Editor's Note: The video version of the story was removed and the text was edited, as the original language did not align with the conviction. The victim's name and image were also removed, in accordance with Spectrum News Standards. (July 18, 2024) 

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — A Bay area woman who admitted to sexually abusing an 11-year-old boy multiple times in 2014 and later gave birth to a child was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Thursday.

Meanwhile, the victim in the crime is now doing his best to be a father with his family's help.

Marissa Mowry came into contact with the Campbell family in Brandon when they hired her to be a nanny for their son. She was 22 at the time.

"I thought of her almost as a second daughter," said the victim's mother, Nadean Campbell, following Mowry's sentencing Thursday.

A 2017 investigation led to Mowry eventually confessing to detectives that she began sexually abusing the victim in January 2014 and gave birth to their child the following October. The abuse continued for three years.

"To think of my son as more than a child?" said Campbell. "I mean, we're talking about a child who was 11."

Mowry did not speak during her sentencing. Her son, now five, lives with the victim and his family. 

The victim is raising him with help from his family as he continues to finish high school.

"One thing I do not want him to ever think is that he is predestined to have issues because of this," Campbell said, speaking about her grandson. "Because it takes two parents and his other one is really awesome."

Campbell also had a message for parents following the family's ordeal.

"Know the people your children are around," she said. "Investigate everything — you are your child's biggest advocate."