Lauren Kay Dean pleaded guilty on Wednesday to the murder of Jordynn Barrera, 7, and was sentenced to life in prison, records show.
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Twenty years were also added to Dean's sentence for two counts of abandonment endangering a child.
On Jan. 30, 2020, a complaint was filed stating Dean left her three children home alone to go to Shade's Bar.
Bay City police responded to a welfare check at the family's apartment in the 2200 block of Bordeaux.
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Investigators said Dean invited an officer into the apartment to show them that the children were fine, but Jordynn was found deceased.
Two other children, aged 3 months and 5 years at the time, were also found in the home.
Jordynn was non-communicative and diagnosed with Down syndrome and cerebral palsy. Investigators said Jordynn was also on a feeding tube.
Records show Dean was arrested and booked into the Matagorda County Jail on three second-degree felony charges: abandonment, endangering a child, and imminent danger bodily injury.