Common Pleas Court Judge Benjamin Lerner sentenced Diamond Brantley, 22, to two years' probation, 75 hours of community service, and court costs. He sentenced Marie Moses, 36, to three years' probation, 100 hours of community service, and court costs.
Both women were friends of Danieal's mother, Andrea Kelly, who was sentenced in April to 20 to 40 years in prison on charges of third-degree murder and child endangerment.
Weighing only 47 pounds, Danieal was found dead in her bed in a filthy and sweltering apartment on Memorial Avenue near Viola Street on Aug. 4, 2006.
The girl was emaciated and had maggot-infested bedsores when her body was found. Her bed was covered with feces, and flies buzzed around her.
Before being sentenced, Brantley told the court, "I am sorry for Danieal Kelly's death."
Moses said she also was sorry, adding that she was Andrea Kelly's friend "but clearly she was not mine."
On Nov. 16, 2006, Brantley testified that she visited Kelly's home the day before the child died, and that Danieal "smelled like soap" and smelled "clean and fresh," according to Assistant District Attorney Edward McCann.
He said Moses testified on the same day that Danieal appeared "healthy" and looked "like her normal self."
Lerner told the women yesterday, "It's very possible you contributed to the death of this girl."
Moses' attorney, William Bowe, said Moses lied only about the condition of the kitchen in Kelly's apartment.
After the sentencing, McCann said Bowe's assertion was "outrageous."
"This guilty plea was not about a kitchen in the house. It was about Danieal's condition," McCann said.
Another woman, Andrea Miles, pleaded guilty to perjury in juvenile court in October because of her age at the time of the offense. She was also sentenced to probation, officials said.
Danieal's father, Daniel Kelly, is charged with endangering the welfare of children. Four others are also facing trial in the case.
Department of Human Services workers Dana Poindexter and Laura Sommerer are charged with endangering the welfare of a child and recklessly endangering another person.
Julius Juma Murray and Mickal Kumavaka, two workers for MultiEthnic Behavior Health Inc., a private agency, who were assigned to make sure that Danieal was safe and receiving needed services, are charged with involuntary manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child.
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