article_snippet: Howell had encouraged Howell boyfriend to sexually assault Ashlynn in a horrific 2012 attack, authorities said.
article_snippet: During Thursday's hearing,  assistant prosecutor Phil Groenweghe said Ashlynn's future hopes, dreams and achievements had been 'snuffed out' for 'one morning of sexual fun by this defendant'.
article_snippet: Convictions: At an earlier hearing Howell (pictured, left, in medical examiner
article_snippet: Howell, who was apparently sleeping at the time, pleaded guilty in January to the baby involvement in the baby daughter's death.
article_snippet: Shockingly, court documents said the baby had sent a series of text messages to the baby boyfriend - when Ashlynn was just one month old - encouraging Howell to have sexual contact with her daughter.