Lisa Batstone, BC Mother Who Murdered Daughter, 8, Dies in Prison

Lisa Batstone, BC Mother Who Murdered Daughter, 8, Dies in Prison
A cell in the segregation unit at the Fraser Valley Institution for Women is seen during a media tour, in Abbotsford, B.C., on Oct. 26, 2017. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
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A British Columbia woman who was convicted of murdering her eight-year-old daughter has been found dead in prison.

Correctional Service Canada says Lisa Batstone, who was serving an indeterminate life sentence for suffocating her sleeping child with a plastic bag in 2014, died in custody on Jan. 1.