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Mother, Daughter Buried Side-By-Side After Double Tragedy

MIAMI (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A man is expected to plead guilty to drunk driving following a wreck that killed a mother just weeks after she gave birth to a daughter who was later killed in a horrific, unrelated beating.

Lawyers in Miami announced Tuesday that 24-year-old Leornardo Morciego will plead guilty to DUI manslaughter and other felonies next week in Miami and get a five-year prison sentence.

The Miami Herald reports the June 2016 crash killed Rachel Foster and seriously injured her boyfriend Yovahnis Roque.

Savannah Roque
(credit: Family Photo/KYTX CBS19)

Roque later took infant daughter Savanna to Orange, Texas. Authorities say 26-year-old Roque bludgeoned the 2-year-old to death in February and now faces capital murder charges.

Mother and daughter are buried side-by-side in Miami, which Rachel Foster's mother Delia Foster calls a "blessing" after the double tragedies.

Yovahnis Roque
(credit: KYTX/CBS19)

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