After learning her two-year-old daughter died in an apartment fire, a 20-year-old woman was charged with reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child. The fire was extinguished at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning, but the mother, Leila Aquino, reportedly didn't ask firefighters where her daughter was until 9:30 a.m.

Aquino is apparently a stripper who finished work when she returned to the building at 755 Monroe Street. According to the Post, "When Aquino arrived home to find the tragic scene, she was carrying a box that contained $980 — all in $1 bills, tips she had earned from her night of dancing at a gentleman’s club, sources said. When she learned that her child was dead, Aquino collapsed to the ground in tears."

The body of Kaleenah Muldrow was found under a bed; the News says, "It’s believed the tot hid [there] in a panic when the fire started" around 6:30 a.m.

Aquino allegedly claimed that Kaleenah was with a babysitter. The baby's father, Kason Muldrow, was at the scene and spoke to Aquino before cops took her in for questioning. He said Aquino told him that their child was with a babysitter: "That's what she said ... but who is to say there was really a sitter? I'm not 100 percent convinced she ever had a sitter."

The News adds, "Aquino and Kaleenah lived in the third-floor apartment of the building, which is owned by Muldrow’s father. Muldrow moved out after the couple broke up."

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According to the Post's sources, "[T]he baby sitter denied that claim, saying, in fact, that she had stopped working for Aquino earlier this month because the pole-dancing mom owed her money. When confronted with the conflicting information, Aquino broke down and admitted she had been working at a strip bar overnight."

The FDNY is looking into why the child was not found during its searches. Kason Muldrow said, "It's like a nightmare."