Kansas man sentenced to prison for 2018 killing of baby girl

HAYSVILLE, Kan. (AP) – A southern Kansas man has been sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for the killing of his 4-month-old daughter in 2018.

36-year-old Andrew Franklin, of Haysville, was sentenced Monday to 250 months in prison.

Franklin pleaded no contest in April to second-degree murder and child abuse in the death of 4-month-old Brexley Grace Franklin.

Police say the baby girl died on Sept. 13, 2018, five days after she was admitted to a hospital suffering from a skull fracture, retinal hemorrhages and bruises to her jaw.

Franklin was initially charged with first-degree murder and two counts of child abuse and has been behind bars since his arrest in January 2019 related to the baby’s death.