The Bristow man who was convicted earlier this year of murdering and setting fire to his own five-year-old daughter has been sentenced to life in prison.
On Friday, June 20th, the sentence was handed down to Adam Mason, 34, by Judge John Russell and was announced by U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
“What Mason did to this 5-year-old little girl was inhumane. There will be no first dances for her. She will not have the opportunity to attend college or become a mother herself,” Johnson said at the time of the sentencing. “This was a hard-fought case for prosecutors and law enforcement. Life imprisonment shows the seriousness of this crime and ensures public safety.”
Sapulpa Times first published the graphic details of the murder when Mason was convicted in January.
At the time of his arrest, Mason had told investigators that he “believed his daughter was controlled by witchcraft,” and that he punched his daughter, drowned her in the bathtub, and then put her in a creek bed, where he set her body on fire.
The girl’s mother called the Creek County Sheriff’s Office when Mason would not let her speak with her daughter the following day. The ensuing investigation was a collaboration of the FBI, ATF, Creek County Sheriff’s Office, and Muscogee (Creek) Nation Lighthorse Tribal Police.
“The suffering this innocent child endured at the hands of her own father is completely incomprehensible. The defendant deserves every second of the sentence imposed, and more,” said FBI Oklahoma City Special Agent in Charge Doug Goodwater.
Mason is a citizen of the Muscogee Creek Nation and will remain in custody pending transfer to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.
