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A Sandy mother of two was arrested Monday after police said her 7-year-old son was found not breathing in a home, after suffering significant head trauma.

According to a probable cause statement released in court, on Monday, Sandy Police and Fire were dispatched to a home on a report of a 7-year-old boy that was unresponsive.

The reporter of the incident, Reyna Flores, told police that the boy had gone to the bathroom in a diaper and she left him in the shower for nearly an hour, checking on him "occasionally."

The statement said that when crews arrived at the scene, the boy was not breathing and had no pulse.

“[Investigators] noted multiple injuries and scars on NC’s [the boy’s] body in various stages of healing,” police said. “[He] had older burns on parts of his body as well as what appeared to be scars or ligature marks on his neck.”

The boy was taken to a local hospital, then flown by helicopter to Primary Children’s Hospital, where “significant head trauma was revealed,” the statement said.

Doctors at the hospital told police that the head injuries were inflicted on the boy by one person during a single event. When investigators looked in the shower where Reyes said the boy was found, they located a small amount of blood on the floor.

Witnesses detailed incidents of alleged possible abuse to police, which was written about in the statement:
“A witness told police that Reyna and her two children are the only people who currently live in the home. That witness has reported Reyna to DCFS in the past, because he suspected she was abusing [the boy]. [The boy] constantly had new bruises, marks and injuries. Another witness reported that he would often hear Reyna screaming and yelling. Though he did not see her abuse [the boy], he believes that is what was happening. He got sick of the screaming and yelling and decided to move.”
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A 7-year-old Sandy boy who was critically injured in an alleged abuse case died from his injuries Thursday, police said.

The boy had been in critical condition at Primary Children's Hospital since Monday night. His name has not yet been released because police have had difficulty reaching next of kin, Sandy Police Sgt. Jason Nielsen said.

The boy's mother, 31-year-old Reyna Elizabeth Flores-Rosales, was arrested and booked on suspicion of child abuse and endangerment early Tuesday morning. Official charges have not yet been filed as police continue to investigate, but Nielsen added that police plan to push the Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office to file a charge of child abuse homicide, as well.

Neighbors had reported abuse prior to Monday's incident, Nielsen said. A witness told police Flores-Rosales had been reported to the Department of Child and Family Services in the past, Nielsen said.
 
A Sandy mom has been formally charged with murder, sexual abuse and child abuse in the death of her 6-year-old son.

Reyna Flores-Rosales, 31, was arrested last month on suspicion of child abuse after her son suffered severe injuries and later died.

Charging documents indicate the boy had severe injuries in various states of healing when he was found, and those wounds included a “full thickness burn” over large portions of intimate areas.

He also had several old scars and numerous other burn marks on his extremities, as well as bruising and swelling on his head.

The child also had linear scars in a horizontal pattern on his neck, and he had open sores on his hands and feet.

Further testing revealed a rib fracture and swelling of the brain. That hemorrhage is ultimately what contributed to the child’s death.

Medical experts told investigators, “that there is not an accidental explanation for all of the above injuries and that all of the injuries [victim] suffered were the result of inflicted trauma,” charging documents state.

The woman is a single mother and the sole caregiver to her child. Police had previously stated the boy is 7 but court documents indicate he was 6 when he died. The woman’s 10-month-old child also lived at the home.
 
The jury trial for a mom accused of child abuse and aggravated murder in causing the death of her son began Monday. Prosecutors said the alleged abuse was related to potty training.
Reyna Flores-Rosales, 34, has been charged with three counts of child abuse, a second-degree felony, and the aggravated murder of her son, a first-degree felony. She sat in front of Utah's 3rd District Court Judge L. Douglas Hogan and a jury of seven women and five men on Monday as she listened to a Spanish interpreter repeat what was being said about her case.
Richard Pehrson, deputy county attorney, showed the jury the last texts she sent about her 6-year-old son, Norlin. In the text sent hours before she called 911 on Feb. 25, 2019, Flores-Rosales said she would leave him on the toilet until he poops, and "this is exhausting."
The attorney said Norlin died from blunt force trauma to his head — determined not an accidental injury — and had other wounds all over his body that would have been incredibly painful. The wounds were in various stages of healing, including a significant burn on the child's back and buttocks, according to Pehrson.
He also cited the mother's guilt and a constantly changing story as evidence in the case. Pehrson said Flores-Rosales initially said she was the only person who watches her son and that his clumsiness and insistence on using hot water caused the injuries — later she blamed the injuries on other people, including a man who lived downstairs.
The attorney played videos of Flores-Rosales talking to her son, including a clip where he expressed worries about getting punished. Pehrson showed photos of the boy's many injuries and played a 911 call where Flores-Rosales urgently requested aid for her son, whom she said she had left alone in the bathroom.
Deborah Kreeck Mendez, an attorney representing Flores-Rosales, asked the jury to be aware of how painful the trial is to her client, and said the loss of a child is devastating for everyone. She pointed out that in the 911 call, her client was frantic, and the events had been devastating to her.
Mendez said officers only ever considered the mother and may have overlooked evidence pointing to others. She said, at the time of the boy's death, Flores-Rosales was in an unmanageable situation due to a lack of money and the presence of drugs, specifically involving her downstairs neighbor, who was later convicted of being a drug dealer.

