A former MMA fighter pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in connection with the death of his 5-year-old daughter. On Friday, January 23, Robert Buskey Jr. admitted in court that he acted with "depraved indifference to human life" and engaged in reckless behavior that caused his child's death, according to Daily Voice, a local news source in Schenectady. The incident occurred in April 2024, when emergency services responded to a call about an unresponsive child. Shortly after first responders arrived, the little girl, Charlotte, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her body was emaciated and severely dehydrated, and an autopsy revealed that she had no food in her body by the time that she was discovered. Robert Carney, who serves as the Schenectady County District Attorney, said in a statement that Charlotte had been "entombed in her bedroom" until she died of dehydration and starvation. Dad Locked His Baby, Other Children in Milwaukee Storage Unit: Officials Further investigation revealed the home - which was described as a "house of horrors" - was in horrible condition, per the Schenectady County District Attorney's Office. Authorities later determined that Charlotte and her 3-year-old brother had been effectively cut off from the world, receiving no contact with friends or family, no medical care and they did not attend school. Added Carney, "Their world shrunk to the confines of Mr. Buskey's deplorable home." The little girl was also seemingly barred from entering the rest of the house for the most part as Buskey, 35, had a lock on the outside of her bedroom door that was reinforced with tape. Rather than a bed, the late 5-year-old had only been given a Pack 'n Play to sleep in that was so tiny she had to curl up to fit inside of it. "That's where Charlotte spent her final days, abandoned and locked in her room by her father. She had no food, no water, no contact with anyone, in a Pack 'n Play, left there to die," added Carney. Mother Caused 1-Year-Old Child to Overdose by Keeping Drugs in Motel Room Along with the second-degree murder charge, Buskey also pleaded guilty to giving cocaine to his 3-year-old son. Both children tested positive for the drug. He is expected to receive a 25-year prison sentence for his crimes. "The resolution in this case rightfully gives this defendant the maximum punishment allowed by law for the murder of his daughter," Christina Tremante-Pelham, chief of the Schenectady County District Attorney's Office Homicide Bureau, said at the time. "And it spares the members of the Schenectady Police Department, the Schenectady Fire Department, and the District Attorney's Office from having to relive the horror of what they saw in that home and the condition of this little girl who suffered such a horrific death at the hands of her father." If you or someone you know is experiencing child abuse, call or text Child Help Hotline at 1-800-422-4453. If you know of a young person who is being exploited or is the victim of a crime, you are urged to report it to your local FBI field office by calling 1-800-CALL-FBI. Tips can also be left here.