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The Mother Who Microwaved Her 3-Week-Old Daughter to Death
China Arnold had killed Paris with a microwave, making it one of the most heartbreaking and brutal murders in the country.
China Arnold, born in Dayton, Ohio on March 29, 1980, is an American convicted of murder. She microwave-cooked her daughter, Paris Talley, to death.
Arnold lived in a housing complex with her other children and her boyfriend, Terrell Talley, in 2005. Arnold and her live-in partner, Terrell Talley, bought a bottle of Bacardi 151 and headed to their neighborhood park on August 29, 2005, after his sister offered to babysit Paris and their three children so they could spend some time together.
As the couple drank and got very drunk, they argued about who the child’s father was. Arnold, who was 25 at the time and going to Sinclair Community College to become a counselor, was said to be having an affair with another woman.
After almost two hours, they decided to return home, where the argument continued.
Terrell testified that, after Arnold allegedly bit him on the lip in the parking lot, he smacked and shoved her to the ground. After that, he left and…
