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The mother of a newborn found dead in a trash bin two years ago has been convicted of murder in San Fernando. A Los Angeles County Superior Court jury deliberated for less than two hours Monday before finding 25-year-old Jacquelin Linaras guilty of first-degree murder and assault on a child reports the Associated Press in the Daily News. Deputy District Attorney Carolyn McNary says Linaras killed her infant shortly after giving birth in May 2006 by hitting the girl’s head on a cabinet. Linaras then dumped the body in a trash bin in a Santa Clarita mobile-home park where she lived.