WARREN The Trumbull County Prosecutor's Office is voicing opposition of an inmate who was convicted of murdering his infant daughter in 2002.

Forty-four-year-old Ranell Ziegler is serving a prison sentence of 15 years to life for the murder of his seven-month-old daughter Alena in October of 2002.

Prosecutors say that Ziegler told Trumbull County Children Services staff he put Alena down for a nap and later heard a thump. Ziegler went on to tell Children Services Alena had fallen out of bed and was unresponsive, and he violently shook her to wake her up.

However, an autopsy revealed that Alena suffered from at least six separate, distinct points of blunt force trauma to the head that caused brain bleeding, as well as injuries to her arms and legs.

The Trumbull County Coroner said

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