Mother set newborn on fire

Mother who set newborn alight jailed for 30 years

A New Jersey woman convicted of killing her newborn daughter by setting her on fire last year was sentenced on Friday to 30 years in state prison, prosecutors said.

Hyphernkemberly Dorvilier, 23, of Pemberton Township, a Philadelphia suburb, must serve at least 25-and-a-half years before she is eligible for parole, Burlington County prosecutor Robert Bernardi said. Dorvilier pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter on February 29 in the baby’s death in Mount Holly, New Jersey, in January.

“During this child’s short time on Earth, she experienced nothing but pain and suffering caused by the hands of her own mother,” Bernardi said in a statement. “This was an atrocious act.”

According to Barnardi, Dorvilier’s family did not know that she was pregnant.

After Dorvilier gave birth to the girl on January 16, 2015, in the house where she lived with her mother and sister, she set the newborn on fire in a wooded area a few miles from her home.

Nearby residents found Dorvilier as she attempted to flee. The child died two hours later in hospital.

Reuters