A 21-year-old woman serving an eight-year sentence in connection with the 2015 death of her 23-month-old child will serve at least two more years behind bars before she gets another parole hearing.

Three members of the Tennessee Board of Parole have voted that Jessica May, convicted of attempted aggravated child neglect in December 2016 in the case of her toddler son, Colten Alexander May’s, death. May is being held at the Carroll County Jail. The parole hearing was held there on May 23.

May’s then fiancé, Cody Key, 25, was given a 45-year sentence for the beating death of the child after entering a guilty plea to second degree murder in Putnam County Criminal Court. Key must serve 100 percent of the sentence. He was given jail credit for 563 days served.

District Attorney General Bryant Dunaway presented the case against May, who was not accused of being an actual part of the killing of the young boy, but was charged because authorities said that she had allowed a history of abuse that led to the child’s death. Key reportedly helped in Key’s prosecution, helping to mitigate her sentence.

May and Key were indicted by the DeKalb County Grand Jury on May 19, 2015. Key was accused of first-degree felony murder and aggravated child abuse, and May was charged with aggravated child neglect, a Class A felony, potentially carrying a range of 15-60 years in jail.

City police said the child was already deceased when he was taken to the Saint Thomas DeKalb Hospital emergency room on May 17, 2015. “This is just a sad case,” District Attorney General Bryant Dunaway said. “The victim was 23-months-old, just three weeks shy of his second birthday. The child died from blunt force trauma, which means he was beaten, in plain language, causing internal injuries which lead to his death.”

An investigation determined that Key had beaten the child, and that May was aware of the abuse.

May was pregnant at the time of her arrest, and was placed in the custody of the Tennessee Department of Correction until the child was born. After the child was born, she was transferred to the Warren County Jail. The child is reportedly in the custody of family members. May was returned to the Warren County Jail after being sentenced.