California mom that microwaved 1-month-old daughter convicted of murder
A California mother that said that she was suffering an epileptic seizure when she placed her 1-month-old baby daughter in a microwave and turned the machine on has been convicted of first-degree murder and assault causing the death of a child. A Sacramento jury rejected the legal arguments of 34-year-old Ka Yang, who reportedly altered her story about her child's death a few times before defending herself with an epilepsy blackout scenario.
The Associated Press reported November 13 that Ka Yang was convicted after prosecutors presented evidence that she placed her 1-month-old baby, Mirabelle Thao-Lo, in a microwave in March 2011 and turned it on for at least 2-and-a-half minutes. Authorities estimated that the child may have been in the microwave for up to five minutes, suffering what was described as extensive thermal injuries.
But an epileptic seizure wasn't the first story Ka Yang, a mother to three other children, gave police about how her baby ended up in a microwave. She told investigators that she blacked out while working at her computer with the child in her arms. In an affidavit given to Sacramento Police Detective Thomas Shrum, she said she later woke up on the floor with the baby injured next to a space heater.
According to the affidavit, Ka Yang admitted to a history of epileptic seizures but paramedics that first arrived on scene noted that the woman was not disoriented when they arrived. When investigators made note of the inconsistencies in Yang's story, she admitted to lying to the police and said she believed she might have a split personality.
http://www.examiner.com/article/california-mom-that-microwaved-1-month-old-daughter-convicted-of-murder
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