Tooele man sent to prison for child abuse he and his wife committed

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Travis William McCoy was sentenced to zero to five years in prison for child abuse.

McCoy and his wife Catherine Ann Dillard neglected their children's health and lived in squalor, charges state.

Dillard pleaded guilty to aggravated child abuse and will be sentenced Feb. 3.

TOOELE — A Tooele man previously convicted of child abuse has been sentenced to prison after investigators say he neglected his children's health and allowed them to live in squalor.

Travis William McCoy and his wife, Catherine Ann Dillard, both 33, were charged Aug. 25 with two counts of aggravated child abuse, one third-degree felony and one class A misdemeanor; and two counts of child abuse, a class C misdemeanor.

McCoy pleaded guilty in September to the third-