Two defendants in the April kidnapping of a baby boy in San Jose are due back in court for a second straight day, and prosecutors have revealed for the first time what they believe was the motive behind the crime.
Portillo and Ramirez, a church acquaintance of Brandon's grandmother, were also arrested.
The prosecutor said she will not comment on the case until after the preliminary hearing in a couple of days.San Jose police officer Eduardo Reyes testified that he interviewed a man named Francisco Marquez, and that Ramirez had told him she was pregnant with his child. The officer said it apparently was all part of an elaborate ruse so when Ramirez produced baby Brandon, she could claim the kidnapped child was the baby she had with Marquez.
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