Physical therapist sentenced 16 years after her newborn was found dead in trash can

29 Jun 2026 • 10:03 PM MYT
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Physical therapist sentenced 16 years after her newborn was found dead in trash can

  • Angela Onduto, a physical therapist, was sentenced last week to six years in prison after pleading no contest to voluntary manslaughter for killing her newborn baby.
  • In May 2009, a man collecting recycling was digging through a dumpster at an apartment complex in Union City, about 30 miles south of San Francisco, and discovered the body of a newborn baby girl, SFGate reported.
  • Onduto was initially a possible person of interest due to being in her 30s, but authorities could not charge her until new DNA technology and a Costco receipt linked her to the crime.
  • After her arrest last year, Onduto's medical license was revoked, and she pleaded no contest to the charges in April.
  • Onduto’s lawyers argued the case had nothing to do with her career as a physical therapist, and that she had “labored for hours overnight and gave birth alone in her bathtub, then drowned the baby almost immediately post-partum,” according to The Mercury News.

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