Man found guilty in 2021 killing of 2-year-old Nevaeh Allen

BATON ROUGE - A man was convicted of second-degree murder and obstruction of justice after killing a two-year-old child and hiding her body in Mississippi woods.A jury convicted Phillip Gardner on Wednesday after officials found the body of two-year-old Nevaeh Allen in a wooded area of Hancock County, Mississippi, in 2021. Gardner and Allen's mother, Lanaya Cardwell, initially reported Allen missing.Arrest documents said Cardwell punched Allen before leaving the toddler with Gardner. Allen beca