KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) — A 24-year-old mother was sentenced Wednesday in Leavenworth County District Court for the death of her 1-year-old daughter back in 2023.

Liberti N. Figueroa was convicted in August of two counts of aggravated endangerment of a child after her infant daughter, Saraphina Avarose Sanchez, died from head-related injuries. The jury acquitted her of involuntary manslaughter during the two-day trial.

During a sentencing hearing on Wednesday, Figueroa was sentenced to six months in prison on each charge, for a total of 12 months. The judge suspended the sentence and placed Figueroa—who had already served 170 days in the Leavenworth County Jail—on probation.

Court records state that on the evening of Oct. 18, 2023, officers were called to the Woodland Village Apartments

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