Alyssa Patricia Little-Murphy

Kevin Joseph Charles Little, 27 was jailed for life with a non-parole period of 17 years for the murder of his daughter: Kevin Little had separated from his partner, Chontelle Murphy, but refused to leave the house the couple shared. Ms Murphy said that Little threatened to take the couple’s 7- month-old child, Alyssa, away from her, and told her that if she left him she would not get custody of Alyssa. Ms Murphy applied to the Family Court for an occupation order and interim custody of Alyssa, the couple’s 7-month-old daughter. The court papers were served on Little on 23 March 2006. Two days later, Little drowned Alyssa in the bath. He claimed he had a seizure and dropped her in the bath but after hearing expert evidence from both the Crown and defence witnesses, the jury convicted him of murder. He was sentenced to life imprisonment with a 17-year minimum non-parole period. Source: https://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10289/12241/...