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Leslie Whitehead didn’t live long enough to see the man who stomped his daughter to death sent to prison for the crime.

Whitehead died Friday, just days before Monday’s sentencing hearing of Isaiah Rider for the killing of Christa Cachene, Crown prosecutor Matt Block told court.

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Whitehead died of a heart attack.

The Calgary man found his daughter dead Oct. 11, 2015, after returning to her northwest Calgary home with his two grandchildren.

“She was so badly beaten that he did not recognize his daughter,” Block told court in April, when Rider pleaded guilty to manslaughter in Cachene’s death.

In court Monday, Block said Rider’s actions, along with crimes he committed while on the lam after the killing, warranted an 18-year prison term.

Block said the manslaughter alone would justify a punishment of 12 years.

A carjacking Rider was involved in in central Alberta would warrant an additional 3 1/2 years, while what he characterized as a home invasion robbery deserved another seven.