Mother of girl found dead in freezer gets 65 years
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The mother of a Florida girl found dead in a freezer has been sentenced to 65 years in prison.
News outlets report that 33-year-old Keishanna Thomas was sentenced Wednesday after pleading no contest to charges of second-degree murder, aggravated child abuse and abuse of a dead body.
Authorities say the body of 11-year-old Janiya Thomas was found in October 2015 in a freezer that her mother had delivered to a relative's Bradenton-area house. Relatives opened the padlocked freezer after hearing the child was missing.
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An indictment says Thomas killed Janiya through some combination of starving, asphyxiation and drowning. She was last seen in June 2014.
A state report said child protective services investigators and partnering agencies for years failed to accurately assess the pattern of violence at the Thomas home.