He's guilty and he may never see the light of day for killing a little girl.

A jury in Kosciusko County Friday found 34 year-old Ian Clark guilty in the beating death of two-year-old Samantha Muchowicz.

Police found the child in Clark's home on Ridinger Lake last May.

Clark was dating Samantha's mother, and told police the little girl hit her head on the coffee table but, the jury didn't buy the story.

They're now deciding if they want to recommend life without parole for Clark.

Samantha's family and friends tell us that punishment is exactly what they're hoping for.

Minutes after the guilty verdict came down, a childhood friend of Samantha's dad called us overjoyed.

In fact, she hadn't seen John Muchowicz in about twenty years, until about nine months ago.

Shanna Coon says when she says when she heard about the way Samantha lost her life, she had to track down John.

Since then, Coon and her family have been helping Muchowicz get through these painful months.

While looking at Samantha’s picture, Coon says, “You can see it in her eyes, nobody had a reason to hurt her. There's no way.”

There's no way, Coon ever imagined having to tell her friend Muchowicz, who she hadn't seen in 20 years, "I'm sorry your two year-old daughter was murdered and I'm sorry her mother's boyfriend is the alleged murderer."

She says Muchowicz immediately said this, “I want him found guilty. I want him responsible.”

Now, eight and a half months later, the news he was waiting for...a guilty verdict.

Still, Coon could see the pain in his eyes.

She says, “He has to live everyday of his life for the rest of his life knowing his daughter's gone.”

Not to mention, he has to live with the details he heard in court.

Coon says, “There was not a dry eye in the house.”

Testimony during Clark's trial said Samantha's mother returned from work to find the girl lying naked on Clark's chest on a couch.

Authorities said the girl was bloodied with a broken jaw and broken left wrist when she was taken to the hospital.

Coon says, “I was disgusted from the beginning.”

Coon never met Samantha but, she feel like she knows her. She has five kids of her own. One of them is Samantha's age.

She says, “I spend a lot of time at the cemetery. I take my kids there and I tell them about what happened. Their response is basically, "Wow! How can people do that to children?”