Utah Pair Face Ice-Water Death Charges
Posted on: Tuesday, 31 July 2007, 15:03 CDT
Two people appeared in a Utah courtroom Tuesday to face charges they killed a 9-year-old boy by forcing him to remain in a tub of ice water for 45 minutes.
Josue Contreras-Velasco died of hypothermia during what was supposed to be a disciplinary measure handed out by his 19-year-old sister and her co-defendant in the kitchen of a Salt Lake City restaurant.
Rebecca Hernandez-Velasco and Pedro Gaucin-Canales, 36, face first-degree murder charges in connection with Josue's death last week.
The Salt Lake Tribune said Hernandez-Velasco's lawyer said after the hearing that the boy's death was a family tragedy that was unintentional. He maintained the charges should be reduced to a second- or third-degree felony.
Source: United Press International
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