An Evansville mother was sentenced in the death of her 4-year-old yesterday.

24-year-old Destiny Rhoades entered a plea of guilty on a count of neglect of a dependent resulting in death.

Back in June 2024, 4-year-old Octavia Aquino was found unresponsive while in the care of Rhoades’ 16-year-old boyfriend, Christian Gonzalez.

He was sentenced to 60 years in prison earlier this year.

An adult who lived in the home told police they saw bruises and what appeared to be a human bite mark on the child.

Octavia died days later, and her autopsy revealed blunt force trauma as the cause of death.

Rhoades was sentenced to 25 years with the last 5 years to be non-reporting probation.

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