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Man Sentenced After Killing Toddler Because She Soiled Herself

AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) - A man will spend 48 years in prison for killing a toddler in Aurora.

Shane Campbell, 26, was sentenced this week for the death in 2015. Prosecutors say he struck his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter.

Shane Campbell
Shane Campbell (credit: Aurora Police Department)

Campbell later said he hit the girl because she soiled herself.

The girl suffered a seizure after she was struck and did not survive.

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