An East Baton Rouge jury on Monday found the mother of a 2-year-old girl whose body was found stuffed in a suitcase buried in a shallow Mississippi grave guilty of attempted second-degree cruelty to a juvenile.
Lanaya Brittany Cardwell, 28, was found guilty for her role in the September 2021 death of Nevaeh Liyla Allen.
A jury of seven men and five women deliberated three hours and 20 minutes before rendering its verdict…