Mother jailed for letting boyfriend burn, beat and abuse daughter, 3, until she was finally found suffocated

A mentally disabled Florida mother was sentenced Tuesday to a decade behind bars after her boyfriend tortured her young daughter to death.

Crystal Aday, 29, will serve 10 years in prison for the 2010 death of her three-year-old daughter Faith Jackson. Isaac Burt, 48, beat, burned and suffocated the young girl to death, he received 20 years in prison for the murder.

Ms Aday, of Oviedo, avoided up to 15 years in jail by pleading no contest to neglect charges accusing her of allowing Mr Burt to abuse her daughter, according to the Orlando Sentinel .

Locked up: Crystal Aday is behind bars after allowing her boyfriend to torture her three-year-old daughter to death

The girl was beaten and burned for several months leading to her November 6 death, officials said.

After observing torn flesh, investigators concluded she was beaten by the disturbed man with a piece of hose they recovered from the home, the Sentinel reported.

Photos shown during Mr Burt’s trial revealed the girl had half a dozen cigarette burns and significant bruising covering the lower half of her body, as well as evidence of multiple lashings, the paper said.

Mr Burt received his two decade sentence earlier this week after being found guilty of manslaughter and child abuse, according to records.

‘There's absolutely no reason for this 3-year-old to have been tortured and abused the way she was,’ Assistant State Attorney Gino Feliciani said in court, according to the Sentinel.

‘What could a 3-year-old do to make somebody so angry that they did what they did to her?’ Mr Feliciani asked, adding that ‘people wouldn't treat animals that way.’

Two decades: Isaac Burt received a 20-year prison sentence for torturing and killing the girl

It is not clear what learning disability Ms Aday suffers from, but a panel of four experts cited by the Sentinel all agreed she was disabled.

The panel was spilt, though, on whether the negligent mother was fit to stand trial. The judge declared her fit and moved forward, leading to Tuesday’s plea.

Mr Burt’s defense attorney tried to place blame during his trial for the toddler’s death on Ms Aday, but a security camera showed the woman shopping at Walmart when the baby was killed, according to the Sentinel.

She arrived home to find the three-year-old unresponsive and rushed her to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead.