![Life Sentence For Man Charged With Daughter’s Death in Austin](https://townsquare.media/site/669/files/2021/04/Higgins-Noelani-Robinson.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Life Sentence For Man Charged With Daughter’s Death in Austin
![AM 1240 WJON logo](https://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2021/11/attachment-wjonam-alexacard-big.jpg?w=100)
Milwaukee, WI (KROC-AM News) - The Wisconsin man accused of killing his two-year-old daughter in an Austin motel today was given a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole for murdering the child's mother.
37-year-old Dariaz Higgins today appeared before a judge in Milwaukee using a remote video connection from jail to learn his fate for the shooting death of 24-year-old Sierra Robinson in Milwaukee in 2019 that resulted in his conviction on a first-degree murder charge. He also pleaded guilty to an attempted murder charge for shooting and wounding a 4-year-old girl who had accompanied Robinson while she traveled to Milwaukee from Las Vegas in hopes of obtaining custody of Noelani Robinson from Higgins.
Prosecutors say Higgins had killed his daughter in southern Minnesota several days before the shootings in Milwaukee. He currently faces a second-degree murder charge in Mower County that alleges he caused the death of his daughter through blunt force injuries to her head. The body of little Noelani was found by a passerby along Highway 218 near Blooming Prairie in March 2019.
News Update: Felony Assault Charge Pending From Rochester Road Rage Incident
HAVE YOU SEEN ME? 28 Kids Missing From Minnesota
More From AM 1240 WJON
![St. Cloud Man Charged With Arson Following Apartment Fire](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2024/07/attachment-James-Lund.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Whoops! Bong Water Containing Meth Found During MN Traffic Stop](http://townsquare.media/site/65/files/2024/06/attachment-Image-Credit-Canva-joshua-coleman-via-unsplash.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Quit Running! This MN Motorcyclist Tried To Flee Law Enforcement](http://townsquare.media/site/65/files/2024/05/attachment-Image-Credit-Chisago-County-Sheriff-and-Canva.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![MN Sheriff To ‘True Crime’ Curious Residents: It’s Just A Car In A Pond](http://townsquare.media/site/65/files/2024/04/attachment-Image-Credit-Canva-and-Dakota-County-Sheriffs-Office-via-Facebook.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Dive Team In Minnesota Recovers ‘Lost’ Car From Park Pond](http://townsquare.media/site/65/files/2024/04/attachment-Google-Maps-michael-fortsch-via-unsplash.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Body Cameras To Thank For Solving Isanti Liquor Store Theft](http://townsquare.media/site/65/files/2024/04/attachment-Image-Credit-matt-popovich-zhivko-minkov-and-google-maps.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Waite Park Man Pleads Guilty in 2021 St. Cloud Bank Robbery](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2024/03/attachment-Untitled-design-1-1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Burnsville Man Arrested by Task Force in Sartell Drug Bust](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2021/06/handcuffs.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![MN Sheriff: Suspicious Man ‘Hiding Shotgun’ Was Playing Air Guitar](http://townsquare.media/site/65/files/2024/03/attachment-Image-Credit-Ana-Grave-Emma-Simpson-Stephen-Picilaidis-via-Unsplash.jpg?w=980&q=75)