LONG BEACH, Calif. (TCN) — A couple has been charged with torturing and killing a 14-month-old baby in November, authorities say.
On Nov. 24, the child’s father, Alfredo Munoz Jr., 40, and stepmother, Kelly Anelalani Munoz, 34, were arrested. Each was charged Dec. 1 with one count of murder, torture, and assault on a child causing death, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced in a press release.
The child, referred to in the felony complaint as Tilly S., was admitted to a children’s hospital in Long Beach on Nov. 7. KTTV reports that authorities were called by staff for a possible child abuse incident; the child was unresponsive and showed signs of trauma. NBC Los Angeles reports the exact nature of the abuse has not been released…