A Kansas woman has been sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison for the hit-and-run death of a teenager in Leavenworth.
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Amber Alexander, 28, was sentenced Wednesday in Leavenworth County District Court for the August 2021 death of Miranda Lynch, 16. Alexander was convicted in December of second-degree murder, leaving the scene of a fatal accident and evidence tampering in the the girl's death.
Prosecutors presented evidence in her trial that Alexander had several drinks before leaving a bar in Lansing and driving to Leavenworth, where she ran over Lynch around 2:00 a.m. on Aug. 7, 2021. Prosecutors say Alexander fled the crash and crossed a bridge into Missouri.