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Sentencing of Bella Bond's Mother Pushed to July

A judge pushed back the sentencing of Bella Bond's mother to July after accepting the terms of her plea agreement a day after her mother's ex-boyfriend was convicted of murdering the 2-year-old girl.

Rachelle Bond was expected to be sentenced to time served Tuesday. However, Bond's sentencing was pushed back to July 12 because of issues with finding an inpatient substance abuse treatment, which was an agreed upon condition of her release.

One man was killed and another injured in a Halloween night shooting in Providence, Rhode Island.

Bond was not present in the courtroom Tuesday morning.

Prosecutors previously said they're asking that Bond be sentenced to the time she's already served in jail plus probation. 

Bond and her boyfriend, Michael McCarthy, were arrested in September 2015 in the killing earlier that year of Bella Bond. 

A computer-generated image of the girl was shared by millions on social media by authorities trying to determine her identity. 

Bond pleaded guilty in February to being an accessory after the fact for helping McCarthy dispose of the body. 

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