UPDATE: SW Virginia woman convicted of cruelty in 2018 drowning of toddler daughter

A Southwest Virginia mother accused of being under the influence of drugs while her toddler daughter drowned has been found guilty of cruelty or injury to a child.

Wythe County court records show Kimberly Dawn Moore was acquitted on an abuse charge by a jury while her boyfriend Adrian Puckett entered a guilty plea.

Investigators said Moore and Puckett were both using meth in 2018 when 3-year-old Josie Burleson wandered away and then drowned in the New River.

Both will be sentenced on Dec. 2.

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