MANHATTAN – A Fort Riley Soldier received a sentence of 191 months in prison Monday in Riley County District Court.

Alexander McConnell, 22, entered a guilty plea in May to one count of Second Degree Murder in the death of his 5-week-old daughter.

McConnell was arrested in September of 2014. His wife, Angela, had left the child with him on the day she was injured.

A court affidavit said an autopsy found the baby suffered substantial bleeding in the skull, broken ribs and other internal injuries before her death.

The infant was taken to Mercy Regional Hospital in Manhattan, then to Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City and pronounced dead that evening.

McConnell was sentenced to consecutive terms of 123 months on the Second Degree Murder count, and 34 months for two Child Abuse charges. The Court also ordered 84 months of post release monitoring. McConnell will also have to register as an offender upon his release.