The mother of a severely malnourished 4-year-old child who died after being fed a diet of mostly Mountain Dew and formula was sentenced to at least nine years in prison in Ohio on Friday.
Prosecutors said Tamara Banks, 41, neglected her daughter, Karmity Hoeb, for most of her life, bottle feeding her soda until until her teeth rotted. The little girl ultimately died from diabetic ketoacidosis — a life-threatening complication stemming from Type 1 diabetes.
