Mom sentenced after father convicted of killing twin daughters

HOUSTON -- A Houston mother was sentenced to eight years in prison in connection with the 2023 deaths of her twin daughters.

Angelina Belinda Calderon was charged with injury to a child.

Meanwhile, the father of the girls Fernando Vega, was convicted of capital murder.

In October 2023, their 6-week-old twins Massail and Mirena were found unresponsive in their southeast Houston home, authorities said at that time.

Authorities responded to a call regarding infants not breathing.

At the time, authorities said there were no visible signs of trauma to either child, but an autopsy later determined they died from multiple injuries caused by a blunt object.

Afterward, police said both girls were malnourished and that some of their injuries were days or even weeks old.

Vega was sentenced to 40 years in January for the girls' deaths.