Woman who set newborn on fire in road sentenced to 30 years

MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey woman who set her newborn on fire and left her in the middle of a street was sentenced today to 30 years in prison.

Hyphernkemberly Dorvilier pleaded guilty in February to aggravated manslaughter and prosecutors recommended the sentence.

The 23-year-old Pemberton Township woman doused her newborn with accelerant and set her on fire in January 2015, investigators said. The baby had third-degree burns over 60 percent of her body and died two hours after she was flown to a Philadelphia hospital.

"I was on a downward spiral. I believe I hit my rock bottom," Dorvilier, handcuffed and shackled, said in court today. "I apologize first and foremost for not giving my daughter, Angelica, the life she deserved. She deserved so much better."

Prosecutors say she hid her pregnancy from her mother and sister. Investigators say the baby was found with her umbilical cord and placenta attached.