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 </figure>RUSSELL – A Kansas man has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison for the&nbsp;second-degree murder and abuse of a child,&nbsp;Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said Wednesday in a news release.Jody Steven Fox, 29, Russell, was sentenced April 5 by Senior Judge Edward Bouker in Russell County District Court. Fox pleaded no contest to the death of a 14-month-old child in 2017. He was sentenced to 200 months in prison for second-degree murder and 34 months for child abuse to be served consecutively. Fox was also ordered to register as a violent offender for 15 years after his release.The mother of the child, Brandi Niehoff, entered a no contest plea in December 2020 to aggravated child endangerment and is scheduled to be sentenced on April 13.

Kan. man sentenced for murder, abuse of toddler