A registered nurse and foster mother from Miami-Dade County found guilty of murdering one of her adopted daughters and abusing the other two was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday, nearly five years after the death of Samaya, a 7-year-old girl.

A Miami-Dade registered nurse and foster mother accused of abusing her adopted daughters was found guilty Monday of first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated child abuse.

Opening statements began Thursday in the Miami-Dade murder trial of a woman accused of abusing her adopted children, one of whom died under her care.

She was subsequently arrested on three counts of aggravated child abuse, three counts of child neglect and three counts of psychological abuse. Emmanuel, who is listed on the Florida Department of Health website as a registered nurse and whose license remains "clear and active," also has no public complaints listed and no discipline actions on file, according to the site. An arrest affidavit lists a number of child abuse acts allegedly committed by Emmanuel against the three girls. Doctors later stated that the girl's death was due to pneumonia and sepsis, a bacterial infection in the bloodstream. According to the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner's Office, it has not yet formally filed the results of what the cause or manner of the girl's death.

She was subsequently arrested and charged with three counts of aggravated child abuse, three counts of child neglect and three counts of psychological abuse. Emmanuel, who is listed on the Florida Department of Health web site as a registered nurse and whose license remains "clear and active," also has no public complaints listed and no discipline actions on file, according to the site. An arrest affidavit lists a number of child abuse acts allegedly committed by Emmanuel against the three girls. Doctors later stated that the girl's death was due to pneumonia and sepsis, a bacterial infection in the bloodstream. According to the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner's Office it has not yet formally filed the results of what the cause or manner of the girl's death.

A 7-year-old girl died of complications from the alleged abuse. Police say that Gina Emmanuel began fostering the children in 2014. Miami-Dade homicide investigators noted suspicious injuries on the girl's body during the death investigation. Soon after the punishment, the 7-year-old girl started to suffer from flu-like symptoms, but, police say, Emmanuel did not seek out medical attention for the child. Doctors later stated that the girl's death was due to pneumonia and sepsis, a bacterial infection in the bloodstream.