A mother from Ohio, USA was jailed after admitting to killing her four-year-old daughter by feeding her a diet of baby bottles filled with Mountain Dew.
Tamara Banks, 41, was sentenced to up to 13 and a half years in prison this week after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter over the death of her daughter Karmity Hoeb in January 2022.
Karmity passed away in hospital after suffering complications related to diabetes, as a prosecutor described how the child’s teeth had rotted away by the time she died.
The little girl’s father, Christopher Hoeb, 53, also pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and will be sentenced on June 11.
Banks pleaded guilty in March, after prosecutors indicted both her and Karmity’s father with a number of charges including murder and child endangerment.
Karmity died at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center after being rushed there when she began showing symptoms related to type-1 diabetes.
The girl reportedly suffered…
Source: Linda Ikeji
