SEDGWICK COUNTY – A Kansas woman was sentenced in connection with the death of her boyfriend's 20-month old son.
A Sedgwick County judge sentenced 26-year-old Xjohnna Hannah of Wichita, to 12 months of probation, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's office.
The sentence carries an underlying sentence of seven months in prison with 12 months post release.
On February 9, Hannah pled guilty to aggravated endangering a child in connection with the death of Lasiah Williams. The toddler was the son of Hannah's boyfriend, 26-year-old Kentrell Willingham, who lived in the 2500 block of N. Chautauqua in Wichita.
A judge sentenced Willingham to just over 5-years in prison, according to the Sedgwick County District attorney's office. He was originally charged with with first-degree murder, an alternative count of first-degree murder, child abuse and aggravated child endangerment.
Hannah, not the boy's mother was also originally charged with one count of 1st degree murder, abuse of a child and aggravated endangering a child, according to the District Attorney's office.
On July 30, 2022 police responded to a child abuse report at a Wichita area hospital, according to Officer Chad Ditch.
When officers arrived at the hospital, they were told a family member and guardian of 1-year-old Lasiah Williams brought him to the hospital unresponsive. Doctors pronounced the boy deceased.
Investigators learned Lasisah had been with his father, Kentrell Willingham, and his girlfriend Hannah, for a few days. A family member of the child met Willingham in the 1600 hundred block of South Oliver to exchange custody.
The family member left with Lasiah and a short time later would realize the child was unresponsive. The family member and Lasiah’s legal guardian immediately drove to the hospital where the boy was pronounced deceased.
On March 20th, Judge Jeffrey Goering sentenced Willingham to 66 months in prison
Autopsy failed to explain the cause of the child's death. The exam found several bruises over the child's body, but no "notable internal injuries" that would have explained the death.