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Des Moines mother gets 50 years in baby's death
Associated Press
Aug. 20, 2010 1:16 pm
(AP) - A judge has sentenced a Des Moines woman to 50 years in prison in the death of her infant daughter.
Tresa Rains pleaded guilty last month to child endangerment. She originally was charged with first-degree murder in the death of her 5-month-old daughter Zara Yamen.
Rains said Friday that she's sorry about her daughter's death, but would not say exactly how the baby died.
Authorities say Rains admitted to using a pillow to suffocate the baby in 2007.
Rains says she will use her time in prison to become a better mother. After Zara's death, Rains remarried and had another child.
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