BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — A mother has been sentenced to decades in prison for the murder of her 1-year-old daughter in Columbia County.
Angelica Rivera of Berwick was sentenced Tuesday to 22 to 54 years in prison.
Rivera, 24, was found guilty of third-degree murder in October for the death of Amara Diaz, her 1-year-old daughter.
The child was found dead inside an apartment along East 2nd Street in Berwick in June of 2021.
Rivera told investigators she left the little girl and her 2-year-old child alone in the apartment. When she returned several hours later, she found the baby in her bed blue and not breathing.
An autopsy showed the baby suffered severe head trauma, including skull fractures, brain swelling, and injuries to her mouth.