without parole.
Court-appointed defense investigator Gina Vitale testified that
Mullis' mother neglected him until he was adopted upon her death by
her half-brother. That uncle later went to prison for sexually
molesting Mullis when he was 6.
