Mother, Father Convicted of Child Abuse for Starving Baby to Death
Little Monica Uribe was 7 months old when she died. She weighed a mere eight and a half pounds - a size typical of newborns. Procecutors in Elko, Nevvada jumped into action and charged both parents, Salvana Maria Fernandez and Florencio Carlos Uribe, both 22 years old, with first degree murder and felony child abuse. The jury in Fernandez’ cases didn’t agree that she intentionally meant to kill her daughter; they found her not guilty of murder, but threw the book at her for child abuse. The jury also found her baby’s father guilty of the same charge.
The last of the sentences came down this week. Both parents received a 20-year sentence, with the possibility of parole in eight years. Personally, I’ll be chanting “ONE MORE YEAR” every time these two come up for parole. There is no excuse for a child starving to death under your care.
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5 opinions for Mother, Father Convicted of Child Abuse for Starving Baby to Death
Francine Piatigorski
Nov 1, 2006 at 6:59 pm
EVIL PEOPLES!!!!!!! I HATE CHILD ABUSE!!!!!! I would never do that to any of my babies-to-be!
riss
Jan 18, 2007 at 3:44 am
why why dont people give up their babies if they don’t wanna take care of them??
riss
Jan 18, 2007 at 3:45 am
they should starve them in prison. thats appropriate
miajemell
Jul 13, 2007 at 9:21 am
What the hell??? Again…20 yrs is not enough! They need to get life in prison! Purposely not feeding a child is not only abuse but torture! Instead of *throwing the book* so to speak….they need to thrown knives and stones…lets see how they like to be tortured….
rockdoll_71
Oct 8, 2007 at 12:09 am
They should starve them to death. That’s the only sentence I feel is appropriate for them.
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