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A warrant has been issued for a women in Shawnee who missed a court date on violation, the women pleaded guilty to the toddler’s death last year.

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas mother whose 17-month-old son died in a fire after she left him home alone was sentenced Thursday to three years of

A Kansas mom got a slap on the wrist Thursday for the death of her 17-month-old son, who died in a house fire prosecutors say was set by the child's father.

Karlie Phelps pleaded guilty in August to involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment. She was sentenced Thursday. 

Already charged with involuntary manslaughter in the house fire death of her young son, Karlie Phelps faces new charges.

A Shawnee woman was sentenced to three years of probation for the death of her son in a fire on Feb. 13, 2022.

Karlie Mae Phelps, 28, pled guilty in a plea hearing Thursday morning regarding a Shawnee house fire that resulted in the death of an infant.

A man charged with setting a house fire that killed his infant child was bound over for trial after a hearing Wednesday afternoon in Johnson County Court.

Already charged with involuntary manslaughter in the house fire death of her young son, Karlie Phelps faces new charges.

New records show text exchanges between the mother of the child and the man suspected of starting the fire