
In a horrific case, a Washington mother has been sentenced to 32 years in prison for starving and torturing her eight-year-old adopted daughter to death, then transporting the child’s body more than 1,000 miles in a rented U-Haul.
Mandie Miller, 36, was sentenced by Spokane County Judge Rachelle Anderson after pleading guilty to homicide by abuse, second-degree child assault and two counts of unlawful imprisonment in the death of Meela Miller, her biological niece whom she had legally adopted.