MIAMI, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- A woman accused but not charged in the disappearance of a 5-year-old girl two years ago received a two-year sentence Thursday in a separate fraud case.
Detectives are still investigating the disappearance of Rilya Wilson and are targeting Geralyn Graham, 56, who was her caretaker under the state's foster care program.
Graham was convicted Jan. 13 of stealing the identity of an acquaintance and using it to buy a $29,000 Mitsubishi Montero.
Circuit Judge Daryl Trawick sentenced Graham to four six-year sentences to be served consecutively and five years probation.
Trawick said he would not consider the disappearance of little Rilya Wilson in January 2001 in his sentence. But he said would take into account a history of lies and deception, including her marital history.
She told the court at first she had been married three times, and then upped it to five.
"Then, lo and behold, the probation department does an investigation and finds out that you have been married 10 times," Trawick said with apparent disgust. "Then the probation department, according to its investigation, was only able to determine that you have been divorced twice. I'm considering all of this."
Graham was convicted of using the identification and personal credit history of Bonnie Jean Joyner of Memphis, a former friend, to buy a sport utility vehicle. Joyner testified against her at the trial.
Graham has been linked to the little girl since the disappearance was discovered in May 2002, and investigators say she has not been truthful about the disappearance.
Graham insists that a woman who claimed to be with the Florida Department of Children and Families picked up Rilya in January 2001 for medical and psychological tests and she never saw the little girl again.
The department said it has no record of any such incident.
The case sparked a statewide uproar centering on the Florida Department of Children and Families, which operates the foster care system.
Department Secretary Kathleen Kearney resigned under fire as a result of the case and subsequent allegations of other missing children.
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush replaced her with Jerry Regier, a former Oklahoma social services secretary.
Investigators said they are keeping Graham in jail as long as they can, hoping she will tell them more about the disappearance.
She faces three more trials in state court on fraud charges and one in federal court for social security fraud. Investigators have said they are using the other cases as leverage in the Rilya Wilson case.
