Anthony Nolan Avalos was born on May 4th 2008 in Los Angeles California as of the date that I’m sharing his story with you all he should have been celebrating his 15th birthday he was born to parents Heather Maxine Barron and Victor Avalos who are both teenagers he was also the big brother to six half siblings Named Destiny Raphael Angel Noah Bella and David soon after Anthony was born Victor who worked as a construction worker had to take off to Mexico Victor was able to keep in contact through video calls but the

mother had a difficult time making ends meet at her part-time job at a local Subway she went on to live with Anthony and later his other siblings in a cluttered chaotic apartment off of Challenger Way in Lancaster California his Aunt Maria Baron quote he was very loving and always wanted to cuddle he was a hard worker dancing was something he always enjoyed he loved watching football with his Uncle David he loved the Cowboys he loved going to the park he was good at playing video games he always enjoyed eating papoosas when his

mama would make them for him end quote his mother Heather didn’t have the greatest start in life she grew up with two older siblings named Crystal and David after her mother Wendy left her father when she was just four years old she married a man named Roger Brown who was an ex-con she’d been pen pals with while he was still serving his sentence now Wendy told the kids he’d been incarcerated for robbery but the truth came out soon enough according to Heather she and her sister were repeatedly essayed by their stepfather

now you would think after what she and her sister endured Heather would keep her son away from him but she did not now Heather would leave Anthony with Roger from time to time she said she wasn’t worried about Anthony’s safety because Roger preferred girls to boys but unfortunately as it turned out she was wrong about that when Anthony was just four years old his mother brought him to a health clinic after he claimed that someone in the family had been touching him in an inappropriate manner the visit resulted in the first of many

calls to the ca hotline DCFS records indicated that investigators concluded that the misconduct had occurred but they did not set up ongoing supervision or counseling after assurances from Anthony’s mother that she would find him help and keep him away from the person that was hurting him after he turned six his Aunt Crystal told her therapist that Heather had been beating her nephew and locking him in a room with no access to food or a bathroom being a mandated reporter the therapist called the hotline on April 29 2014 to

report what had been shared with her the call was taken seriously and DCFS became involved Anthony verified the account to a caseworker who interviewed him at a school further interviews were revealed that his mother had not gotten him counseling and due to this Anthony began acting inappropriately with another child which experts have found is not uncommon with victims of essay furthermore his siblings told them that Heather had beat him caseworkers believe there was neglect in the home and referred the family to the

Department’s voluntary family maintenance program under this program children can stay with their families while they work to resolve their issues the program is designed for low risk cases as a means to reduce the number of children in foster care however caseworkers placed Anthony into the program even though he was considered a high risk case there’s often no judicial oversight or an attorney to represent the child’s best interest which is a huge problem I’m sure you’re all familiar with the case of Gabriel

Fernandez by now Gabriel had been placed in the exact same program despite being considered very high risk one of the caseworkers assigned to Anthony was Matthew Mansfield a veteran DCFS supervisor who also played a role in Gabriel’s placement in the voluntary program in Anthony’s case Mansfield and colleague Mark Millman brought in counselors from the children’s center of the Antelope Valley to provide services for Heather and her kids according to counselor Luis Ramirez quote based solely on the information provided by

Miss Baron the assessor believes that her capacity to provide suitable care for her children is severely limited by her poor parenting skills for judgment in denial and lack of awareness of her mental health issues end quote according to relatives Heather had a history of depression possibly even postpartum she’d have crying spells complaints of feeling empty and lost and seemed incapable of connecting with her children these weren’t just normal Blues Heather had violent bursts of aggression that seemed to be on a hairpin trigger

she would hit the children with whatever was close by a wooden spoon a ping pong paddle belt shoes or a hanger allegedly when confronted by her siblings about the rampant mistreatment of her kids told them that what punish her kids was her own business despite having these types of mental and emotional issues Heather continued to have more children by now she was 24 with four kids and she was pregnant again caseworkers in Los Angeles County weren’t taking what Anthony was going through very seriously they refused to remove him from

Heather’s care even after the six-year-old wrote a note threatening to take his own life as well as appearing in school with facial wounds from a BB gun and finally after he told his teacher that his mother was hurting him Wendy Wright another counselor at the Children’s Center who spent significant time with Anthony and his mother called the hotline on October 14th to report that Heather grabbed one of Anthony’s siblings violently and dragged him across the room she consistently talked about her children in derogatory terms and

displayed nothing but anger towards them Ms Wright told the hotline operator that Mark Millman was slow to respond to her phone calls and did not seem to take action when she finally reached him her call was later dismissed as unsubstantiated it takes about two hours per child okay I was there in the morning then I came back in the afternoon um and I was there a very long time um I saw nothing but anger towards those children herbal abuse emotional abuse towards any of them so okay she seems completely detached

Shane bulkley another DCFS worker who was assigned to investigate Wendy Wright’s report wrote in his notes that Heather cursed yelled and acknowledged hitting her kids with a belt he quoted Mark Millman as saying given the children in their age and their behavior she is doing all she can however both Shane bulkley and Mark Millman later declined to comment on that statement on November 5th 2014 yet another therapist at the Children’s Center Crystal gee called the hotline to report that one of the children told her

mommy whips our asses Mark Millman did follow up with Miss gee but the conversation was brief at best we’ve mentioned previously a scoring system that DCFS uses to rate the children that enter their program the voluntary family maintenance program was supposed to service low-risk cases despite Anthony being considered high risk Gabriel Fernandez’s very high risk well Anthony was evaluated once more yet again he scored High and a recommendation for increased supervision was given as a result however Shane bulkley and his supervisor overruled

