Mom charged with killing baby, hurting another

A stay-at-home mother of four was arrested today on suspicion killing one of her infant twins and injuring the other twin by causing a skull fracture, county prosecutors said.

Linda Wilborn, 31, Seal Beach, is accused of inflicting blunt force on the female twin, named Millcent, on Dec. 17, 2009 and then calling 911 to report her baby was not responsive, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s office. Her husband was not home at the time.

Her other two children – a 3-year-old girl and an eight-month-old boy — do not have injuries, Deputy District Attorney Scott Simmons said.

Simmons added there have not been any past instances of physical abuse, and that authorities do not know the motive behind the alleged killing.

Wilborn was arrested while she was at Orange County Social Services Agency visiting her children, whom are in protective custody, prosecutors said.

She is charged with one felony count of assault on a child with force likely to produce great bodily injury resulting in death and three felony counts of child abuse, prosecutors said. She will be arraigned Wednesday.

If convicted, she faces a maximum sentence of 25 years to life in state prison.

Source: http://www.ocregister.com/news/prosecutors-233191-county-killing.html