#385: Mom Microwaved 2-Month-Old Baby For 5 Minutes While Having A Seizure
Summary
This episode delves into the disturbing case of Ka Yang, a Sacramento mother whose two-month-old baby died from horrific internal burns. While Yang claimed she suffered a seizure and fell on her child, investigators discovered the injuries were consistent with microwave exposure. The trial explored the mother's epilepsy history, the cultural interpretation of seizures in Hmong tradition, and the prosecution's theory of postpartum psychosis, all leading to a murder conviction that was later appealed and reversed due to evidentiary issues.Episode description
Grandma C knew that something wasn’t right about what she was looking at. Her daughter is standing there holding her 2-month-old baby. But everything is wrong.
Her daughter’s pants are soaked in urine.
The way she’s talking sounds like someone clamped her tongue, and two-month-old baby Mirabelle is not moving.
In fact, Mirabelle’s little face is bright angry red and her body seems stiff.
Grandma C rushes to put her down and unzips baby Mirabelle’s onesie…
She’s peeling. The skin on her entire body is peeling.
Mirabelle’s mom starts to explain that she must have suffered a stroke while holding her baby and fell on top of her… onto the space heater. Squashing her baby into the space heater and burning her.
But when authorities arrive - they start to think differently.
Because Mirabelle’s injuries are not consistent with someone who has been burned by a space heater. Also, why was her little purple pacifier found in the microwave?
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