Missouri woman sentenced in girl's pacifier death

A mid-Missouri woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison after an infant girl died when a pacifier obstructed her airway.

Treschell Kemp, 25, of Boonville was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty in Cooper County Circuit Court to involuntary manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child.

The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that in May 2012 Kemp shoved a pacifier into the infant's mouth, obstructing her airway and causing her death by asphyxiation.

Kemp was arrested in November 2012 and was originally charged with second-degree murder, first-degree domestic assault and child abuse.

Authorities never publicly identified the infant, who was not related to Kemp.

This story was originally published February 7, 2014 at 8:20 AM with the headline "Missouri woman sentenced in girl's pacifier death."