Midwife Sentenced in 3 Infant Deaths

An unlicensed midwife accused of murder in the deaths of three infants she helped deliver pleaded guilty Tuesday to involuntary manslaughter and received probation, but not before she was ordered by a judge to “stay as far away from pregnant women as you possibly can.”

Delores Doyle, 36, of Montclair, received a suspended eight-year prison sentence and was released on five years’ probation. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Judith C. Chirlin told Doyle not to provide any type of health care or work for anyone who does.

“I want you nowhere near anybody or anything that anybody could interpret as your practicing medicine,” Chirlin said.

Doyle entered the plea during the first month of her trial with co-defendant Dr. Milos Klvana, 48, a Valencia obstetrician, who faces nine murder charges. The prosecution contends that Klvana and Doyle did not recommend hospital treatment in cases where deliveries involved high-risk complications.