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Father convicted of killing daughter

Kristopher Griffin sentenced to life in prison

Updated: Friday, 27 Jul 2012, 11:37 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 27 Jul 2012, 11:37 PM EDT

MANSFIELD, M.A. (WPRI) - A Mansfield man will spend the rest of his life in prison for killing his 6-year-old daughter.

Kristopher Griffin, 38, was convicted of first degree murder Friday.

Prosecutors said Griffin slashed his daughter Kaitlynn's throat after breaking into her mother's house in July 2009.

He was sentenced to life with no possibility of parole.

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