Dad PAUL FARTHING JR. was initially charged with 1st-degree murder, but has settled for pleading guilty to a 2nd-degree manslaughter charge. No mention of where Mom was while Daddy was bathing the baby.
INVISIBLE MOTHER ALERT.
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Father enters plea to lesser chargesAssociated Press - April 8, 2011 8:04 AM ET
RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) - A Madison County man has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in the death of his infant daughter.
Prosecutors had obtained a first-degree murder indictment against 31-year-old Paul Farthing Jr.in the death a year ago of 3-month-old Rylee Jean Campbell, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader.
Farthing had contended the child slipped out of his hands as he bathed her in a sink. The baby died at University of Kentucky Hospital.
He pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter on Thursday. Sentencing is scheduled for May 12 and the prosecutor is recommending 10 years in prison.