(Indianapolis, IN) - A La Porte County man in prison for the death of his son has lost his bid for a lower sentence.

Alan Morgan is currently serving a 70-year prison sentence.

Most of term is in response to the death of his four-year-old son, Judah, who was beaten, tortured, malnourished, and found dead two years ago in the family’s Union Township home.

The Indiana Court of Appeals unanimously upheld his sentence.

Morgan, 30, argued the sentence was too severe, especially because he pleaded guilty and did not have much of a prior criminal record. However, one of the judges in the written ruling described him as “one of the worst offenders.”

Right now, his earliest release date is in 2073.

The boy’s mother, Mary Yoder is scheduled for trial in September 25th on charges like Neglect of a Dependent for allegedly not reporting the abuse and allowing it to occur.