In Oregon, the crime of Murder is punishable by a sentence of life imprisonment, with a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years.
(SALEM) - A Salem woman has been charged with Murder in the death of her 5-month old son, who died less than a week after injuries that he received October 6th. Prosecutors say the woman engaged in a pattern and practice of assault and torture that led to the baby's death.
The Marion County Sheriff’s Office began an investigation of life threatening injuries inflicted upon Kevin Salazar-Olmos in October just after the assault that led to little Kevin being hospitalized at Salem Hospital.
He was subsequently transferred to Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland where he remained until his death days later, on Friday, October 13th, 2006.
Kevin’s mother, 17-year old Denisse Montserrat Jimenez-Eugenio, aka Raquel Salazar-Olmos, was arrested and charged with Assault in the Second Degree and Criminal Mistreatment in the First Degree on Thursday. Those charges related to Kevin’s injuries. At that time Kevin had not yet been pronounced dead.
Today Denisse Montserrat Jimenez-Eugenio was arraigned in Marion County Circuit Court and charged with her son’s murder.
The information alleges that “the defendant, on or about October 6th, 2006, did unlawfully and recklessly, under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life, cause the death of Kevin Salazar-Olmos, a child under 14 years of age, said defendant having previously engaged in a pattern and practice of assault and torture of Kevin Salazar-Olmos.”
In Oregon, the crime of Murder is punishable by a sentence of life imprisonment, with a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years. Marion County Darin Tweedt says further information relating to the facts of the case will not be released.
The defendant will appear in court at 8:30 AM on October 25th to be arraigned on any indictment returned by the grand jury. This court appearance will be at the Marion County Court Annex. In the meanwhile, the defendant is being held without bail.
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