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woebedamned
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Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:20 pm |
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obese relative murdered toddler
LA JOYA, Texas - A morbidly obese woman who authorities originally thought might have crushed her 2-year-old nephew to death was arraigned in her bedroom Wednesday on a capital murder charge, accused of striking him in the head.
Mayra Lizbeth Rosales, who weighs at least 800 pounds, had told police that she slipped and hit the boy's head with her hand and that he fell from a chair. But investigators said the boy died of two blows to the head. The autopsy also found skull fractures that were estimated to be about a month old.
The 27-year-old bedridden woman was photographed and fingerprinted at her La Joya home before being released on a personal recognizance bond, Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Trevino said.
Rosales' sister and the boy's mother, Jamie Lee Rosales, was arrested on a charge of injury to a child, accused of failing to protect the boy. She was being held on $50,000 bond. A capital murder conviction could carry a possible sentence of life in prison or the death penalty.
Safety plan
The 20-year-old mother had signed a safety plan in April with Child Protective Services that advised her not to leave her children with her sister because of the woman's disability, according to charging documents.
A woman who answered the phone at Mayra Rosales' home and wouldn't give her name said the family would have no comment. Authorities had no attorney contact information for the sisters.
Eliseo Gonzalez Jr. and his two younger siblings had been left in the sole supervision of Mayra Rosales, authorities say.
Less than two hours later, Mayra Rosales phoned her sister to say that Eliseo had gotten stuck under her bed and his head was swollen, according to the charging documents. Eliseo was removed from life support and declared dead that afternoon.
Bobby Contreras, Hidalgo County justice of the peace, said last week that investigators believed the woman had fallen on the child.
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| chance
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Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:18 pm |
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I was hearing about this on the radio. Apparently this woman is so big that they came to her room to finger print her and take her pic. She was release w/no bail just on her own recognisence. She is so big that she can not get through the door of her room so if she is found guilty they will have to tear down the walls to take her away.  Really sad for the two year old. What kind of Einstien would leave a toddler in the care of a person who can't really make it out of bed. I also heard he had been hit in the head with a board twice and he had other old injuries that had happened a month ago.
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| woebedamned
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Fri Mar 28, 2008 3:05 pm |
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| chance wrote: | | I was hearing about this on the radio. Apparently this woman is so big that they came to her room to finger print her and take her pic. She was release w/no bail just on her own recognisence. She is so big that she can not get through the door of her room so if she is found guilty they will have to tear down the walls to take her away. Really sad for the two year old. What kind of Einstien would leave a toddler in the care of a person who can't really make it out of bed. I also heard he had been hit in the head with a board twice and he had other old injuries that had happened a month ago. |
And do what with her? jails and or prisons wont be able to accomodate her.
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| Betty Boop
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Fri Mar 28, 2008 3:10 pm |
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"Eliseo Gonzalez Jr. and his two younger siblings had been left in the sole supervision of Mayra Rosales, authorities say"
The little boy that was killed was 2 1/2 and he had two younger siblings that were also left in this woman's care. Geez, how does an 800 pound room ridden, bed ridden woman care for three babies? What a screwy situation. I think they need to break down the wall or door or whatever and cart her away to jail. I don't suppose that the jail is equipped to deal with an 800 pound individual on a daily basis tho. I don't feel too sorry for her or the children's mother after reading the articles and realizing that the child had old breaks and new breaks. Wonder who did the old ones?
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| chance
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Fri Mar 28, 2008 3:13 pm |
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| woebedamned wrote: |
And do what with her? jails and or prisons wont be able to accomodate her. |
I think that is why they released her under her own recog in lieu of bail. She is a prisoner in her own bedroom.
I think if she is convicted they will probably have to put her in an infirmary type setting as I don't think she is real mobile.
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| woebedamned
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Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:54 pm |
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| chance wrote: |
I think that is why they released her under her own recog in lieu of bail. She is a prisoner in her own bedroom.
I think if she is convicted they will probably have to put her in an infirmary type setting as I don't think she is real mobile. |
Just getting her to trial will be a challenge.
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