CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A man accused of killing his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son has pleaded not guilty to a first-degree felony charge of injury to a child causing serious bodily injury.
Enrique Lopez is accused in the February death of Augustine Valencia V at the Veranda Apartments in Corpus Christi. Prosecutors allege Lopez inflicted fatal injuries on the child.
During a court hearing, a judge denied Lopez’s latest request to have his $1 million bond reduced. It was the third attempt by Lopez and his attorney, former Nueces County District Attorney Mark A. Gonzalez, to lower the bond…