A baby died after five days of torture and beatings: he asks for the death sentence for the mother

The Los Angeles County Attorney's Office in California asked this court on Wednesday the death penalty for the mother Anthony Avalos and the woman's boyfriend, both accused of the death of the 10-year-old boy, said the institution in a statement.

Heather Barrón, 29, and her partner, Kareem Leiva, 33, were indicted in October 2018 by a grand jury torture and murder For the baby's death. Similarly, he held the couple responsible for abuse of another little boy named Rafael and a girl named Destiny.

Ávalos was found unconscious in the couple's apartment in Lancaster, northwest of Los Angeles, on June 20, 2018. died at the hospital the next morning.

Barrón called 911 from the emergency department to report that his son had fallen but the authorities decided to investigate after finding signs of possible abuse.

The investigation determined that the baby was suffering from five days followed by torture and abuse before dying.

According to the documents presented to the court, Anthony was beaten against the floor of the house and badped with a cable and a belt. He would have been forbidden to use the bathroom for long periods and a spicy sauce would have been placed in his mouth, among other tortures.

Father seeks compensation of $ 50 million

On August 1, the child's family, including his father, who was living in Mexico on Anthony's death, announced a legal request against the Los Angeles Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS) seeking to obtain compensation of 50 million dollars for his death

Among the arguments presented by the family lawyer, it is alleged that DCFS received 88 complaints and 15 complaints from the family. abuse of the child and made 18 visits without removing the child from the mother's custody.

The lawsuit refers to two other cases, one in Palmdale, a neighboring town of Lancaster, where Gabriel Fernández, 8, died similarly in May 2013. His mother, Pearl Sinthia Fernández, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the death of the father's boy and father, Isauro Aguirre, to death.

The death of another child under 4 years old in Palmdale, Noah Four, under possible circumstances of abuse from his parents is being investigated by the authorities.