Brenda Heist , 54 , is ordered to serve 30 days for violating probation . She left her family behind 11 years ago . The Pennsylvania woman who resurfaced last month after being missing for 11 years has been sentenced to nearly a year in a Florida county jail , a court clerk said Wednesday . She was convicted this year of identity theft , but violated probation . In May , she turned herself in and identified herself as the missing person .
Brenda Heist , 54 , is ordered to serve 30 days for violating probation . She left her family behind 11 years ago . She was convicted this year of identity theft , but violated probation . In May , she turned herself in and identified herself as the missing person .