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Police say harsh punishment killed toddler

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A toddler found dead in her home was likely the victim of her father’s harsh punishment for bed-wetting, according to police.

Newspaper carrier Jericho Wright told police his 3-year-old daughter, Liadan Eva Wright, struck her head when he threw her into a shower on Sunday afternoon after she wet her bed.

He says the girl was fine when he put her to bed that evening. But when he returned from a round of delivering papers just before dawn, he found his daughter cold and stiff.  read more »