When the girl, now 15, was found last year, she weighed just 48 pounds.
Her stepmother, Rebecca Long, was sentenced Friday to three years, five months in prison for isolating and starving the girl.
The girl sought a sentence of 11 years: "One for every year she made me feel ashamed of myself and abused me."
Long, 45, was arrested last year after authorities went to the home she shared with her husband to check on the then-14-year-old girl. Jon Pomeroy, Long's estranged husband, was also arrested and has also been sentenced to three years and five months in prison.
Earlier this fall, Long entered an Alford plea to a charge of first-degree criminal mistreatment. In the plea, Long, did not admit guilt but acknowledged a jury would likely convict them at trial.
While prosecutors sought a high-end sentence of more than three years in prison, Long's attorney asked that she be released into mental-health treatment, without serving prison time.
King County sheriff's deputies discovered the malnourished girl Aug. 13, 2008, after they were called to the home at the request of Child Protective Services. The girl was only 4-feet-7 and weighed just 48 pounds when she was found.
Investigators say that Long allowed the teen only half a Dixie cup of water a day and supervised the girl's showers and toothbrushing so she could not sneak a drink. The girl said once she was so thirsty she drank from the toilet but was caught.
The girl, who is not being named to protect her identity, attempted to testify when her father was sentenced in September, but broke down in tears. In a letter she wrote to the judge before Pomeroy's sentencing, the girl said that she was deprived of a normal childhood because her father allowed himself to be manipulated by her stepmother.
The girl is now living with a foster family with her stepbrother.
Her foster father, Dwight Thompson, said the girl is attending high school, participating on the swim team and doing well.
She now weighs 98 pounds and is almost 5 feet tall.
Her stepmother, Rebecca Long, was sentenced Friday to three years, five months in prison for isolating and starving the girl.
The girl sought a sentence of 11 years: "One for every year she made me feel ashamed of myself and abused me."
Long, 45, was arrested last year after authorities went to the home she shared with her husband to check on the then-14-year-old girl. Jon Pomeroy, Long's estranged husband, was also arrested and has also been sentenced to three years and five months in prison.
Earlier this fall, Long entered an Alford plea to a charge of first-degree criminal mistreatment. In the plea, Long, did not admit guilt but acknowledged a jury would likely convict them at trial.
While prosecutors sought a high-end sentence of more than three years in prison, Long's attorney asked that she be released into mental-health treatment, without serving prison time.
King County sheriff's deputies discovered the malnourished girl Aug. 13, 2008, after they were called to the home at the request of Child Protective Services. The girl was only 4-feet-7 and weighed just 48 pounds when she was found.
Investigators say that Long allowed the teen only half a Dixie cup of water a day and supervised the girl's showers and toothbrushing so she could not sneak a drink. The girl said once she was so thirsty she drank from the toilet but was caught.
The girl, who is not being named to protect her identity, attempted to testify when her father was sentenced in September, but broke down in tears. In a letter she wrote to the judge before Pomeroy's sentencing, the girl said that she was deprived of a normal childhood because her father allowed himself to be manipulated by her stepmother.
The girl is now living with a foster family with her stepbrother.
Her foster father, Dwight Thompson, said the girl is attending high school, participating on the swim team and doing well.
She now weighs 98 pounds and is almost 5 feet tall.
