A Las Vegas judge expressed shock Tuesday at the severity of injuries found on a 5-year-old girl whose death led to murder and felony child abuse charges against her 25-year-old mother and the mother's former professional football player boyfriend. Taylor sobbed as she and former NFL and Canadian Football League running back Cierre Wood, 28, stood shackled in court. Wood told investigators he spanked the girl once when she misbehaved, but Taylor disapproved so he adopted exercise as discipline. Wood played football for Notre Dame before stints with Houston, New England and Buffalo in the NFL and Montreal Alouettes in the Canadian Football League. Taylor told police she was at a grocery store at the time.

Source: Fox News April 16, 2019 23:03 UTC