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Aiza Moraña

'I Thought I Put Her in Her Crib': Murder Charge Dismissed as Missouri Mother Gets 13 Years for 1-Month-Old's Death

Investigators say Mariah Thomas accidentally placed her baby in an oven instead of a crib at a Kansas City home in February 2024 (Credit: Via Jackson County Detention Center)

Missouri mother Mariah Thomas, 28, was sentenced on Tuesday, 22 September, to 13 years in prison over her one-month-old daughter's death in Kansas City.

She pleaded guilty to first-degree endangering the welfare of a child resulting in death, while a first-degree murder charge was dismissed. A relative said Thomas thought she had put the baby in her crib.

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