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CONYERS â The mother and her boyfriend of a 3-year-old child are facing
murder and child cruelty charges in the recent shaking death of the toddler.
Conyers Police arrested Raul Solis, 20, and Yaneth DeLaCruz Alvarez, 21,
both of 1162 Oak Villas Court on March 8. Solis, the motherâs boyfriend,
faces charges of felony murder and first-degree cruelty to children.
Alvarez, the mother, faces charges of second-degree cruelty to children.
Police Chief Gene Wilson and criminal investigations division commander
Lt. Jackie Dunn answered questions during a press conference Wednesday
afternoon.
Wilson said the charges stemmed from the death Sunday of 3-year-old Edna
Figueroa, Alvarezâs daughter. Alvarez, along with her boyfriend, took
the girl to Rockdale Medical Center emergency room Saturday after the
girl was reportedly unconscious and unresponsive. The girl was taken to
Childrenâs Healthcare of Atlanta at Egelston where she died.
âIt was determined there that she had severe brain damage,â Wilson said.
âShe was put on life support and throughout the evening and into the
next day there were tests run and it was determined she was, in fact,
brain dead and the decision was made to take her off life support.â
Autopsy and several witness statements led police to take warrants out
for Solis and Alvarez.
Solis reportedly admitted to shaking the little girl, as a means of
discipline for misbehaving. But he did not know he caused injury.
Investigators think the injury occurred about 10 a.m., according to
Dunn, and Alvarez and Solis likely discovered the child laying on the
floor about 1 or 2 p.m. Saturday, March 5. The little girl and her four
brothers, ages 5, 3 and 1, were reportedly unsupervised for about four
hours. During part of that four hours, police think the victim was
suffering brain hemorrhages from the shaking.
The mother was originally going to also be charged with murder.
âFrom our evidence and from our interviews, we feel like her part of
this was the fact that she just did not check on the children in that
four-hour period,â Wilson said. âAnd that four-hour period was critical
to Edna.â
Wilson said Solis was a legal resident and Alvarez was not. They have
one child together and have been living together for about a year and a
half.
Alvarez was arrested in 2004 for driving without a license. Solis was
arrested for human trafficking and identification issues in the past.
âHe explained that he was arrested in Texas for smuggling illegal aliens
from Mexico into the United States,â Dunn said.
Conyers Police had not responded to the home before. But Wilson said
investigators learned the victim tested positive for cocaine when she
was born and was taken away from the mother by Child Protective Services
in Texas. The little girl was returned to her mother in January.
The rest of the children are now in the custody of the Georgia
Department of Children and Family Services.
Solis and Alvarez are being held in Rockdale County Jail, awaiting a
bond hearing. They were taken to a custody hearing this morning in
Juvenile Court, relating to Texas Child Protective Services wanting to
take the other three children into custody.
Edna Figueroa, the victim, would have turned 4 years old on Thursday,
March 17.
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CONYERS â The mother and her boyfriend of a 3-year-old child are facing
murder and child cruelty charges in the recent shaking death of the toddler.
Conyers Police arrested Raul Solis, 20, and Yaneth DeLaCruz Alvarez, 21,
both of 1162 Oak Villas Court on March 8. Solis, the motherâs boyfriend,
faces charges of felony murder and first-degree cruelty to children.
Alvarez, the mother, faces charges of second-degree cruelty to children.
Police Chief Gene Wilson and criminal investigations division commander
Lt. Jackie Dunn answered questions during a press conference Wednesday
afternoon.
Wilson said the charges stemmed from the death Sunday of 3-year-old Edna
Figueroa, Alvarezâs daughter. Alvarez, along with her boyfriend, took
the girl to Rockdale Medical Center emergency room Saturday after the
girl was reportedly unconscious and unresponsive. The girl was taken to
Childrenâs Healthcare of Atlanta at Egelston where she died.
âIt was determined there that she had severe brain damage,â Wilson said.
âShe was put on life support and throughout the evening and into the
next day there were tests run and it was determined she was, in fact,
brain dead and the decision was made to take her off life support.â
Autopsy and several witness statements led police to take warrants out
for Solis and Alvarez.
Solis reportedly admitted to shaking the little girl, as a means of
discipline for misbehaving. But he did not know he caused injury.
Investigators think the injury occurred about 10 a.m., according to
Dunn, and Alvarez and Solis likely discovered the child laying on the
floor about 1 or 2 p.m. Saturday, March 5. The little girl and her four
brothers, ages 5, 3 and 1, were reportedly unsupervised for about four
hours. During part of that four hours, police think the victim was
suffering brain hemorrhages from the shaking.
The mother was originally going to also be charged with murder.
âFrom our evidence and from our interviews, we feel like her part of
this was the fact that she just did not check on the children in that
four-hour period,â Wilson said. âAnd that four-hour period was critical
to Edna.â
Wilson said Solis was a legal resident and Alvarez was not. They have
one child together and have been living together for about a year and a
half.
Alvarez was arrested in 2004 for driving without a license. Solis was
arrested for human trafficking and identification issues in the past.
âHe explained that he was arrested in Texas for smuggling illegal aliens
from Mexico into the United States,â Dunn said.
Conyers Police had not responded to the home before. But Wilson said
investigators learned the victim tested positive for cocaine when she
was born and was taken away from the mother by Child Protective Services
in Texas. The little girl was returned to her mother in January.
The rest of the children are now in the custody of the Georgia
Department of Children and Family Services.
Solis and Alvarez are being held in Rockdale County Jail, awaiting a
bond hearing. They were taken to a custody hearing this morning in
Juvenile Court, relating to Texas Child Protective Services wanting to
take the other three children into custody.
Edna Figueroa, the victim, would have turned 4 years old on Thursday,
March 17.
LV
--
"I rode a tank and held a general's rank
When the blitzkrieg raged and the bodies stank."
---Sympathy for the Devil-The Rolling Stones
--------------------------------------------
"Only a male compensating for his impotence
would accuse a strong woman of being a lesbian."
---Unknown
----------------------------------------------
"It's a sign of your own worth sometimes if you are
hated by the right people."
---Miles Franklin
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My Blog http://ladyveteranslog.blogspot.com
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