a 26 year old man has been found guilty of sodomizing and strangling to death his girlfriend's four month old baby daughter in a horrific 2012 attack following just four hours of jury deliberations jordan lafayette prince was convicted on thursday of brutally sexually assaulting and murdering little ashlynn lillith peters at his mobile home in st charles, missouri he is now facing life in prison at a hearing earlier this year, prince's girlfriend and ashlynn's mother, jessica lynn howell, 27, was jailed for 25 years after admitting felony murder and child abuse in relation to the infant's death howell had encouraged her boyfriend to sexually assault ashlynn in the sickening attack, authorities said the helpless baby was then beaten and strangled by prince, apparently to silence her crying guilty: jordan lafayette prince (pictured in his police mug shot) has been found guilty of sodomizing and strangling to death his girlfriend's four month old baby daughter following four hours of jury deliberations  on thursday, prince showed no emotion as he was convicted of first degree murder, child abuse and forcible sodomy in the  killing of ashlynn in december 2012, according to the st louis post dispatch his attorney had  argued that prosecutors had failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that prince had hurt ashlynn, claiming  no dna belonging to the suspect had been found to support their claims ashlynn was rushed to hospital on the morning of her death after being discovered lifeless and alone inside prince's home in deerfield village despite medics' best efforts, she later died of her injuries although her cause of death was ruled to be asphyxiation, prosecutors said the forcible sodomy   carried out with an unknown object   had caused enough internal bleeding to have killed her shocking: prince was convicted on thursday of brutally sexually assaulting and murdering little ashlynn lillith peters (pictured with her mother, jessica lynn howell, who has been jailed in relation to her death) scene: on thursday, prince showed no emotion as he was convicted of first degree murder, child abuse and forcible sodomy in the killing of ashlynn at his mobile home (pictured) in st charles, missouri, in 2012  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' earlier in court, forensics expert dan fahnestock had testified that bloodstains found on the infant's blanket on the day of her assault and death were consistent with both the victim's and prince's dna but he admitted he did not know how or when the blanket had been stained meanwhile, medical examiner dr mary case told the court ashlynn's neck bruises were consistent with strangulation she also detailed the horrific injuries that ashlynn had suffered during the sexual assault they included severe blood loss that totaled around one third of the infant's blood volume, stl reported convictions: at an earlier hearing howell (pictured, left, in her mug shot), 27, was jailed for 25 years after admitting felony murder and child abuse in relation to ashlynn's death right, prince in a previous mug shot  during an interview with police, prince, who had been dating howell for around five months, reportedly told officers he had become frustrated with the baby because she wouldn't stop crying howell, who was apparently sleeping at the time, pleaded guilty in january to her involvement in her daughter's death she also has two older children, a boy and a girl, st charles patch reported shockingly, court documents said she had sent a series of text messages to her boyfriend   when ashlynn was just one month old   encouraging him to have sexual contact with her baby daughter prince    who is not ashlynn's father and was previously convicted in 2007 of lewd conduct with a minor under the age of 16   will be sentenced by circuit judge nancy schneider on april 30
jordan lafayette prince 26 ashlynn lillith peters four month old st charles missouri earlier this year ashlynn jessica lynn howell 25 years prince
jordan lafayette prince, 26, found guilty of killing ashlynn lillith peters . he sodomized the four month old baby girl, then strangled her to death . sickening assault took place at his mobile home in st charles, missouri . prince showed no emotion as he was convicted of murder and sodomy . earlier this year, his partner and ashlynn's mother, jessica lynn howell, was jailed for 25 years for felony murder and child abuse relating to case . she had encouraged prince to sexually attack her baby, authorities said 