Jessica May, 20, was sentenced in DeKalb County Criminal Court Wednesday for her part in the May 2015 beating death of 23-month-old Colten May.

While Cody Key, May’s fiancé at the time of the child’s death, received a 45-year sentence last week after entering a guilty plea to second degree murder in the case, May, the toddler’s mother, pled guilty to attempted aggravated child neglect, a Class B felony.

She was given an eight-year sentence as a Range I mitigated offender to serve at least 20 percent before she is eligible for parole. Her parole date may not be far away, however, as she has served 568 days in jail since her May 19, 2015 arrest.

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, 25, 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. Key pled guilty to second-degree murder in Putnam County Criminal Court on Dec. 1, receiving a 45-year sentence to be served at 100 percent.

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.