BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. —

The Buncombe County District Attorney's Office said a jury convicted Nickolas Shane Stephenson of second-degree murder and felony child abuse in the death of his 12-week-old daughter, Riley Stephenson.

After the conviction, Stephenson was sentenced to a prison term of 200 to 252 months on the second-degree murder charge. Stephenson was also given a consecutive active sentence of 125 to 162 months for the felony child abuse conviction.

According to the district attorney's office, the child's mother, Diandra Haleigh Fuhr-Farlow, had previously pleaded guilty to felony child abuse.

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