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KRISTEN ELIZABETH TORRES
http://www.kpho.com/story/16599074/...source=va&utm_medium=rec&utm_campaign=contentPHOENIX (KPHO) -
A Phoenix mom is facing charges in the death of her 13-month-old son.
Police say Kristen Torres' son was found dead in his crib in November after being sick for days with a fever.
Police say the child started vomiting up bile and Torres was told by the doctor's office to bring the child to the Emergency Room.
The boy's father, Robert Torres, said he was too tired from helping his in-laws move. Kristen Torres said she begged her husband to take the baby and claimed she was unable to herself because of her high blood pressure.
Doctors say the child likely would have survived had he been taken to the hospital that night.
Kristen Torres was arrested Tuesday and is facing second degree murder and child abuse charges. Robert Torres is listed as a co-defendant
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http://phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/A Phoenix man was "too tired" -- and his wife's blood-pressure was "too high" -- to take an extremely ill 13-month-old baby to the hospital in November of 2010 -- despite having been told by doctors the baby needed medical attention.
The result: the baby died.
[....] 13-month-old Aiden Torres was found dead in his crib at his parents' Phoenix home.
An autopsy later revealed that the baby had died from acute peritonitis, an inflammation of the membrane which lines the inside of the abdomen and all of the internal organs.
Torres and her husband, Robert Torres, told police Aiden had been sick for two or three days prior to his death. They told detectives the baby had a fever and a distended stomach.
Torres called the baby's doctor, who instructed her to take the baby to a hospital immediately.
That never happened -- Robert Torres said he was "too tired" from helping his in-laws move to get the baby the medical attention that probably would have saved his life.
http://www.jailbase.com/en/arrested/az-mcso/2012-01-25/kristen-elizabeth-torres-p837647Booked by Maricopa County Sheriff's Office on Jan. 25, 2012
for Crimes Against Children, Homicide
Gender:FEMALE
Race:WHITE
Age:21 (on date of arrest)
Height:5'05
Weight:300
Eyes:/B]BROWN
Hair:BROWN