US woman gets 25 years for killing daughter to 'remove demons'

Angela Phakhin (left) had been convicted in June of the first-degree murder of Maiya. Phakhin's fiance, Untwan Smith (right), has also been charged in the case and is awaiting trial.PHOTO: AFP PHOTO / RANCHO CORDOVA PD.

LOS ANGELES (AFP): A California woman has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for killing her three-year-old daughter, who was left in a hot car for nearly 10 hours to cleanse her of demons, officials said.

Angela Phakhin had been convicted in June of the first-degree murder of Maiya and the sentence was pronounced last Friday (July 19), the district attorney's office in Sacramento said.