Kenneth C. Hedgecock was sentenced Wednesday, April 1, to 120 months on count one, involuntary manslaughter, and 18 months on count two, aggravated endangering a child, per a release from the office of Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson.

The sentences will run consecutively to one another and consecutive to all prior sentences he is currently serving.

Hedgecock previously pleaded no contest on March 2 to one count of involuntary manslaughter and one count of aggravated endangering a child and was found guilty on both counts.

Hedgecock, along with 40-year-old Tara A. Huerta and 30-year-old Briana R.M. Davis, was charged in connection with the March 26, death of Davis’ 3-year-old child, who was in the care of Hedgecock and Huerta at the time of the incident.

All three defendants have now been convicted in this case.

According to court documents, a Leavenworth Police Department officer was dispatched at approximately 4:30 a.m. to an apartment near Limit Street and Martin Luther King Drive for a first-aid assist. Upon arrival, officers observed the victim, a 3-year-old child, lying on the living room floor while emergency responders performed chest compressions. The child was transported to an area hospital in Leavenworth by paramedics, where the victim was pronounced dead.

During the investigation, officers contacted Huerta and Hedgecock. Huerta told police that Davis had been at the apartment on March 25 and left the victim in their care. The child had been sleeping on the couch.

Huerta and Hedgecock admitted to using drugs while the child was inside the apartment. They told investigators that around midnight on March 26, they noticed the child was breathing differently and appeared to be having a bad dream.