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Prosecutor Seeks Life Sentence for Man in Baby’s Slaying

PORTLAND, Ind. (AP) _ A prosecutor is seeking a life sentence for a Jay County man accused of killing his girlfriend's 5-week-old daughter.
 
The (Muncie) Star Press reports that 21-year-old Dalton R. Davis is charged with murder in the death of Lillian Grace Lloyd. He's accused of slamming the infant repeatedly against the cement ground outside their home because he was upset with her mother.
 
Jay County Prosecutor Wes Schemenaur filed documents Thursday to pursue a life sentence without the possibility of parole for Davis. A murder conviction in Indiana usually carries a maximum sentence of 65 years in prison.
 
Davis was arrested Sept. 30 and is being held without bond in the Jay County jail.
 
It wasn't immediately known if Davis has an attorney.

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