Dad charged with murder in infant daughter's beating 22 years later (Murfreesboro, Tennessee)

Not real clear here, but it looks like Dad got out of prison for abusing his daughter, only to father another child with another woman and ABUSE THAT CHILD TOO.

Why was ANTHONY SHANNON LANE allowed around any kids again? Especially given the fact of how severely the daughter was abused (bedridden with multiple health problems including severe neurological issues for 22 years.)

http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2014/07/08/rutherford-murfreesboro-child-abuse-death/12388165/

Father charged with daughter's murder 22 years after beating, autopsy show

8:17 p.m. CDT July 8, 2014

MURFREESBORO — A man serving a 25-year sentence for child abuse was charged with first-degree murder after an autopsy revealed the beating he gave his infant daughter led to her death last year, according to a media release.

Anthony Shannon Lane, 41, was convicted of aggravated child abuse in 1992 for attacking and critically injuring his daughter, Amanda Michelle Lane-Woodall, when she was 5 weeks old, according to the release. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison, and upon his release was charged and convicted of aggravated child abuse of a second child, her half-brother Ryan Lane.

Anthony Shannon Lane, who is serving a 25-year sentence for the second conviction at Hardeman County Correctional Facility, was charged Monday with first-degree murder for Lane-Woodall's death last year, according to the report. An autopsy performed by the state medical examiner's office showed her manner of death was homicide, caused by complications of blunt-force head injury.

Lane-Woodall's case was originally investigated in 1991 by Sheriff's Office Detectives Chuck Thomas and J.D. Driver, resulting in the conviction of Lane and Lane-Woodall's biological mother, Stephanie Pinson, according to the release. Pinson was convicted for accessory after the fact of child abuse. She was sentenced to two years in jail.

Cold Case Detective Sgt. Dan Goodwin and Detective Steve Kohler questioned a number of doctors and other witnesses before presenting the most recent charges against Anthony Shannon Lane to the district attorney's office, according to the release.

Rutherford County foster parent Nancy Woodall-Holmes of La Vergne began caring for Amanda when she was three months old, according to the release.

"She could only do less than a newborn baby," said Nancy Woodall-Holmes said in the release. "She couldn't suck or swallow. She was blind and non-verbal, fed through a tube in the stomach."

Lane-Woodall required daily injections for diabetes, and she also had cerebral palsy, according to the report. She was confined to the same bed for 22 years.

The woman was reunited with her half brother, who was also adopted, during therapy, according to the release, though they were never able to have a conversation.

"She and Ryan had their wheelchairs next to each other, and their hands touched," said Nancy Woodall-Holmes in the release. "It was like they made a connection with each other."

Nancy Woodall-Holmes said in the release that she hopes this case motivates longer sentences for child abusers so they do not have the chance to commit the same crimes again.

Anthony Lane is being held in Rutherford County Adult Detention Center while awaiting a court hearing July 18, according to the release.