Obese aunt faces new charges in La Joya toddler's death
Brian Burns
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Aug 22, 2008 at 10:38 AM CST
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Aug 22, 2008 at 10:38 AM CST
EDINBURG, Texas (AP) - A nearly half-ton, bedridden woman has been indicted by a grand jury in the death of her 2-year-old nephew.
Mayra Lizbeth Rosales was indicted today on one count of first-degree murder and on one count of injury to a child in the death of Eliseo Gonzalez Jr.
The Monitor in McAllen reports the grand jury indicted her after a full autopsy confirmed investigators' suspicions that the child died March 18 because he had been struck.
Investigators believe the toddler was struck at least twice, crushing his head.
Rosales previously had been charged with capital murder.
The boy's mother Jaime Rosales, was charged earlier with injury to a child because she allegedly left her son alone with his aunt.
Prosecutors have to work out how Mayra Rosales will be detained and prosecuted because she weighs nearly 1,000 pounds.
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Friday, Sep 5 at 1:55 PM Latnya Wiley wrote ...
i feel that the person who done the crime should be held for it dont prosecute the mother for something the aunt down
Saturday, Aug 23 at 1:08 PM Ruth of Lumberton wrote ...
Maybe when they detain her they could put her on a strict weight loss program, say 1200 calories a day, allowing her to quickly become a more manageable size. Any discomfort she would feel in the interim would pale in comparison to what was done to that child. Have they even been able to remove her from the home?
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