NORFOLK, Va. — A Norfolk couple was sentenced Friday following the death of their 9-day-old daughter in 2024.

Z’Ibreyea Shantel Parker, 22, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for felony child abuse. Her husband, Hilary Darnell Johnson II, 24, was sentenced last week to 19 years for murder. Both had entered guilty pleas earlier this year.

On May 4, 2024, the couple brought their daughter, Iijayah, to the Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters. They told staff that Iijayah, who was cold to the touch, had fallen from her stroller and hit her head two days prior, while Johnson was jogging. The parents, who were living in a tent at the time, said they had attempted to treat the baby themselves with witch hazel, peroxide, and gauze, and only sought medical attention when her appetite dec

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