Justice has been served for Codi father sentenced to 45 years in prison for death of 3YO son [Video]

HAMPTON Va. (WAVY) — Cory Bigsby was sentenced to 45 years in prison on Tuesday for the death of his 3-year-old son, Codi Bigsby.

Cory Bigsby found guilty in murder of son, Codi

June 18 marks the day the prosecutor believes Codi was killed three years ago in 2021, seven months before Cory reported him missing.

In March, a jury found Cory guilty of second-degree murder and hiding Codi’s dead body

Ahead of the sentencing, Codi’s mom Dina Abdul Kareem shared the psychological impacts her surviving three boys are experiencing. Kareem explained her children have been in counseling for six months and grief counseling begins next week.

“I have nightmares imagining what they’ve gone through…the horror…hurts me to my core,” she said through tears.

Kareem is now raising four children as a single mother, including 5-year-old twins and the 8-year-old child that testified in court earlier this year.

“[His] innocence has been striped,” said Kareem. “The twins call him …