HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) -- Destiny Rhoades has been sentenced to 27 years in prison after a 2024 incident that left her child dead.

Documents obtained by Eyewitness News says the 23-year-old took a deal which had her plead guilty to murder and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Rhoades has been sentenced to 27 years in the Indiana Department of Correction.

In June of 2024, EPD officers found four-year-old Octavia Aquino cold to the touch and unresponsive. Bruises were found on the child's neck as well as a bite mark on her forearm. It was later learned Rhoades boyfriend 16-year-old Christian Gonzalez was responsible for the bite mark. In February he was charged with murder and sentenced to 60 years in Prison.

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