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DAVENPORT, Fla. - Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said a nearly 3-year-old child looked more like a 3-month-old after being starved to death by her parents.The child's parents, 37-year-old Regis Johnson and 35-year-old Arhonda Tillman, have been arrested and charged with neglect. Sheriff Judd said more charges could be filed. Arhonda Tillman told investigators she is 4-months pregnant with another child. There were no other children in the home when deputies found the little girl.The sheriff's office said Johnson made the 911 call when he realized the child wasn't breathing.

She was found unresponsive in an inflatable swimming pool being used as a playpen.Deputies interviewed Tillman, who said she would have called for help earlier, but she had been busy, according to Judd. Judd said the parents appeared well-fed and there was food in the house when the child's body was found. "Regis Johnson told us the baby ate a sandwich yesterday, and some chicken nuggets," Judd said, adding that there was no food in the child's stomach upon medical examination. An official cause of death was still being determined. "Basically it was just bones and skin. There aren't adequate words to express our frustration and sadness," Judd said.

"We probably have the same questions you do. Did no one else see this child in this condition? This child didn't just get sick and pass." According to Judd, records show the baby was born in 2019 and was healthy, with a birth weight of 6 pounds, 10 ounces.

When the child was found dead this week, she weighed only 9 pounds, according to Judd. The child was checked by a doctor in January 2020, at which time she appeared healthy. Between then and May 2022, she only gained one ounce."The baby should have been