A Virginia couple will be spending significant time behind bars for the death of their 9-day-old baby daughter , authorities announced.
In early August, Hilary Darnell Johnson II, 24, pleaded guilty to one count of murder in the second degree . In late August, Z'ibreyea Shantel Parker, 22, pleaded guilty to one count of child abuse .
The pair were subsequently sentenced in successive hearings.
By the end of this, they both learned their fates.
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In October, 4th Judicial District Judge Jamilah D. LeCruise sentenced Johnson to 19 years in prison. On Friday, 4th Judicial District Judge Jennifer L. Fuschetti sentenced Parker to 10 years in prison.
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