Jury finds Shreveport man guilty of killing baby
Published On: Jul 28 2012 10:17:29 PM CDT
A jury has found a Shreveport man accused of killing his baby guilty as charged.
It took a Caddo Parish jury just 90 minutes to find 24-year-old Samuel Lee Jordan guilty of first degree murder in the 2008 death of his 9-week-old daughter, Lyrica Kennedy.
Jordan took young Lyrica to a local hosptial, where she died six days later of severe head injuries.
The penalty phase of the trail begins at 2 pm Sunday.
Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty.
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