Indian-American woman jailed for 30 years for death of child
1 April 2015 12:49 AM
A 33-year-old Indian-American woman has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in the US for female foeticide and child maltreatment of a dependent.
Purvi Patel, was sentenced on the neglect of a dependent charge to 30 years in prison with 20 years executed, 10 suspended. She will also serve five years probation.
For the foeticide charge, she was sentenced to 6 years in prison, to run concurrently with her neglect of a dependent sentence, ABC News reported.
Announcing the sentence, Judge Elizabeth Hurley said she considered the fact Patel has no criminal history and expressed remorse in a letter to the court.
Patel was asked if she had anything to say in court, but she declined to speak.
Patel comes from a family of Indian immigrants who settled in Granger, Indiana, a suburb of South Bend.
Patel in July 2013 went to a hospital emergency room suffering from heavy vaginal bleeding. She denied that she had been pregnant, but eventually told doctors that she had miscarried and placed the stillborn foetus in a bag and placed the bag in a dumpster.
Police questioned Patel and searched her cellphone while she was in the hospital, which led them to a series of text messages the prosecution claimed made the case for Patel's illegal abortion and felony charges.
Purvi Patel, was sentenced on the neglect of a dependent charge to 30 years in prison with 20 years executed, 10 suspended. She will also serve five years probation.
For the foeticide charge, she was sentenced to 6 years in prison, to run concurrently with her neglect of a dependent sentence, ABC News reported.
Announcing the sentence, Judge Elizabeth Hurley said she considered the fact Patel has no criminal history and expressed remorse in a letter to the court.
Patel was asked if she had anything to say in court, but she declined to speak.
Patel comes from a family of Indian immigrants who settled in Granger, Indiana, a suburb of South Bend.
Patel in July 2013 went to a hospital emergency room suffering from heavy vaginal bleeding. She denied that she had been pregnant, but eventually told doctors that she had miscarried and placed the stillborn foetus in a bag and placed the bag in a dumpster.
Police questioned Patel and searched her cellphone while she was in the hospital, which led them to a series of text messages the prosecution claimed made the case for Patel's illegal abortion and felony charges.
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