ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Jury selection continued Tuesday in the Buncombe County murder trial of a man accused in the death of his infant daughter, with 12 jurors now seated and three alternates still to be chosen.
The jury of five men and seven women will hear the case against Nickolas Shane Stephenson, 37, who is charged with first-degree child abuse and intentional child abuse causing serious bodily injury in the death of his 12-week-old daughter, Riley Leshae Hannah Stephenson, in June 2022.
The baby’s mother, Diandra Haleigh Fuhr-Farlow, 32, who also faces a first-degree murder charge, is expected to testify for the prosecution…