Mom Who Starved Her 13-Year-Old Daughter to Death Because ‘She Looked Like Her Father’ Is Sentenced to Life in Prison

Judge in court, stock image.Photo:Getty Getty A French mother has received a life sentence after starving her 13-year-old daughter to death, according to reports. Sandrine Pissarra was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 20 years in a French court on Friday, Jan. 24, for the death of her daughter Amandine in August 2020, the U.K. newspaperMetro,France 24andLe Mondereported. Amandine died in the village of Montblanc, southwest of Montpellier, according to the reports.

Mom Who Vanished on Hike After Leaving Purse and Keys Behind Is Found Dead 7 Months Later

Amber Bretsch Barnett.Photo:Phoenix Police/X Phoenix Police/X A hiker who went missing in Arizona’s White Tank Mountains in April has been found dead seven months later, though her cause of death is not yet clear, authorities said. On Sunday, Nov. 24, the body of Amber Barnett was located in White Tank Mountain Regional Park near Waddell, Sgt. Calbert Gillett of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to PEOPLE. “A cause of death has not yet been determined,” Gillett wrote in an email.

Mom with Rare Cancer Gets Surprised by Family Christmas Caroling:‘I’ll Cherish This Memory Forever’ (Exclusive)

Tonya Strother Hebert and her family.Photo:Sara-Catherine Bellamy Sara-Catherine Bellamy Growing up,Sara-Catherine Bellamy’s mom always made the holidays incredibly special for her family. Her mom, Tonya Strother Hebert, 52, got divorced when Bellamy was 8 years old and worked three different jobs in Louisiana, where she raised her family, to make ends meet. “During the hardest times — like when we had to light candles because the electricity was out — she made it feel fun, like it was just part of the adventure,” Bellamy, now 26, tells PEOPLE exclusively.

Mom with Stage 3 Cancer Was Scared to Get Her Latest Test Results. Then She Got Good News — and a Proposal! (Exclusive)

Kyra Edwards and Zechariah Harris.Photo:Kayla Duffey Photography Kayla Duffey Photography Kyra Edwards first developed a crush on Zechariah Harris when she was 14, but the stars didn’t align for them until decades later, when she was visiting their hometown in Indiana following a stretch of devastating health issues and heartbreaking loss. Last December, they reconnected and fell in love — and just two days before Valentine’s Day this year, Edwards wound up having two very big things to celebrate.

Mom's Long Covid Turns Out to Be Necrotising Disease of the Pancreas: 'Minutes Away from Death'

Sam Lewis' “Long Covid” turned out to be necrotising pancreatitis.Photo:SWNS SWNS A U.K. mom of three thought she hadLong Covid— until doctors discovered that she had a necrotising disease that forced her into a coma. The long health journey for Sam Lewis, 38, began in 2021, when she started having chest pains while getting her children ready for school. She promptly went to the doctor, who told her it was abenign inflammationin the cartilage in her chest — but the pain came back in March 2022, she tells South West News Service, viaThe Daily Mail.