Napa mom, boyfriend convicted in 3-year-old girl's torture, beating death

Police found the girl's body in her bed during a welfare check at the woman's Napa apartment in 2014.|
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NAPA - A Napa woman and her boyfriend have been convicted of murder in the beating death of her 3-year-old daughter.

Two juries heard separate trials against 27-year-old Sarah Krueger and 29-year-old Ryan Warner simultaneously, and their verdicts were read Tuesday in Napa County Superior Court.

The Napa Valley Register reports (http://bit.ly/2qxsIOX) both were found guilty of murder with special allegations of torture and assault causing the death of a child in the slaying of Kayleigh Slusher.

Police found the girl's body in her bed during a welfare check at Krueger's Napa apartment in January 2014. She had apparently died the day before, with Krueger and Warner putting her body in a freezer before taking her out and fleeing Napa.

Prosecutors said Kayleigh had 41 visible injuries and multiple internal injuries.

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