A jury on Tuesday returned guilty verdicts against a Turlock woman charged with murder in the drowning death of her 2-year-old daughter last year.

Kelle Anne Brassart was convicted of second-degree murder and child endangerment in the death of her daughter, Denielle Pires, who was one week shy of her third birthday when she drowned in the pool of the family's Fireside Drive home on Sept. 12. 

Brassart, sitting in a wheelchair and wearing a floral print blouse, showed no reaction as the verdicts were read. The eight-woman, four-man jury deliberated less than three hours.

Brassart is set to appear in court again Wednesday afternoon to factor in aggravation (to determine whether she was on probation at the time of the incident, which would impact sentencing).

Deputy District Attorney Sara Sousa and defense attorney Franz Criego declined to comment until after Wednesday's proceeding. Read the full story in Wednesday's Turlock Journal.