The Infant was placed in a microwave oven for what analysts suspect was longer than 2 minutes and died shortly after removal. death occurred because her internal temperature became critical in the words of medical examiner, Dr. Marcella Fierro, "she was cooked."
It is believed that Arnold placed baby Paris into the microwave after argument with her boyfriend Terrell,. She told investigators that she was intoxicated. Arnold took paris to the hospital the next day, where she died of her injuries.
China Arnold, who had been convicted of abduction in 2000 and forgery in 2002, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on September 2008 for killing her 28 day old daughter, Baby Paris.