"Everything was stressful, everything was chaotic," she said.
Mendez said the downstairs neighbor would turn the heat on the water heater up, a possible explanation for the burns, and because of the neighbor's complaints, she was no longer able to use the washer and dryer in the garage and needed to go to the laundromat, making the potty training difficulties even harder on the mom.

Mendez said Flores-Rosales was asking for help from her family and the boy's father in Honduras, which is why the videos about her frustration with her son were on her phone, and was trying to send her son there where more people could help.
She told the jury aggravated murder is the highest charge possible and it was not the right charge for this situation.

This is one of those cases where you know the child had a miserable existence.

I don't think any sentence will be justice for what she did to her son.
 
A jury has found a Sandy mother guilty of abusing her young son and causing his death.

Reyna Flores-Rosales called 911 on Feb. 25, 2019, to report that her 6-year-old son Norlin needed emergency medical care. As doctors treated the boy, they found he had many wounds, in various stages of healing, including a severe burn.

The jury also found Flores-Rosales guilty Tuesday of two counts of intentional child abuse, a second-degree felony, and one count of reckless child abuse, a third-degree felony.
Defense attorney Deborah Kreeck Mendez, in her opening arguments for the trial, did not deny abuse was happening but encouraged the jury to think about how painful the trial would be for the mother, and said the loss of Norlin was devastating to her. She said her client was in the process of trying to move to Honduras where she would have help with parenting from family and the boy’s father.
She talked about struggles Flores-Rosales was going through at the time of Norlin’s death, and argued that aggravated murder, the most severe charge available, did not fit the situation.

The jury’s choice of reckless child abuse homicide shows that they, too, did not think the mother’s actions rose to the level of aggravated murder, but the mother did ignore major unjustifiable risks. The charge is a first-degree felony under Utah code, while criminally negligent child abuse homicide, another option the jury was given, is a second-degree felony.
 
A Sandy mother who was charged in connection to the death of her young son in 2019 was sentenced to prison on Monday.
Reyna Flores-Rosaleswill spend five years to life in state prison for the charge of first-degree felony reckless child abuse homicide, one to 15 years for each of the two counts of second-degree felony intentional child abuse and zero to five years for third-degree felony reckless aggravated child abuse.

All sentences will run consecutively.
"Today’s sentence is what we as a community can do for the tragic loss of Norlin’s life," said Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill in a statement. "No amount of time will be long enough for the crime this defendant committed and the manner in which she did it. My office will send a letter to the Board of Pardons and Parole requesting Ms. Flores-Rosales be kept in prison as long as possible."
In March 2019, police and fire crews were called to a Sandy home where Rosales reported she found her son, Norlin Cruz, unresponsive on the floor of a shower.

When responders arrived, they found Norlin had no pulse and wasn't breathing.
Further investigation revealed he suffered "multiple injuries and scars" on his body, FOX 13 News previously reported, including deep wounds, cuts and scrapes across his entire body.
Cruz was taken to Primary Children's Hospital, where he later died. A CT scan revealed significant head trauma, which medical experts told police had no "accidental explanation."

An investigation revealed people suspected the child had been abused and has previously reported Rosales to the Division of Child and Family Services.
Gill described the case as one of the "worst cases of child abuse" that he had seen in his nearly 28 years as a prosecutor.
 
Instead of seeking assistance from a therapist, teacher or Dr. She screams at the child and beats him, to death! She had the nerve to complain about her stressful life! How stressful the children’s lives must have been, knowing that your life was going to be more abuse being beaten, burned and bullied by your mother!
 

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