Sickening Update: Kinship Foster Mother's 17YO Son Sexually Assaulted Toddler Leading To Their Death

[Sugar Cookie]

Santa Clara County’s embattled child protection agency placed a 2-year-old boy in foster care, where he died this month, with a relative despite the woman’s prior felony conviction for child endangerment.

Just weeks after coming under the care of Bridget Michelle Martinez, the boy, Jaxon Juarez, died in a hospital on April 9. Authorities charged Martinez’s then-17-year-old son with six counts of sexual assault of Juarez.

A felony child endangerment conviction prohibits the county’s Department of Family and Children’s Services from placing a child in her care, even in an emergency, according to the county’s own policy.

Family members of the toddler are outraged and said they plan to sue the agency because he never should have been allowed to be placed in the home, given her record.

“It is completely unacceptable,” Riley Wallace, Jaxon’s aunt who lives in Arizona, said. “They did not protect a child, and that’s their job, that’s what they took the child for, to protect him. And they failed him so terribly.”

After Jaxon was born, he lived with his mother, Brianna Burton, and his father, Albert Juarez, according to Wallace.

Wallace said Jaxon’s mother passed away last year due to alcohol abuse, and around the same time, the county took custody of the child. Jaxon lived initially with another foster family, Wallace said, before being placed with his maternal grandfather near Sacramento for six months.

Due to the distance from the boy’s father in the South Bay, where the county agency required the grandfather to bring the boy regularly for visits, Jaxon’s grandfather was unable to continue serving as a guardian, Wallace said. Jaxon was transferred in late February to live with Martinez, a cousin of Albert Juarez.

Wallace said her family in Arizona asked the county to let Jaxon live with them, but they were turned down due to the distance from Jaxon’s father and told they’d need to wait for Jaxon to be put up for adoption.

Wallace said her family would have taken him “in a heartbeat” and provided a good home for him.

We have the room. We have the capability of taking him,” she said. “With this case, nothing made sense.”

Martinez’s son, charged with sexual assault, is set to appear in juvenile court on Monday, April 20. Martinez was also arrested earlier this week, but as of Friday afternoon, she was no longer in custody.

South Bay Toddler Placed With Woman Convicted of Child Endangerment Before Death | KQED

Jaxon Juarez died just weeks after being placed with Bridget Martinez.

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Baby raper and his mother

 

[Sugar Cookie]

 

[runninfawn]

what a sweetie .....

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A California teenager has been charged with the murder of his two-year-old cousin and foster brother after allegedly sexually abusing and assaulting the toddler numerous times, causing his death.

At around 1:06 p.m. local time on April 5, the police responded to reports of toddler Jaxon found “unresponsive in his crib” with bruises all over his body in San Jose. He was sent to a local hospital in critical condition, according to the San Jose Police Department (SJPD) and Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office.

“Upon arrival, on-scene medical personnel conducted life-saving measures,” said the SJPD. “...Medical personnel at the hospital discovered the victim had several suspicious traumatic injuries and was placed on life support.” Jaxon died four days later in the hospital on April 9.

On April 8, Jaxon’s 17-year-old foster brother was arrested in San Jose for allegedly sexually abusing and assaulting the toddler, based on evidence gathered in the police investigation. The charges were amended following Jaxon’s death as the case became a homicide investigation, per the SJPD.

“In addition to murder, prosecutors also charged the suspect with nine new felony charges, including child assault causing death and assault with a hair tie,” said the DA’s Office. “Multiple counts of sexual assault – including forced sodomy – have already been filed against the suspect.”

The suspect, who has turned 18 following the alleged crimes, was booked into the Santa Clara County Juvenile Hall. The DA’s Office is urging to take the case to adult court over the serious charges.

Jaxon was placed in a foster home in February. “Evidence showed that the child … had been repeatedly assaulted, sexually and physically, since he was placed in the foster family home in February,” said the DA’s Office.

Jaxon's foster parent was his cousin’s mother, who had a previous conviction of felony child endangerment in 2014, ABC 7 Eyewitness News reported. The police said that his caregiver has a “concerning criminal history.” She was also arrested after being accused by the police of not fully cooperating in the investigation and was later released.

https://people.com/teen-charged-with-alleged-murder-and-assault-of-2-year-old-11954716

The Kinship foster mother needs to be arrested.

This is just sickening... I bet it was the responsibility of the baby raper to take care of this child and foster mother did nothing but collect a check.

 

[BuffettGirl]

I'd love to hear this sickos explanation. Well, no I wouldn't, but I want to hear it because I want to know what lie did he have to tell himself that somehow made what he was doing to that baby OK in his mind? That's the part that fascinates me regarding crime. The lie they have to tell themselves to switch from a thought to a deed and to somehow make that OK in their minds. And do they know that they're lying to themselves? Do they care even a tiny bit? I NEED to know!