California mom gets life term for killing month-old daughter in microwave

She was convicted of first-degree murder and assault for putting Mirabelle Thao-Lo in the microwave for up to five minutes in 2011. Prosecutors say the child had fatal thermal injuries.

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California mother told investigators she blacked out and awoke to find the baby injured next to a space heater. (Source: Google Maps)

A 34-year-old mother has been sentenced to life imprisonment in the microwave oven death of her 1-month-old daughter. A California judge imposed the 26-years-to-life sentence Friday on Ka Yang.

She was convicted of first-degree murder and assault for putting Mirabelle Thao-Lo in the microwave for up to five minutes in 2011. Prosecutors say the child had fatal thermal injuries.

Investigators found the infant’s pacifier in the microwave at their Sacramento-area home. Yang’s attorney says her client had an epileptic seizure and didn’t know what she was doing. She has a history of seizures, but paramedics say she wasn’t disoriented when they arrived.

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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