Ex-NFL Player Gets Prison Time in Death of 5-Year-Old Girl in Las Vegas

Ex-NFL Player Gets Prison Time in Death of 5-Year-Old Girl in Las Vegas
Former NFL player, Cierre Wood appears in court on in Las Vegas, Nev., on April 16, 2019. Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP
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LAS VEGAS—A former professional football player was sentenced Tuesday to prison in the April 2019 death of his girlfriend’s 5-year-old daughter at his Las Vegas apartment.

The sentencing came after Cierre Wood, a former NFL and Canadian Football league running back, reached a deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty in April to second-degree murder and felony child abuse, court records show.