Sacramento woman arrested for allegedly killing her baby in microwave

[yummy]

anyone know her?

sad, sad, sad indeed!



June 21, 2011

Sacramento woman arrested for allegedly killing her baby in microwave

In what police say is an extremely rare and disturbing case, a Sacramento woman was arrested this morning for allegedly killing her 6-week-old daughter in March by placing her in a microwave oven.

Ka Yang, 29, was arrested at her Sacramento home this morning and charged with homicide after a three-month investigation into what caused unusual burns on the child, Mirabelle Thao-Lo, who was found dead on the afternoon of March 17.

Sacramento police spokeswoman Laura Peck said there have been only three previous cases involving a child being burned in a microwave, and that detectives studied those cases and consulted with medical experts and pathologists before making the arrest.



"It was a lengthy investigation to determine how these burns occurred," Peck said. "When the officers arrived on scene they immediately saw there were unexplained injuries because of the burns. That led to this very lengthy, involved investigation to determine how these unusual and rare injuries occurred."

The infant's fourth-degree burns were among the worst investigators at the Sacramento County Coroner's Office had seen, coroner's spokesman Ed Smith said.

"The child was apparently killed by the burning of the tissue," Smith said. "I don't know if they can say how long baby was in the microwave."

Yang has three other children, all boys ages 7 and younger, and they were removed from the home that day, police said.

The mother remained under suspicion while detectives studied previous cases in Texas, Virginia and Ohio.

Peck said the Texas case involved a Galveston child who survived being placed inside a microwave. A second case in Dayton, Ohio, involved the 2005 death of a 4-week-old baby and resulted in a guilty verdict and life sentence last month for the baby's mother.

The 1999 death of a 1-month-old Virginia baby resulted in a five-year sentence for the mother.

Peck said the rarity of such cases contributed to the length of time between Mirabelle's death and today's arrest.

"That's why it took so long," she said. "Normally, we make an arrest within a few days. But in a situation like this where we had to do so much analysis, it took some time for us to piece together."

Jail records show Yang is still in the process of being booked on charges of murder and assault resulting in the death of a child under 8.

- Sam Stanton

PHOTO CREDIT: Ka Vang was arrested today after a three-month investigation into her baby's death.

http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2011/06/sacramento-woma-25.html

http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2011/06/21/police-say-sacramento-mother-killed-baby-in-microwave/

[divagrl]

how can u killed your own kid.. she must be on drugs... poor baby, no baby's deserve to be treated like this...

[suabqeej]

is she the hmong lady whom suffer from some type of mental retardation whom was on the news a while back about her child died suspiciously?

poor child. mom went thru so much to deal with her hardship due to her dumbassss hubby whom refused to assist her. she has no other alternative but to fatality harm her child. RIP my child.

[JustMe2]

As a mom, incidents like this breaks my heart. I feel nothing for this woman. May God bless this poor child who has suffered at the hands of her own mother at such a young age.

[yummy]

how can u killed your own kid.. she must be on drugs... poor baby, no baby's deserve to be treated like this...

yes, her own flesh and blood.. psycho!

is she the hmong lady whom suffer from some type of mental retardation whom was on the news a while back about her child died suspiciously?

poor child. mom went thru so much to deal with her hardship due to her dumbassss hubby whom refused to assist her. she has no other alternative but to fatality harm her child. RIP my child.

not sure. was that lady from Sacto also? did you know her? i just stumbled upon this while reading my local news. very sad indeed!

As a mom, incidents like this breaks my heart. I feel nothing for this woman. May God bless this poor child who has suffered at the hands of her own mother at such a young age.

if this mother truly did microwave her baby, then she just needs to be fried!

[Nom Phaj]

She's the one who said she got a seizure while holding her baby at a computer. 

http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2011/05/04/mom-breaks-silence-over-baby%E2%80%99s-death-as-investigation-mounts/

RIP to the little angel that passed away.

[MeetSomeOne]

she has problem in the head.  this must be the reason why she did what did.  no sane momther would do that.  she could be a good candidate for medical study so that mothers and child of such would not happen again.

because her illness in the head, she thought her bady was a pizza/food that needed to be warmed up in the oven.  in laos or other undeveloped countries, they would put her to death.  this country would not do that.  they could do a study out of her.  she is a good sample.

[MilesDaddy]

http://www.news10.net/news/article/142735/2/Mother-accused-of-murder-in-babys-microwave-death

[BeautifulDisaster]

because her illness in the head, she thought her bady was a pizza/food that needed to be warmed up in the oven.  in laos or other undeveloped countries, they would put her to death.  this country would not do that.  they could do a study out of her.  she is a good sample.

She is of course, not mentally sane... But I had to LOL at your comment

[cali_lady]

how sad...i do not know the family but my parent does...

there's probably more to the story but    sorry not my place and time
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on a side note, i hope they took into consideration of "other" people that were also present when the incident occurred... , aside from her seizure, she does have 3 grown kids that are still "alive" ...right? just a thought i wander upon...that's all...the end.

or could it be postpartum?

[primetime]

 

[Jubi]

Sad indeed. If she believes in a God, may that God have mercy on her soul and her baby be reborn.

[sweet_luvin]

so sad.. she is insane...

[DeceiversChick]

Wow this is sad.

I can see how the baby was burned cause she claimed to have a seizure. Growing up my mom has seizures and they are in a state where they do black out. While she was having her seizure she ALWAYS goes to the kitchen, turn on the stove, and put her hands over the gas stove. I don't know why or how this leads them to the kitchen to turn on the stove while having a seizure. There are many forms of seizures and it's not just the foam in the mouth.

I use to be scared all the time but as I grew older I got use to it and we had to watch her carefully.

[AZIALYN]

how sad...i do not know the family but my parent does...

there's probably more to the story but    sorry not my place and time
---
on a side note, i hope they took into consideration of "other" people that were also present when the incident occurred... , aside from her seizure, she does have 3 grown kids that are still "alive" ...right? just a thought i wander upon...that's all...the end.

or could it be postpartum?

3 boys under the age of 7 -- are NOT condsidered "grown"....

Just sayin....