OAKLAND — A woman has been sentenced to life in a mental hospital after an Alameda County judge affirmed she was insane at the “precise moment” she stabbed her 10-year-old daughter to death in their apartment, court records show.

Rosa Orozco-Suarez, 35, was found not guilty by reason of insanity, and Judge Kimberly Colwell sentenced her to a maximum life term for second-degree murder, records show. The sentencing occurred in early 2025 but hasn’t been previously reported.

Police say that on May 22, 2023, Orozco-Surarez posted a video of her daughter, Sophia Lorenzo Orozco, with the caption, “This is how we say good bye on Facebook,” and “see you on the other side,” authorities say. Then she signed off social media and allegedly stabbed the young girl to death before turning the knife on

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