In Kankakee Circuit Court... 29-year-old Gregoria Perez was sentenced Tuesday to 23 years in prison. She pleaded guilty to killing her 13-month-old daughter in February 2010.

A lesser charge of aggravated battery to a child was the result of a plea agreement. The original charge was murder.
Her daughter, Alma Perez, was discovered unresponsive in her crib by police in a home in the 500 block of South Chicago Avenue Feb. 19, 2010.

Alma was later pronounced dead at a local hospital. An autopsy determined she was hit in the head and was suffocated.

Perez must serve 85 percent of the sentence and will get credit for the six-plus years she has been jailed at the Jerome Combs Detention Center.

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