Mother cooked her baby in microwave

A US mother who killed her baby daughter by cooking her in a microwave is facing the death penalty.

China Arnold, 28, intentionally put her baby Paris Talley in the microwave and burned her to death after a fight with her boyfriend in 2005, a court in Dayton, Ohio, heard.

A jury found her guilty of aggravated murder and she will face the death penalty when sentenced.

Relatives in the Montgomery County courtroom cried and covered their faces with their hands.

Arnold's daughter was pronounced dead on August 30 2005 at the Children's Medical Centre in Dayton, Ohio.

Her cellmate told the court that Arnold confessed to putting the baby in the microwave and turned it on because she was worried her boyfriend Terrell Talley would leave her if he found out the child was not his.

The baby's DNA was found inside the microwave in the apartment she shared with Talley and her four children.

Jurors will return to the court on Tuesday to decide whether to recommend a death sentence.