8-year-old twin girls were starved and abused, before one died at just 29 pounds. Their mother and her boyfriend have been charged. WARNING: Court documents reveal heartbreaking and disturbing details of child abuse.
A woman and her boyfriend have been charged in the death of an 8-year-old girl and injuries to her surviving twin sister. Thegirls were malnourished and physically abused over an extended time, according to court documents.
Officers responded to a welfare check at the hospital for reports of a deceased child, where they found the victims were grossly emaciated and had signs of malnutrition or starvation and multiple injuries, including chronic rib fractures. After a lengthy investigation, the child’s mother Mendoza, and Mendoza’s boyfriend, Moreno, were charged for their role in the child’s death and the injuries sustained by her twin sister. The two were arrested last Friday, May 20, without incident.Court documents detailed the 8-year-old girl's autopsy performed at the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences six months after her death.
The cause of death was declared as "complications of blunt force trauma and malnutrition" and her manner of death was declared a "homicide."Court documents also revealed the condition of the surviving 8-year-old twin girl, who was diagnosed with severe malnutrition, child physical abuse, loss of body weight and muscle mass, multiple rib fractures, and child neglect. She also suffered a fracture in her right forearm.Two months later on Feb.
Court documents indicate that Mendoza would push them and kick them and Moreno would hit them every day.
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