TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A Topeka man who was charged in the death of a 14-month-old will be sentenced to 14 years in prison as part of a plea agreement.
The Topeka Capital-Journal (https://bit.ly/2oIxEeG ) reports 28-year-old Michael Guerrero pleaded no contest April 17 to charges of reckless aggravated battery and reckless second-degree murder of the child. A charge of aggravated endangering of a child was dismissed.
A police affidavit says Guerrero called 911 in June 2015 saying the child was choking on a french fry and that he was trying to save her by shaking her, giving her blows on the back and attempting CPR. The child was taken to a hospital with bruising and died three days later.
A Children’s Mercy Hospital official says CPR couldn’t have caused that much bruising on a child.
Guerrero will be sentenced in June.
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Information from: The Topeka (Kan.) Capital-Journal, https://www.cjonline.com
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