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February 4, 2017

Leslie Finch gets 20 years for baby’s death: Mother convicted of shaking daughter avoids max sentence

SALAMANCA, N.Y. — Twenty years in state prison await Leslie Finch, 26, of Kill Buck, who was convicted of manslaughter for her 1-year-old daughter Mila’s death in 2015.

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