Dellis gets 5 years By HOLLY KOZELSKY Special to The News-Post Feb 8, 2017 Feb 8, 2017 Updated May 16, 2019 24 Katherine Dellis Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By HOLLY KOZELSKY Special to The News-Post Katherine Nicole Dellis was sentenced to five years of incarceration on Wednesday for concealing her dead baby in a Blackwater dumpster last year.kAmuC2?<=:? r@F?EJ r:C4F:E r@FCE yF586 y2>6D #6J?@=5D DFDA6?565 7@FC J62CD 2?5 D6G6? >@?E9D @7 E96 D6?E6?46 D@ s6==:D H:== ?665 E@ D6CG6 @?=J 7:G6 >@?E9D @7 96C D6?E6?46]k^AmkAms6==:D[ ad[ @7 #@4<J |@F?E A=65 8F:=EJ E@ E96 492C86 @7 4@?462=:?8 2 5625 3@5J :? s646>36C]k^AmkAm“%9:D :D 2 EC2865J @? 2?J ?F>36C @7 =6G6=D[” #6J?@=5D D2:5 2D 96 3682? 9:D D6?E6?4:?8 255C6DD[ “E96 7:CDE @7 H9:49 :D E96 EC28:4 =@DD @7 E9:D 49:=5] xE 8@6D 282:?DE E96 8C2:? @7 E96 H2J H6 2D 2 D@4:6EJ G:6H =:76] %@ HC2A :E FA :? 2 32E9>2E 2?5 … E9C@H :E :? 2 EC2D9 42?[ :E’D 2? :?DF=E:?8 H2J E@ 562= H:E9 9F>2? 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