A woman starved her three year old son and put her in a toy chest | Chronic

A mother from Arizona, United States, was convicted of first degree murder after starving her three year old son and hiding her in a plastic toy chest.

Raquel Barreras, 44, of Tucson, was convicted of the terrible crime last Friday and will be officially sentenced on July 22.

Mark Weisbord, a man who had bought the property where the woman previously lived with her family discovered in March 2014, the remains of the small Roman barriers. Nene is believed to have died between spring 2013 and January 2014.

The autopsy established that Roman had died of abandonment and hunger. Virginia Aspacher, one of the participants in the study, revealed: "It took her a long time to die, it took her a long time to starve and she saw it doing it, the only thing we can do is justice."

Barreras pleaded guilty to the crime, but her defense claimed that she was an easy target because she was an addict mother living in poverty.

At trial in Pima County, his sister stated that Barreras had stated that the boy had been "Very, very bad"that's why it was put in the toy chest. He did not allow his four brothers to play with him.

For its part, the lawyer Cynthia Yializis completed: "This case is a tragedy, it is the worst thing when you have a family, addiction and poverty meet and the system designed to protect your eyes closed."

They also claimed that Roman may have had cancer before his death, which could have contributed to his weight loss. However, the prosecution claimed that Barreras deliberately killed his son and forbade anyone to play, talk or feed the baby.

Roman's father, Martín Barreras, He will also be tried later this year for murder. His mother will be sentenced on July 22nd.