A parole hearings officer has recommended that Jessica May, 21, who has served two years of an eight-year sentence for attempted aggravated child neglect since her 23-month old son’s death in May 2015, remain incarcerated.

In a hearing held Tuesday at the Carroll County Jail, where May is being held, the officer who heard the case recommended that due to the seriousness of the offense, May’s parole be denied, and that her case be reviewed again in two years.

The case will now go to a parole board members, who will review it and render their votes. Parole board members will vote until three concurring votes are reached. There are seven members on the parole board.

The decision should be made within two weeks.

May pled guilty to attempted aggravated child neglect in DeKalb County Criminal Court on December 7, 2016, and received an eight-year sentence to serve at least 20 percent before she is eligible for parole. May had then served 568 days.

May’s then fiancé, Cody Key, 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. May reportedly assisted 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. The child is reportedly in the custody of family members.