Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for the mother of Anthony Avalos and her boyfriend. “This is one of the worst kind of crimes you could commit so it deserves the worst kind of punishment,” Anthony’s uncle said.
A grand jury indicted Heather Maxine Barron, 29, and Kareem Ernesto Leiva, 33,that they murdered the boy and abused two other children in the household. The boy’s relatives praised the district attorney’s office’s decision to pursue the death penalty, which was announced in court Wednesday.
Prosecutors have said that Heather Barron and Leiva poured hot sauce on Anthony’s face and mouth, whipped the boy with a looped cord and belt, held him upside down and dropped him on his head repeatedly. They also alleged that the couple alternately withheld food and force-fed him, slammed him into furniture and the floor, denied access to the bathroom and enlisted other children in the home to inflict pain.
Both agencies received calls about abuse in the household, beginning with a referral in April 2014 alleging that Leiva hit Anthony and three siblings with various objects, including a hose. The caller alleged that Barron screamed at the children and locked them in their rooms for hours.
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