Abortionist kills woman, and hides body

Source: Infonet 1999

- Hanna, who has no medical training, was sentenced to 16 years to life in p[rison for second degree murder in the death of Angela Nieto Sanchez, 27, in January 1993. According to trial testimony, Hanna injected Sanchez with a drug in preparation for an abortion and Sanchez had a seizure. Hanna prevented an assistant from making a 911 call for help. After she died, Hanna told two of Sanchez's childrem who were waiting outside, that their mother had left without them, witnesses said. After leaving and then treturning to the abortion facility, the children found Hanna trying to stuff Sanchez's body into the trunk of a car. Hanna was also convicted of attemption to perform an abortion on Sanchez and performing botched abortions on two other women. The federal appeals court said the jury was entitled to believe a coworkers testimony, disputed by Hanna, that Hanna prevented the coworker from calling 911. an abortion practitioner at the abortion facility also testified that he had told Hanna to call 911 when life-threateningproblems arose, the court said. Hanna's administering the injection without medical training and her failure to stock the office with life-saving supplies were also evidence of a disregard for life, the court said. The panel consisted of Judges Dorothy Nelson, Stephen Reinhardt and Stephen Trott. Richard Dangler, Hanna's lawyer, said he would appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. He said the crime should have been no more than involuntary manslaughter, a negligent rather than wantonly reckless killing. But Buputy Attorney General Frederick Millar said the ruling wasjustified. "The facts are egregious, gut wrenching," he said. The case is Hanna vs. Famon, 98-56002