BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) – The Buncombe County District Attorney’s Office reports a man was convicted in connection with the death of his 12-week-old daughter on Wednesday.
Officials report prosecutors presented evidence at a trial arguing that Nicholas Shane Stephenson was responsible for the infant, Riley Stephenson’s, death, citing torture, abuse, neglect, and malnutrition.
The child’s mother Diandra Haleigh Fuhr-Farlow gave testimony at the trial after previously pleading guilty to felony child abuse, officials said.
Stephenson was convicted of second-degree murder and felony child abuse. He was initially charged with first-degree murder…