Teen weeps as she faces three years in prison after being found guilty of hit-and-run after accidentally running over and killing two young girls as they hid in pile of leaves

• Cinthya Garcia-Cisneros could be sentenced to anything from prison to probation
  
• Anna Dieter-Eckerdt, 6, was pronounced dead at the scene; Abigail Robinson, 11, was airlifted to a hospital where she died more than 24 hours later
• Garcia-Cisneros was told she'd hit the two girls shortly after it happened
• Oregon requires those involved in an accident to assist authorities after it happens
• Garcia-Cisneros' boyfriend pleaded guilty to hindering prosecution and was sentenced to 13 months in prison

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Published: 22:38 EST, 17 January 2014 | Updated: 06:28 EST, 20 January 2014

An Oregon woman who accidentally ran over two little girls playing in a pile of leaves in October - but failed to report the incident to authorities - was found guilty on Wednesday of two counts of felony hit-and-run.

Now, 19-year-old Cinthya Garcia-Cisneros faces up to three years in state prison for fleeing the fatal wreck and not reporting it to the police.

On October 20, Garcia-Cisneros was driving the SUV that struck and killed step-sisters Anna Dieter-Eckerdt, 6, and Abigail Robinson, 11, as the girls were playing in a leaf pile on Main Street in Forest Grove, about 30 minutes west of Portland. 

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Guilty: Cinthya Garcia-Cisneros weeps as she's found guilty of hit-and-run in the deaths of two young girls

Sentence: Judge Rick Knapp could sentence Garcia-Cisneros to any thing from probation to three years in prison

Dieter-Eckerdt died at the scene. Robinson was taken to a hospital in Portland where she later died.

At trial, Garcia-Cisneros testified that she was driving home from picking up fast food with her brother and boyfriend when she saw the leaf pile and intentionally swerved to hit it.

Garcia-Cisneros told the jury that she heard a bump when she hit the pile or leaves, but insists that she didn't realize that she'd hit the two girls.

Even prosecutors agreed that Garcia-Cisneros didn't intentionally hit the girls, according to the Oregonian newspaper. But what she did after the fact is the reason she currently is looking at three years in prison. 

After she'd returned home, her brother hopped on his back and rode it back towards the pile of leaves. That's where he saw Tom Robinson - Abigail Robinson's father - standing over the two girls.

Suspects in custody: Alleged driver Cinthya Cisneros (left) and passenger Mario Echeverria (right), both 18, have been charged in the deadly crash

Robinson had been outside taking pictures of the girls outside of their home when he briefly went inside to put away the camera and send a text message to his wife.

When he went back outside, he heard a thud - and couldn't find the girls.

'The only thing I could think is, the girls are in the pile of leaves,' Robinson told the jury.

When Robinson walked over to the leaf pile, he saw the girls and called 9-1-1. When Garcia-Cisneros' brother got to the scene, he saw Robinson screaming.

The teen then went home and told his sister that she hit the two girls.

Autumn pastime: The sisters while playing in a heap of leaves outside their home when they were struck by a passing car

Victims: Stepsisters 6-year-old Anna Dieter-Eckerdt, left, and 11-year-old Abigail Robinson, right, died after Garcia-Cisneros drove through a pile of leaves

At that point, Senior Deputy District Attorney Bracken McKey told jurors, is when Garcia-Cisneros' legal obligation to assist the victims and give information to authorities began, according to Oregon's hit-and-run laws.

Garcia-Cisneros' attorney, however, argued that she had no legal obligation to do anything because the law doesn't say anything about the duties of a driver who learns of an accident after the fact.

Additionally, he claimed, Garcia-Cisneros was in a state of shock after she learned she'd hit the girls and couldn't reasonably be expected to do anything.

'She couldn’t do anything except avoid and disbelieve,' he told jurors.

According Garcia-Cisneros, just minutes after her brother told her that she'd hit the two girls, the three teens went to the home of her boyfriend, 18-year-old Mario Echeverria.

She told jurors that the three needed a distraction from the tragic incident earlier in the day and used a different car to go and get ice cream and then to go to Walmart.

The next day, Echeverria took the SUV Garcia-Cisneros was driving when she hit the two girls to get washed in an attempt to get rid of any evidence that it was involved in the tragic hit-and-run death of the two young girls.

Authorities were alerted to Garcia-Cisneros' involvement in the wreck after a neighbor of the teen saw her sobbing while examining the outside of the SUV the night the girls were killed. Police tracked her down at Echeverria's house the following day.

Echeverria also was arrested. He pleaded guilty to hindering prosecution in December and was sentenced to 13 months in prison.

Garcia-Cisneros’ sentencing hearing was scheduled for Jan. 31, at which point Judge Rick Knapp could sentence her to anything from probation to three years in prison.

Happier times: The two girls, pictured with their mother, Susan, were described by those who knew them as outgoing, sweet and creative

Outgoing: Anna Dieter-Eckert was a first-grader at Dilley Elementary, where in the past few months she had made several close friends

Aspiring actress: Abigail Robinson, pictured with her theater friend Natasha Kujawa, loved singing and dancing, and had just landed a role in a local production of the musical Annie

Community in shock: A makeshift memorial appeared outside the grieving family's home in Forest Grove, with people leaving flowers, balloons, stuffed animals and handwritten condolence notes

She told jurors that the three needed a distraction from the tragic incident earlier in the day and used a different car to go and get ice cream and then to go to Walmart.

The next day, Echeverria took the SUV Garcia-Cisneros was driving when she hit the two girls to get washed in an attempt to get rid of any evidence that it was involved in the tragic hit-and-run death of the two young girls.

Authorities were alerted to Garcia-Cisneros' involvement in the wreck after a neighbor of the teen saw her sobbing while examining the outside of the SUV the night the girls were killed. Police tracked her down at Echeverria's house the following day.

Echeverria also was arrested. He pleaded guilty to hindering prosecution in December and was sentenced to 13 months in prison.

Garcia-Cisneros’ sentencing hearing was scheduled for Jan. 31, at which point Judge Rick Knapp could sentence her to anything from probation to three years in prison.