FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A year ago, the trial of a man accused in his infant daughter's death resulted in a hung jury.

But Thursday, the jury in a second trial found Michael Allen Jr. guilty of neglect and aggravated battery. Both counts carry 20 to 40 years in prison.

Back in March 2021, Allen took his 1-year-old girl to a fire station near their New Haven home to get help because she was not breathing normally, among other symptoms. She was then taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.

The Allen County Coroner’s Office ruled Kaivonni Lynn Vachon's death was a homicide. The doctor who performed the autopsy reported she had blunt force trauma that could not have been caused by accident; it would instead take “a serious and direct force such as a punch to the stomach.”

Allen was arres

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