Woman gets 22-to-life for child abuse, murder

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'Visalia - 24-year-old Nancy Ortiz cried as superior court judge Joseph Kalashian sentenced her to 15 years to life in prison, for the murder of her own baby, named Angelita by the community.

And he added another seven years for felony child abuse charges.

Ortiz will have to spend 22 years in prison before she could be considered for parole.

The judge called the crimes "callous."

"There were three babies that were abandoned. One of them succumbed to the conditions of the abandonment. This was an egregious case that warranted the sentence," said prosecutor Janet Wise.

Ortiz was convicted of second-degree murder, and three county of child abandonment.'