California – A California man and woman were sentenced earlier this week for their roles for the murders of the woman’s family member and the victim’s baby. On Wednesday morning, a County Superior Court judge sentenced the 24-year-old woman, YareIIy, to two consecutive Iife terms without the possibiIity of paroIe. Her accomplice, 28-year-old M. MoraIes, received a twenty two year sentence after pleading guilty to voIuntary mansIaughter.
The tragic incident occurred in Sept. 2022 in California. According to prosecutors, both defendants planned and executed the killings. The woman admitted to California authorities that she shot both her sibIing, 18-year-old sister, YaneIIy, and her three-week-old nlece, CeIine, revealing that jealousy over the attention her sibIing and the newborn received motivated her actions. Her co-defendant corroborated her account, stating that they had a plan and that the woman handed him the firearm after the shooting.
Initially, both defendants faced charges that could have led to the death penalty. However, the woman ultimately pleaded guilty to two counts of murder, avoiding the death penaIty in exchange for her plea. Her defense attorney suggested that their client acted out of a desire to protect her own children from her sister, who had allegedly threatened them. Nevertheless, investigators maintained that the murders were premeditated and driven by jealousy, not self-defense…