14-month-old girl dies from injuries to 'head, face, and vaginal area', stepfather gets life without parole
Wayne Brown was jailed on charges of felony murder and child abuse after his stepdaughter Laylah Heether died of complications stemming from physical abuse over a long period of time
A Newaygo man whose 14-month-old stepdaughter died in February 2017 after suffering physical and sexual abuse was sentenced to life in prison without chance of parole on Thursday, October 11.
30-year-old Wayne Arthur-Scott Brown of Newaygo, Michigan was earlier found guilty of first-degree murder and first-degree child abuse in the death of 14-month-old Laylah Heether. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder conviction and 23 to 40 years for the child abuse conviction, Newaygo County Prosecutor Worth Stay told M Live.
