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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — A retired Buncombe County sheriff’s detective testified this week about the 2022 investigation into the death of 12-week-old Riley Leshae Hannah Stephenson, explaining to jurors how early suspicions of child abuse led to murder charges against the infant’s father.
Tim Bradley, who retired as a senior detective after more than 30 years with the sheriff’s office, said he was on duty June 28, 2022, when he learned Riley had been found unresponsive at the family’s Four Wheel Drive home. First responders suspected abuse, prompting him to respond…