An Atchison woman was found guilty of aggravated endangering a child in Leavenworth County court Wednesday in connection to the death of her 18-month-old daughter.

A jury found Liberti N. Figueroa, 24, guilty of two counts of aggravated endangerment of a child, according to a Leavenworth County court document. Figueroa was acquitted of reckless involuntary manslaughter.

Officers from the Leavenworth Police Department responded to an apartment in the 2900 block of Martin Luther King Drive around 5:40 p.m. on Oct. 18, 2023 , where they found 18-month-old Saraphina Avarose Sanchez not breathing.

Police performed CPR and life-saving measures, and the infant was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

The infant’s injuries were not consistent with information given to offi

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