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Grandmother who helped daughter destroy evidence of 3-year-old's death gets jail time

LOS ANGELES - An Oxnard, Calif., grandmother will spend 180 days behind bars after she admitted to helping her daughter and her granddaughter's father conceal evidence of their 3-year-old girl's death.

Maria De Jesus Lopez, 45, was also sentenced to three years of formal probation. She will not be allowed to associate with any children without

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