Mom who singled out 9-year-old middle child, locking her in bedroom with bucket toilet and starving her, is headed to prison

A Georgia parent convicted of abusing her girl volition walk decades successful prison.

Kristy Cooley was sentenced connected Friday to 80 years successful situation aft a assemblage recovered her blameworthy of 2 counts of aggravated battery, 8 counts of cruelty to children, and 2 counts of tampering with evidence. According to courtroom reporting by Atlanta-based Fox affiliate WAGA, prosecutors said Cooley subjected her 9-year-old girl to years of "child torture." One of the girl's teachers noticed signs of maltreatment during a mandatory check-in and alerted police.

According to prosecutors who spoke with WAGA, doctors testified during the proceedings that Cooley's attraction of her girl included carnal and intelligence maltreatment arsenic good arsenic aesculapian neglect. Cooley would ticker her kid done cameras positioned passim her location successful Lilburn, Georgia. Prosecutors said Cooley watched successful lawsuit the girl's behaviour was not up to her standards.

Cooley punished her girl by locking her successful her chamber for days astatine a clip and starving her. The miss was forced to usage a bucket arsenic a toilet and sneak retired of her country to find food. If the miss was caught sneaking food, Cooley bushed her with a tube and sticks. She besides burned her girl until she mislaid consciousness.

Prosecutors said they recovered images of the miss connected Cooley's telephone that showed her with a achromatic oculus astatine the property of 5 oregon six. The 9-year-old miss was Cooley's mediate kid and the lone people of abuse.

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According to WAGA, the Division of Family & Children Services was alerted to conditions successful Cooley's location erstwhile her 9-year-old was a toddler. Prosecutors said determination was nary follow-up.

WAGA reported that the girl's stepfather was besides charged successful transportation with the abuse, but helium died earlier helium could basal trial.

The justice sentenced Cooley to 80 years, but lone 40 years volition person to beryllium served down bars.