West Virginia mother sentenced in death of emaciated daughter
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A West Virginia woman has been sentenced to up to life in prison in the death of her teenage daughter
A West Virginia woman was sentenced to up to life in prison Wednesday in the death of her teenage daughter whose emaciated body was found at their home in a case that prompted scrutiny of the state’s overwhelmed child welfare system.
Julie Miller will be eligible for parole after serving 15 years in the April 2024 death of Kyneddi Miller.
A criminal complaint said that the 14-year-old girl had an eating disorder and that Julie Walker had not sought medical care for her daughter in at least four years. Boone County Prosecutor Dan Holstein said Kyneddi Miller spent the last several days of her life alone on a bathroom floor and weighed 58 pounds (26 kilograms).
“This child literally starved to death,” Boone County Circuit Judge Stacy Nowicki-Eldridge said during the sentencing. “No child should ever have to go through that.”
Julie Miller, 51, pleaded guilty in November to death of a child by parent, guardian or custodian.
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