Texas mom sentenced to life after pleading guilty to murder of bedridden daughter she left alone to go party

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A Texas mom pleaded guilty to capital murder in the death of her 7-year-old bedridden daughter whom she allegedly left home alone with younger siblings to go partying more than two years ago.

Lauren Kay Dean pleaded guilty to murder on Wednesday and was sentenced to life in prison in connection to the death of her 7-year-old daughter, Jordynn Barrera, KTRK reported.

Dean was also sentenced to an additional 20 years for two counts of abandonment and endangering a child. According to the criminal complaint, Dean had left her three children, including the 7-year-old girl who was bedridden due to medical conditions, home alone so that she could do to nearby Shade's Bar.

Lauren Kay Dean was booked into Matagorda County Jail in January 2020.  (Bay City, Texas Police Department) Police in Bay City, located about 80 miles southwest of Houston, responded to conduct a welfare check at the family’s apartment at approximately 2:36 p.m.