Minnesota dad is jailed for just five years for starving daughter, 7, until she died of hunger on Christmas Day

Minnesota dad is jailed for just five years for starving daughter, 7, until she died of hunger on Christmas Day READ MORE: Monster father sentenced for starving six-year-old to death By Emma Richter For Dailymail.Com Published: 18:56, 24 July 2024 | Updated: 19:00, 24 July 2024 e-mail 1 View comments A Minnesota father was sentenced to only five years in prison for starving his seven-year-old daughter to death. Jewel Sky Fineday died on December 25, 2022 on the Red Lake Indian Reservation and was left 'not just thin, but skeletal,' due to 'a lack of care' from her father Julius Fineday Sr.

, 42, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office .

Julius was sentenced on Tuesday in U.S. District Court after pleading guilty to felony child neglect in connection to the tragic death of his young daughter.

The girl's grandmother and Julius' mother, Sharon Marie Rosebar, 63, was convicted on April 30 on the same charges. Her sentencing has not yet been scheduled. During the father's sentencing, Judge Patrick Schiltz clarified Jewel did not starve because there was a lack of food in the household, but because Julius neglected his child in 'nearly every way' possible.

Jewel Sky Fineday, seven, died on December 25, 2022 on the Red Lake Indian Reservation after being starved by her father, Julius Fineday Sr., 42 The U.S.

Attorney's Office said the little girl was 'not just thin, but skeletal,' due to 'a lack of care' from her father. On Tuesday, he was sentenced to five years in prison Court docu.