A California couple will be spending significant time away from each other — behind bars — for the vicious double homicide of a young mother and her newborn baby girl, prosecutors told Law&Crime.
During a Wednesday morning hearing in which neither defendant said a word, Yarelly Solorio-Rivera, 24, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Her accomplice, Martin Arroyo-Morales, 28, was sentenced to just shy of 20 years behind bars.
The underlying incident occurred in late September 2022, at a residence located near the intersection of Fruit Avenue and Jensen Avenue in Fresno — a large city in the San Joaquin Valley.
On the morning in question, Solorio-Rivera carried out the shooting death of her sister, Yanelly Solorio-Rivera, 18, and her sister's 3-week-old chil