A Chicago mom beat her 3-year-old daughter to death
According to a Chicago Tribune Report
A Chicago mom beat her 3-year-old daughter to death so badly that the girl’s blood splattered all over her teddy bear and bedding — then the woman called 911 to claim two burglars had done it, prosecutors say.
The “horrific allegations” include an autopsy that turned up “possible fractures to several bones” along with missing teeth and bruising all over little Ashley’s broken body, prosecutors said in court Tuesday.
Maria Espinoza-Perez, 24, was ordered held without bail and has remained in custody since her arrest Sunday night. The woman called her boyfriend around 8 p.m. that night to tell him about the fabricated break-in and to say Ashley had stopped breathing. Espinoza-Perez then called 911 about 20 minutes later and reported that two men had broken in, hurt the girl and taken off, according to the Tribune.
But the allegedly twisted mom later recanted the tale, telling cops she’d been abusing the girl for years and that she’d cleaned up some blood after the attack and had caused some of the injuries.
Paramedics who found the girl dead in the kitchen noted scrapes and cuts on the girl’s neck, obvious injuries to her forehead and other places.
Blood was found in the bathroom and on the girl’s teddy bear, blanket, mattress and on the frame of her crib. A bloody diaper and tissue were found in the trash.
The girl was fine when her father, Espinoza-Perez’s boyfriend, left for work earlier in the day.
A Chicago mom beat her 3-year-old daughter to death so badly that the girl’s blood splattered all over her teddy bear and bedding — then the woman called 911 to claim two burglars had done it, prosecutors say.
The “horrific allegations” include an autopsy that turned up “possible fractures to several bones” along with missing teeth and bruising all over little Ashley’s broken body, prosecutors said in court Tuesday.
Maria Espinoza-Perez, 24, was ordered held without bail and has remained in custody since her arrest Sunday night. The woman called her boyfriend around 8 p.m. that night to tell him about the fabricated break-in and to say Ashley had stopped breathing. Espinoza-Perez then called 911 about 20 minutes later and reported that two men had broken in, hurt the girl and taken off, according to the Tribune.
But the allegedly twisted mom later recanted the tale, telling cops she’d been abusing the girl for years and that she’d cleaned up some blood after the attack and had caused some of the injuries.
Paramedics who found the girl dead in the kitchen noted scrapes and cuts on the girl’s neck, obvious injuries to her forehead and other places.
Blood was found in the bathroom and on the girl’s teddy bear, blanket, mattress and on the frame of her crib. A bloody diaper and tissue were found in the trash.
The girl was fine when her father, Espinoza-Perez’s boyfriend, left for work earlier in the day.
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