LOS ANGELES (AP) — A father who tossed his 4-year-old daughter to her death off a Southern California seaside cliff has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Cameron Brown’s sentence Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court was mandatory after he was convicted of first-degree murder.
Brown was convicted in May at his third trial in the death of Lauren Sarene Key who plunged 120 feet to her death in November 2000.
Brown was in a bitter custody dispute with the girl’s mother at the time and prosecutors say he never wanted the child.
Brown’s lawyer acknowledged his client was a bad father, but said the girl tripped and fell as she ran toward Inspiration Point in Rancho Palos Verdes.
The case lingered for years as previous juries deadlocked.
