Atlanta , Georgia ( CNN ) -- A judge in Fulton County , Georgia , sentenced a woman to 36 years in prison Thursday for her role in an Easter Sunday car wreck last year that left five people dead , and for her subsequent role in trying to cover it up . Aimee Michael sat expressionless as her sentence was read -- guilty of homicide by vehicle in the first degree , serious injury by vehicle , hit and run , reckless driving , failure to maintain lane and tampering with evidence . She also received 14 years ' probation and was ordered not to operate a motor vehicle and to surrender her driver 's license . Michael 's mother , Sheila Michael , was sentenced to eight years for tampering with evidence and hindering her daughter 's apprehension . `` I know , at 22 , there are things that many of us have done in this courtroom that we may not be proud of , decisions we may have made , '' Superior Court Judge Kimberly M. Esmond Adams , her voice quavering , told defendant Aimee Michael . `` But this is , for me , from all my days as a prosecutor , from the time that I have spent on the bench , the hardest case I have ever dealt with . '' Addressing the elder defendant , Adams said , `` As a result of your failure to act as a mother should , your life and the life of your daughter , unfortunately , will be changed forever . '' The incident occurred April 12 , 2009 , when Aimee Michael lost control of her BMW as she was driving in southwest Atlanta to buy ice cream at a grocery store , the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported . Her car hit a Mercedes , which slammed into a Volkswagen Beetle . All four occupants of the Mercedes -- Robert Carter , his wife , Delisia Carter , their infant son Ethan Carter , and Kayla Lemons , Delisia Carter 's 9-year-old daughter -- were killed , the newspaper reported . Morgan Johnson , who was 6 years old , died in the Volkswagen . Ten days passed before police , acting on a tip , found Michael 's newly repaired BMW in her family 's driveway in south Fulton County . In court , both women -- dressed in blue prison jumpsuits -- offered tearful apologies . `` I have wronged three families , and for that I am sorry , '' Aimee Michael said , her voice cracking . `` I apologize to the Carter family and I apologize to the Johnson family ... Not a day goes by that I do n't pray for your comfort and your peace and your healing . ... I want to apologize to my family and to my mother and my father and everybody that I 've let down , and I pray that God forgives me . '' Said Sheila Michael : `` To all the families , I 'm very sorry ... my prayer for you each day is that your sorrow be comforted in His loving arms . '' Robert Carter 's mother and sister , Sherry Fain and Tomeika Fain , told HLN 's `` Prime News '' they were unmoved by the Michaels ' apologies . `` There 's nothing that they can say to ease the pain and the hurt that I feel of losing my child , my firstborn and his only child , that was Robert 's only child he had -- little Ethan , '' said Sherry Fain . `` Even if she had come back or turned herself in to the police -- but to repair the car ? No , they have no remorse . They do n't . '' Tomeika Fain said Aimee Michael should have received a longer sentence . `` My brother , he died a horrific death -- he and his family , '' she said . `` She had no remorse , to me . She was just worried about herself . '' She said Thursday 's comments in court by the Michaels were the first she had heard from either woman , adding that she would like to hear more details . `` I want to know what happened , '' Tomeika Fain said . `` Were you on the phone , were you texting , were you smoking ? '' At the courthouse , Morgan Johnson 's mother , Tracie Johnson , who was badly injured herself , told a reporter she has no hate for the Michaels . `` Each and every day , I am reminded by that accident on Easter Sunday , whether it is physical pain or emotional pain , '' she said . `` I just want the defendants to know that I pray for them . '' Aimee Michael 's lawyer , W. Scott Smith , did not immediately return a call seeking comment .
Five people , Five of them children , died in the 24 crash in southwest Atlanta . Judge calls it `` the hardest case I have ever dealt with '' Sheila , 8 years , is convicted on multiple counts , including homicide . Her mother , Sheila got 24 for her role in hindering her daughter 's arrest .