Kailee Rhianne Marie Hundley had recently celebrated her very first birthday. Pictures were taken of  her as she ate birthday cake and opened presents. One month later, the family who loved her so much, would have  to prepare themselves to say  goodbye to her.  "We had big plans for her. We knew what we wanted for her. And we can't  believe this" Tressa Hays - Kailee's Aunt

Tiffanie Williams was bothered by the crying and noises that Kailee
was making while drinking a bottle while she was trying to sleep after
working late and then going to visit her boyfriend. Jessica Cummings
decided to take care of the problem.

Jessica Cummings strapped Kailee into her car seat, which was too 
small for her, tightly strapping her in she the put her in a laundry
room bathroom for a nap. Two hours went by before she would check on Kailee and by then, she would already be dead. It would later be revealed that Kailee strangled on the car seat strap. Kailee's family said that if they had known naps were taken in car seats, she never would have been going to that daycare and they wouldn't have to attend a funeral for her:

Tressa Hays said that Kailee was big enough to use a toddler car seat
which was in the car at all times. Comments by Tressa Hays confirm
that Hailee enjoyed going to this daycare and that it was thought that
Jessica did a good job. Tressa says she believes that the death of her
niece was an accident, though she still said Jessica is to blame:

A neighbor and friend of Jessica's said that she had spent time in her
daycare when she brought her daughter over for play dates. The friend said that Jessica loved children and was good at her job. The friend also said that she would trust Jessica with her daughter and that even though she was hurting for both families, she would support Jessica through this case.

The Kansas Department Of Health And Environment was investigating
Jessica and said they couldn't speak about the case since it was still
an open case. Jessica had been licensed since August, though that
license had been suspended since the death of Kailee.

Witchita Police turned over the case to the district attorney which is
procedure in cases of the death of a child. The police also wouldn't
comment on the Kansas Department Of Health And Environments
on going investigation and didn't immediately release the cause of
Kailee's death.

Mike Hundley had sole custody of Kailee since her mother had recently been jailed on suspicion in the first degree murder of a stepdaughter,
Daytona Robertson who was the daughter of her then husband, 
Tommy Robertson.

On Saturday, March 29, 2008, family and friends gathered at the
Westlink Christian Church to pay their respects and say their goodbyes to Kailee at her funeral.

On April 16, 2008, Jessica Cummings was in court facing the charge
of involuntary manslaughter. It was revealed around that same time
that the investigation against her was due to not reporting suspected
child abuse and instead just taking pictures of the abuse that took 
place towards a two year old girl that she took care of. The complaint
was filed the day after Daytona Robertson died of child abuse. Hailee
and Daytona were stepsisters who both attended Jessica's daycare. A
preliminary hearing was scheduled for April 30th and Jessica was let
out of jail on a $10,000. bond.

Kailee's family was upset about the charge saying it was not severe
enough for what she had done to Kailee:

Prosecutors said the even though they hold Jessica Cummings 
accountable for the death of Kailee, they feel that her death was not
done intentionally. Tressa Hays disagreed with them:

Kailee's family was going to meet with the Safe Kids Coalition to help
in finding ways to improve regulations for daycare providers.

In December of 2008, Jessica Cummings was back in court where she
would say that she didn't mean any harm to Kailee Jessica also stated that she knew the procedure when putting children down for naps and that it included that children under the age of 18 months MUST sleep in a crib or a play pen:

Defense attorney John Stang said that Jessica could not have known
that Kailee was in any danger by being put down for a nap in the car
seat since this is something parents have done often when taking their children on long car trips. John Stang had a diagram showing how
close Jessica was to the area where Kailee was sleeping:

John Stang again said that Jessica could not have foreseen what would happen to Kailee adding that Deborah Johnson, the coroner who did the autopsy on Kailee, said she had never seen a case like this.

It was determined that Kailee had been improperly strapped into the
car seat and had slipped down allowing the straps to strangle her.

A jury took about five hours to find her guilty of the charge of involuntary manslaughter. Jessica is facing more than 2 1/2 years in prison for her part in the death of Kailee Robertson. In order to find Jessica guilty the jury had to come to the conclusion that she had put Kailee in danger deliberately by strapping her into the car seat and leaving her alone in the bathroom:

After hearing the verdict, Jessica broke down into tears. Kailee's family was also crying.

Jessica was seven months pregnant at the time of her hearing and 
would leave the court house free on bond.

On October 9, 2008, Kailee's great grandmother, Opal Marie Hundley
died. Kailee is now safely with a grandmother who loved her. A memorial fund has been set up for Kailee at Intrust Bank.
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Kailee, I love you so much. I miss your beautiful smile and your bright blue eyes. I miss your big big wet kisses and your high fives. This world does not seem fair but one day I will be in heaven with you. Until then have fun with your big sister "Day Day" and your little brother Daylee. I miss you and love you, You are forever my baby. Love Daddy

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