Breaking: Heather Barron and her boyfriend, Kareem Leiva, were sentenced to life in prison without parole for the torture and murder of her son, Anthony Avalos.
of torturing Anthony and his siblings — starving them and subjecting them to physically and emotionally abusive punishments — and ultimately killing Barron’s oldest child.
Kareem Ernesto Leiva, defendant in Anthony Avalos murder case, was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole on Tuesday, April 25.Seventeen family members and witnesses testified during Tuesday’s emotional sentencing hearing before Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Sam Ohta ordered Barron and Leiva jailed for life.Anthony Avalos’ mother and her boyfriend were sentenced to life for murder of the 10-year-old, which exposed shortcomings in L.A. County’s child welfare system.
Barron wept quietly as a steady stream of relatives spoke, detailing in painstaking detail how her actions not only ended the life of Anthony, but also destroyed all those who loved him. “I am finally free from all the torture and abuse,” said Anthony’s sister, Destiny, who was unable at first to testify, as she cried in court. “If I would have known this would end with me losing a brother … I would do it all over again with just one difference: that it would be me, not Anthony.”
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