Charges dropped for mother in toddler death case

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Emma Torres, the mother of three-year-old Augustine Valencia, was released from jail on Thursday.

Torres, who was previously arrested and booked into jail in June, was previously charged with two counts of injury to a child by omission.

Torres was expected to be in court on Friday morning. Today, KIII-TV learned Torres’ case was closed due to dropped charges. It is unclear as to why her charges were dropped…

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