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GRAND HAVEN — A Hudsonville-area father and former Grand Rapids Community College professor will serve time in a state prison for the 2019 drowning death of his teen son, who had autism.On Monday, Timothy Koets was sentenced to two to 15 years in prison for involuntary manslaughter and one year behind bars for fourth-degree child abuse. He received credit for two days served for each of the counts.His son, Sam Koets, 16, who had the cognitive ability of a 2-year-old, died in March 2019.

GRAND HAVEN — A Hudsonville-area father and former Grand Rapids Community College professor will serve time in a state prison for the 2019 drowning death of his teen son, who had autism.On Monday, Timothy Koets was sentenced to two to 15 years in prison for involuntary manslaughter and one year behind bars for fourth-degree child abuse. He received credit for two days served for each of the counts.His son, Sam Koets, 16, who had the cognitive ability of a 2-year-old, died in March 2019.

Timothy Koets, a Hudsonville father and former professor at Grand Rapids Community College, has been sentenced to prison time in connection with the 2019 drowning death of his autistic teenage son. WOOD-TV8 reports that 16-year-old Sam Koets, who had the cognitive ability of a toddler, died in the familys above ground pool in March of 2019. Sams father, Timothy Koets, was sentenced on one count of involuntary manslaughter, one count of controlled substance obtained by fraud and one count of c...