A 70-year-old woman was sentenced Thursday to 25 years to life in prison for killing her 92-year-old mother in Huntington Beach.
Cynthia Roberta Strange was convicted in June of first-degree murder for killing her mother, Ruth Strange, on Sept. 4, 2018, at 6812 Vista Del Sol Drive. But jurors rejected a special circumstance allegation of murder for financial gain.
Orange County Superior Court Judge Lewis Clapp rejected motions from Strange’s attorney, Sara Ross of the Orange County public defender’s office, to reduce the conviction to voluntary manslaughter and to place her on probation due to her health issues and age…