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Mother microwaved her baby - police
(AP)
Updated: 2006-11-29 08:30
DAYTON, Ohio - A mother was arrested on suspicion of murdering her
newborn daughter by microwaving the baby in an oven. China Arnold, 26,
was jailed Monday on a charge of aggravated murder, more than a year
after she brought her dead month-old baby to a hospital. Bail was set
Tuesday at $1 million.
This photo provided by the Montgomery County Sheriff's office shows China
Arnold, 26, of Dayton, Ohio, after she was arrested and charged, Monday,
Nov. 27, 2006, with aggravated murder in the death of her three week old
daughter, Paris Talley, in 2005. [AP]
"We have reason to believe, and we have some forensic evidence that is
consistent with our belief, that a microwave oven was used in this
death," said Ken Betz, director of the Montgomery County coroner's office.
He said the evidence included high-heat internal injuries and the absence
of external burn marks on the baby, Paris Talley.
Arnold was arrested soon after the baby's death in August 2005, then was
released while authorities investigated further. Betz said the case was
difficult because "there is not a lot of scientific research and data on
the effect of microwaves on human beings."
The death was ruled homicide by hyperthermia, or high body temperature.
The absence of external burns ruled out an open flame, scalding water or
a heating pad as the cause, Betz said.
Arnold's lawyer, Jon Paul Rion, said his client had nothing to do with
her child's death and was stunned when investigators told her that a
microwave might have been involved.
"China - as a mother and a person - was horrified that such an act could
occur," Rion said.
The night before the baby was taken to the hospital, Arnold and the
child's father went out for a short time and left Paris with a baby
sitter, Rion said. The mother didn't sense anything out of the ordinary
until the next morning, when the child was found unconscious, Rion said.
Arnold has three other children.
In 2000, a Virginia woman was sentenced to five years in prison for
killing her month-old son in a microwave oven. Elizabeth Renee Otte
claimed she had no memory of cramming her son in the microwave and
turning on the appliance in 1999. Experts said that Otte suffered from
epilepsy and that her seizures were followed by blackouts.
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