Tamara Banks pled guilty to manslaughter in March for the death of her daughter, Karmity Hoeb, who died in 2022 of a diabetes-related brain injury.
Banks, 41, often gave the girl bottles of baby formula mixed with the neon-green sugary soda, according to prosecutors, long after she should have been weaned off bottles.
Karmity died at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, just west of her Clermont County home, as a result of diabetic ketoacidosis, the Cincinnati Inquirer reported.
The tot was showing signs of a “serious medical issue” for days but her mom didn’t call 911 until she turned blue and stopped breathing, the outlet reported. Scans later showed the girl was brain dead, prosecutors said.
Karmity suffered neglect and abuse for most of her short life and was denied proper nutrition and medical care, prosecutors also charged.
There was no evidence she had ever been taken to a dentist, they found, and the girl’s teeth had all rotted away by the time of her death.
A 20-ounce bottle of Mountain Dew contains 77 grams of sugar. Experts say kids should have less than 24 grams per day.
