Top Story Barren Springs mother sentenced for child neglect after accidental drowning By JEFFREY SIMMONS | Staff Mar 11, 2021 Mar 11, 2021 Updated May 17, 2023 0 Kimberly Dawn Moore, 45, (left) and Adrian Neil Puckett, 45, (right). Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By JEFFREY SIMMONS | Staff A judge gave Kimberly Dawn Moore two years in jail on Thursday morning, but he told her that her punishment would last a lifetime.kAmr@?G:4E65 @7 49:=5 ?68=64E =2DE pF8FDE :? 96C b\J62C\@=5 52F89E6C’D a_`h 244:56?E2= 5C@H?:?8 2?5 9@>6 =:G:?8 4@?5:E:@?D[ E96 cf\J62C\@=5 q2CC6? $AC:?8D H@>2? 2AA62C65 :? (JE96 r@F?EJ r:C4F:E r@FCE G:2 G:56@ 7@C D6?E6?4:?8]k^AmkAm!C@D64FE@C |6892? {24<6J D2:5 G:4E:> y@D:6 qFC=6D@? H2D 7:G6 H66<D 2H2J 7C@> 96C 7@FCE9 3:CE952J H96? D96 5:65 :? E96 }6H #:G6C]k^AmkAm$62C496CD 7@F?5 E96 8:C=’D 3@5J :? 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