Daniel Ramirez and Angela Jimenez-Ramirez, via the Tulare County District Attorney’s Office.
A state judge in California on Friday formally sentenced a married couple for killing their 3-month-old daughter in 2014. Daniel Ramirez and Angela Jimenez-Ramirez, both 35, both received prison sentences for their roles in newborn Madelyn Ramirez’s death, prosecutors announced.
Earlier this year, a Tulare County jury found the mother and father guilty on one count each of felony involuntary manslaughter and felony child abuse as well as the special allegation of committing willful harm or injury resulting in death. Daniel was also found guilty of the special allegations of causing great bodily injury.
According to the Tulare County District Attorney’s Office, Daniel and Angela on Oct. 12, 2014 brought their daughter to the emergency room at Kaweah Delta Medical Center in Visalia. Shortly after arriving at the facility, the child became unresponsive. Due to the severity of her condition, doctors ordered the baby to be airlifted to Valley Children’s in Madera for more specialized care.
Madelyn clung to life for several days but was pronounced dead on Oct. 16, 2014 after she was removed from life support.
Prosecutors said the child sustained a series of brutal injuries and was suffering from “multiple fractures in several areas of her body.” An autopsy determined that the manner of death was homicide.
Daniel Ramirez was sentenced to 13 years in a California state prison. He is still in custody and will soon be transferred to the California Department of Corrections to serve out the remainder of his sentence, per the district attorney’s office.
Angela Jimenez-Ramirez received a sentence of eight years in prison, though because she began accruing credit for time…
