An Arizona woman , Ashley Attson, who left her 17 -month -old daughter in the desert to die and later buried her has been sentenced to 20 years in prison .
The 23 - year- old from Chinle was sentenced by U.S . District Judge David C . Campbell on Monday . Attson had previously pleaded guilty to second -degree murder .
She admitted to placing her child in a stroller , pushing her into the desert on the Navajo Reservation in Apache County , and leaving her there for four days and nights last September , USA Today reported .
“Over the next few days , she met friends for ice cream and posted pictures of herself on Facebook ,” according to a statement from the U. S. Attorney’s Office in Arizona . “When she returned , the child was dead .”
Two days later , prosecutors said Attson placed the body in a trash bag and buried it in an animal hole .
Prosecutors added that Attson’s daughter was born with methamphetamine in her body and had been in the custody of tribal social services for most of her short life .
Attson was granted custody of her daughter just two months before the girl ’s death.
While announcing the sentence , Campbell said what Attson did was an “intentional , cold- hearted , horrendous killing of an innocent child. ”
Attson will spend 20 years in prison followed by supervised release for five years , documents stated .


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