Heather Maxine Barron and Kareem Ernesto Leiva face a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole for the death of 10-year-old Anthony Avalos in 2018.
Anthony Avalos: Gascón's office drops death penalty for mom, her boyfriend accused of murder, torture
Eight siblings witnessed and were forced to take part in some of the abuse, which according to the documents included making the other children fight Anthony and forcing the children to keep watch "so Anthony would remain standing or kneeling." The prosecutor said the boy was "already brain dead" and had been lying on the floor in the family's townhouse "for at least a day, possibly more" when Barron called 911 to seek assistance for the boy, and that the two "concocted a story that Anthony Avalos had injured himself."
She told investigators that the boy said he might be gay and that she responded that she would love him no matter what because he was her "baby." After Anthony’s death, authorities removed the eight other children — aged between 11 months and 12 years old — from the home and placed them in the care of county child welfare workers. A Lancaster man will likely appear in court Friday on suspicion of murdering his live-in girlfriend's 10-year-old son, Anthony Avalos. FOX 11's Gigi Graciette reports on the case.
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