BUNCOMBE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) - The Buncombe County District Attorney's Office announced that one man was found guilty of the murder of his 12-week-old daughter.

Nicholas Shane Stephenson was found guilty of second-degree murder and felony child abuse.

The child's mother, Diandra Haleigh Fuhr-Farlow, who gave testimony at Stephenson's trial, had pleaded guilty to felony child abuse.

"The evidence in this case was extremely graphic," said District Attorney Todd Williams. "We are grateful to the jury for their careful consideration of the evidence, which has held Stephenson accountable for the heartless cruelty he inflicted on this most vulnerable and innocent child,"

Stephenson was sentenced to serve a minimum of 27 years in prison.

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