An Upstate New York man is headed to prison for taking a crossbow and killing his newborn daughter and injuring his wife.

Patrick D. Proefriedt, 28, was sentenced on Friday to 25 years to life behind bars for killing his 17-day-old daughter, Eleanor Carey, and injuring his wife, the Broome County District Attorney’s Office said in a press release. He pleaded guilty in February to second-degree murder.

Cops responded to a home in the 2200 block of Route 41 in Colesville, some 17 miles northeast of Binghamton, on June 26, 2023. Prosecutors said Proefriedt was upset Eleanor was crying and started arguing with his wife. He grabbed a crossbow and fired an arrow at his wife who was holding their child, striking them both. The wife survived, but Eleanor died.

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“After the defendant in this case took the life of his own child. He ran into the woods and hid like a scared rat. A scared rat,” Broome County Sheriff Fred Akshar said during a press conference, per local CBS affiliate WBNG.

Proefriedt also hid his wife’s phone so she couldn’t call for help, deputies said.

Authorities quickly launched a massive search for Proefriedt, with New York State Police and Chenango County Sheriff’s Office deputies forming a perimeter around the area with multiple patrol units and an aerial drone.

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Proefriedt was found hiding in the woods less than a mile from the home after his vehicle became stuck in the mud and was taken into custody.

During Friday’s sentencing, his wife Megan Carey addressed the court.

“Despite everything that has happened, I still believe in love, I still believe in healing, I believe in forgiveness, but he is beyond forgiveness,” she said, according to the Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin. “He has no empathy and no humanity.”