MIAMI, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida nurse was sentenced to life in prison following her conviction in the 2018 murder of her 7-year-old adopted daughter, a report from NBC affiliate WTVJ said.
Gina Emmanuel, a 56-year-old Miami-Dade registered nurse, was convicted April 15 of first-degree murder for 7-year-old Samaya, and the abuse of her two other adopted children, court records show.
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According to WTVJ, prosecutors said Emmanuel abused her children for several months, forcing them to eat human waste, burning their hands on a stove, taping them to a chair, chaining them and withholding food and water. She also reportedly locked the fridge and restricted them to specific meals.
In the trial, Dr. Emma Lew, a retired medical examiner, told jurors Samaya had injuries “from her face, down to her neck, down to her chest, abdomen, back, both arms and both legs,” the news outlet reported…