'Burn In Hell,' Mayor Tells NYPD Cop Accused Of Son's Murder

NEW YORK CITY — Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday he was disgusted by the NYPD police officer accused of beating his autistic son and leaving him to freeze to death in his Long Island garage.

"When all the facts are proven, this is someone who should burn in hell," de Blasio said of Officer Michael Valva, the 40-year-old cop facing murder charges for the death of his young son Thomas.

"It's disgusting, it's incredibly troubling."

The Long Island cop and his fiancée, Angela Pollina, 42, were charged with murder Friday, one week after the 8-year-old was found dead in Center Moriches on Jan. 17.

Emergency responders found the boy in the driveway of 11 Bittersweet Lane and rushed him to Long Island Community Hospital where he later died, said police.

Valva initially reported Thomas suffered a fatal fall, but the Suffolk County Medical Examiner discovered Thomas died of hypothermia and had head injuries that didn't line up with the cop's story.

The boy's mother, Justyna Zubko-Valva, 36, has taken custody of Thomas's two brothers.

Valva, who has served with the NYPD since 2005, has been suspended, de Blasio confirmed.

"I don't understand how any human being does that to a child," de Blasio said. "I especially don't understand how a sworn officer does that."

Patch editor Lisa Finn contributed to this report.