A mother and father from Virginia are headed to prison for beating their 9-day-old baby girl to death and burning her feet in hot liquid, and then laughing at the hospital, claiming the injuries "were not all that serious."

Hilary Johnson II, 24, will spend 19 years behind bars while 22-year-old Z'ibreyea S. Parker received a 10-year sentence in the death of their daughter I'ijayah Johnson, according to the Norfolk Commonwealth's Attorney .

In August, Johnson pleaded guilty to second-degree murder while Parker entered a guilty plea to child abuse with serious injury. The parents brought I'ijayah to the Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters on May 4, 2024. Hospital staff observed "signs of abuse" on the baby's body which included burns on the bottom of her feet, cuts on her head and

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