WICHITA, Kansas (Court TV) — A Kansas man is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday for his role in the death of his 6-year-old adopted daughter, whose remains were found buried in the family’s backyard nearly four years after she died.

FILE: Joseph Schroer (Rose Hill Police Department)

Joseph Schroer pleaded no contest in October to two counts of aggravated endangering a child and Medicaid fraud in connection with the death of Natalie Garcia, who was renamed Kennedy Schroer after her adoption. The little girl died in November 2020, but her body wasn’t discovered until September 2024.

The case came to light when Schroer’s wife, Crystina Schroer, attempted suicide by overdosing on pills. When police asked why she wanted to end her life, Crystina told them that Kennedy was buried in their ba

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