An Ohio man who pleaded guilty to murdering a 1-year-old after she would not stop crying was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison.

Michael Mayor, 34, learned his sentence on Tuesday, just over a month since he changed his plea from not guilty by reason of insanity to guilty at the end of June. Mayor admitted to slamming the head of 1-year-old Vivian Gardner on the floor after she would not stop crying when he was first arrested in December 2024. He had been left to care for the girl while his wife, a professional babysitter who had been watching Vivian, left to take other children to school.

According to police, Mayor told them that "he 'shook' her, and when she cried louder, he began to 'slam' her on the floor of the bedroom. He stated this was not done on the blankets and he did thi

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