Mother arrested in connection with the death of 3-year-old Augustine Valencia

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Emma Torres, the mother of 3-year-old Augustine Valencia — who died after being left in his mother’s boyfriend’s care at the Veranda Apartments in February — was booked into the Nueces County Jail on charges connected with the toddler’s death Thursday, according to court records.

The charges include two counts of injury to a child; Augustine’s 2-year-old brother also was left in 21-year-old Enrique Lopez’s care that day.

Lopez was in court in May requesting a bond reduction in his case…

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