With all the safe haven laws and ease of signing over your parental rights, one would think deaths like these would be rare, but as we know we live in a culture of death, where the killing of the weakest among us is welcomed. Look for this guy to get no more than 15 years.
Louisiana is a heavily Christianized area. Look for the death penalty with the jury being out just long enough to vote.
As for the child, he is being comforted by the Maker of the heaven and the earth. As for the father, he is going to find out just how much God loves children. It will be an experience that will have no end.