A 34-YEAR-OLD woman has been sentenced to life in prison over the microwave-oven death of her one-month-old daughter.
A California judge on Friday imposed the 26 years to life sentence on Ka Yang.
She was convicted of first-degree murder and assault for putting Mirabelle Thao-Lo in a microwave oven for up to five minutes in 2011.
So beautiful ... An image of the baby victim, Mirabelle Thao-Lo, distributed to media. Picture: CBS SacramentoSource:Supplied
Prosecutors say the child sustained fatal thermal injuries.
Investigators found the infant’s pacifier in the microwave at their Sacramento-area home.
Yang’s lawyer says her client had an epileptic seizure and didn’t know what she was doing.
She told investigators she blacked out and awoke to find the baby injured next to a space heater.
Yang has three other children.
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