A Burkburnett man accused of letting his 8-month-old daughter drown while he played video games will spend 18 years in prison, court records show.

Justin Ray Kidwell, 21, was sentenced by 30 ^th District Judge Jeff McKnight on Thursday as part of a plea bargain deal worked out with the Wichita County District Attorney’s Office.

Kidwell was originally charged with child endangerment in the death of Lexus Sky Cora Kidwell and was later indicted for murder, court records show. The plea deal reduced the charge to manslaughter.

Child endangerment and manslaughter are punishable by up to 20 years in prison. Murder carries a maximum punishment of life in prison.

The baby drowned in a bathtub on May 14, 2023, court records show.

A report by a Texas Ranger said Kidwell had put the baby in the bathtub and went to the other side of the house in Burkburnett to get his headset, talk to a friend online and play a video game.

The report said Kidwell found the child lying face down in the bathtub about 20 minutes after he left her alone although he told law officers he had left her alone either 30 seconds or about five minutes.

Kidwell will be credited with 362 days he has spent in the Wichita County Jail.

Kidwell pleaded guilty to abandoning or endangering a child in December 2022 in connection with an incident involving a child unrelated to him, court documents show.