Man sentenced to 18 months in toddler's snake poisoning death

Years after a B.C. toddler was poisoned to death by snake venom, the man held responsible for the tragedy has been sentenced to jail time. Henry Thomas pleaded guilty to failing to provide the necessaries of life earlier this year, and was sentenced to 18 months behind bars Tuesday in North Vancouver provincial court. Police said Thomas took two-year-old Aleka Esa-Bella Sheyk Gonzales into his care back in May 2014, and that the toddler died hours after being returned to her mother. An investiga