Indiana mother sentenced to 15 years in the neglect death of her disabled five-year-old daughter

An Indiana woman has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in the 2016 death of her disabled five-year-old daughter.

Tiffany Daugherty’s daughter Adilynn Moseman died from starvation and lack of medical care in January 2016. 

The 29-year-old mother pleaded guilty to neglect, theft and reckless homicide last month in connection with the death. 

Adilynn’s parents Tiffany Daugherty (left) and Brian Moseman (right) were charged with neglect and reckless homicide following the five-year-old’s death in January 2016. Daugherty pleaded guilty to the charges last month and Moseman’s case will go to trial on October 1

Daugherty and Adilynn’s father, Brian Moseman, were arrested last year after authorities say the couple failed to provide adequate nutrition and medical care for their daughter, who had a brain abnormality called microcephaly.

An autopsy found Adilynn died from malnutrition and severe pneumonia. She weighed only 16 pounds at the time of her death.

During Daugherty’s trial an Indiana child-welfare services manager testified that the mother didn’t adequately feed her daughter and had stopped taking her to medical appointments.

As part of her plea deal, Daugherty will be able to petition the court to modify the last five years of her prison sentence after she serves 10.  

Moseman, Daugherty’s boyfriend and father of her four children, will go on trial for criminal neglect beginning October 1. 

Authorities say Daugherty and Moseman (left) failed to provide adequate nutrition and medical care for their daughter (right), who had a brain abnormality called microcephaly