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Jurors convict man of killing girl found in dryer
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Jurors convicted a man Thursday of snatching an 8-year-old girl from a Topeka apartment, raping her, killing her and stashing her body in a dryer.The parents of Ahliyah Nachelle Irvin wept as the bailiff read that Shawnee County jurors had found 31-year-old Billy Frank Davis Jr. guilty of 10 counts, including capital murder, The Topeka Capital-Journal (http://bit.ly/1urg89r) reported. Jurors will return Friday to hear more evidence before deciding whether to recommend that Davis receive the death penalty or life without parole.Prosecutors said Davis killed the child in March 2012 to hide that he had sexually assaulted her. But the defense said Davis didn’t have the mental wherewithal to form the intent to kill the girl because he been drinking and using cocaine.The night before Ahliyah died, she played at a complex playground with other neighbor children and fell asleep in the living room on the main floor of the apartment.