Man Guilty on Lesser Count in Girl’s Death

A man was convicted on a reduced charge of manslaughter for wresting a 7-year-old girl’s life jacket away from her and leaving her to drown. Troy Carlisle, 28, told authorities that Dallas Reinhardt’s vest could not support the two of them so he decided to take it off her and wrap it around his arm while trying to pull her to safety. Carlisle faces a maximum 20-year prison sentence at his Oct. 20 sentencing. He had been charged under a 130-year-old Mississippi law that carries a penalty of life in prison. Dallas’ body was recovered after a two-day search of Arkabutla Lake in northwest Mississippi. Prosecutors in Brandon said that Dallas likely would have survived had Carlisle not taken the jacket.