Dad on trial for killing 5-month-old daughter (Oconee County, South Carolina)

Once again, we have a babysitting daddy who just couldn't take it. Dad MATTHEW TAYLOR HINTON is on trial for bashing the skull of his 5-month-old daughter while Mom was out.

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Slain Baby's Mother: Autopsy Changed Feelings
Matthew Hinton Accused In 5-Month-Old’s Death
POSTED: 1:28 pm EST March 1, 2011
UPDATED: 4:45 pm EST March 1, 2011

OCONEE COUNTY, S.C. -- The mother of a slain 5-month-old testified in the trial of the father of her child, saying she stood behind him until she saw the autopsy results.

Ashley Bright took the stand Tuesday in the trial of 23-year-old Matthew Taylor Hinton in Oconee County.

Hinton is accused of killing their daughter, Brianna Bright.

On Tuesday, Bright described her daughter as a “happy baby.” She said, “She loved to smile. She made other people smiled. She made other people happy."

An autopsy found that the baby died of severe blunt-force trauma to the head, and police said it was “very apparent” her death was not an accident.

Hinton called 911 on Aug. 20, 2009, saying the baby wouldn't wake up. Brianna was revived by emergency medical workers, but she died three days later at Greenville Memorial Hospital.

Ashley Bright was not at home when the baby was injured.