this recommendation and closed the investigation saying they did not have evidence to substantiate the allegations at the close of 2014 Mark Millman and his supervisor Matthew Mansfield took the Children’s Center off the case and enlisted a new agency Hathaway sycamore’s Child and Family Services which again had provided similar services to Gabriel Fernandez through its counselor Barbara Dixon it’s unclear why the switch was made and Crystal gee considered her removal and its timing very odd now Barbara Dixon probably

wasn’t the best fit for Anthony’s case either as she had completely failed Gabriel prior it should be noted how she talked about her role in Gabriel’s case when she testified in court in 2017 during the criminal case against Gabriel’s caseworkers she claimed she witnessed extensive injuries but withheld the information from the hotline despite a state law requiring her to report all suspected abuse in exchange for her testimony she was granted immunity she was still allowed to keep her job and manage cases of

children who clearly were in need of intervention to No Surprise she was also no help to Anthony after she was assigned to his case the focus of Barbara’s counseling to reduce the dysfunction in the family was directed at Anthony not Heather her case notes show that she counseled him to listen to his mother more attentively and to finish his homework I wonder if she’d tell a battered woman that she wouldn’t get hit if she didn’t burn the dinner I digress Barbara’s notes spanning from February 2015 to January 2016 when Anthony was

aged six and seven depicted him as prone to whining crying and Tantrums that she said made parenting him difficult but Barbara wasn’t even taking proper notes to document Anthony’s case for example some of her notes were cut and pasted from one session to the next and they did not mention the new allegations that arrived at the hotline during the time that she worked with the family and of course she declined to comment on this fact in April 2015 Heather’s Brother David introduced her to Kareem Ernesto Leyva A co-worker of his at a Santa

Clarita shipping facility the two began a relationship that would span years and eventually produce more children we should talk for just a moment about who fathered who in the bear and leave a household as it’s somewhat confusing as we mentioned previously Anthony’s father was Victor Avalos Destiny Raphael and Angel were born to two different fathers none of whom stuck around Noah Bella and David were all born to Kareem the family of 10 all lived together in a three unit at the Village Point Apartments off East

Avenue K in Lancaster within months of their introduction the father of one of Heather’s youngest children told police that Kareem was hurting his son on April 27 2015 Sheriff Deputy Elijah Goff again interviewed the boy who was then two years old he told him that his mother’s boyfriend had violently grabbed him by the ear leaving it bruised and cut Deputy wrote that he saw the wounds himself but when Sheriff’s Detective Chris Wyatt got the report he made no attempt to find Kareem recommended no charges and ended the investigation

DCFS workers also did not locate and interview Kareem at any point over the three years they investigated the family even though they suspected he was at the home regularly on nights and weekends it also did not follow the Department’s rules requiring them to contact his other children or their mothers if they had or if they pulled court records they would have seen that two other women had restraining orders against him after they separately told judges that Kareem beat them with their children present it was also clear that Kareem hadn’t

changed his ways because as the relationship progressed Heather told caseworkers that he began manhandling her as well DCFS opened a case in dependency court for The Sibling but unfortunately not for Anthony and the other children in the home soon thereafter one of the assigned DCFS case workers Anna shortino saw visible marks and bruises on the siblings face and left arm which Heather claimed were due to a fall in the shower on June 12 2015 Ms shortino called the hotline and stated that she doubted the claim but

wanted it recorded as she put it to cover our butts the case was later closed as unsubstantiated you’re alleging more physical abuse by an unknown perpetrator or no which what’s what’s our allegation would you say I know you would have to have to put stuff cover our butt I know DCFS guidelines nevertheless required the allegation to be sent to police for a criminal investigation the assignment went to sheriff’s deputy Billy Cox who had been disciplined in the past for failing to properly investigate an unrelated CA allegation according to

Deputy Cox he never contacted Heather or Karim he stated quote it was routine and common practice that if a referral was called in by a social worker that we basically rubber stamped it so to speak and sent it through end quote by September 2015 Anthony was enrolled at Lincoln Elementary School in Lancaster California in talking with Anthony vice principal Gia grow had become increasingly concerned he told Ms grow that his mother beat him and locked him in a room with no access to food water or a bathroom he shared that his mother’s

boyfriend forced him to kneel on uncooked rice and pushed on his knees as he knelt so that way he would bleed he also described what was called the captain’s chair which was a form of discipline that required him to hold a squatted position for a long period of time with his arms outstretched appalled by what Anthony shared she called the hotline on September 18th a little boy told that told me today that he moved out of his home and into his aunt’s home he and his brothers and sisters because his mom was hitting them and locking

them up in their room for long hours I’m thanking them putting them to do Captain’s chairs in the corner okay what is that Captain he demonstrated it for me where he has to put his back up against the wall and kneeled down like bend down so it’s like I mean it’s a size strengthening exercise it could also be considered like discipline if you’re making a child do that for a long time okay and you said locking them up where and the um their rooms for hours on ends and so the aunt went and took them okay they’ve now gone to go live without

around the same time Anthony’s Uncle David Barron heard the same alarming stories from the children during a visit to his home they told him about being locked in a room and they said Kareem also ordered the captain’s chair punishment Additionally the children said that Kareem whipped their faces and legs with a belt and dangled Anthony’s younger half-brother upside down from a staircase when Heather came to pick up her children David and his wife Maria physically blocked her from taking them and called 9-1-1

sheriff’s deputy Michael Gallardo responded and called the hotline to report what had happened according to Deputy Gallardo they seemed pretty shaken up when they talk to him about it I’m a couple other kids and a couple of the kids have told me some things that uh make me not want to release them right now um I’m not going to release them uh basically they’re saying that the guy Kareem that I referred to earlier he um he’s been pretty physically abusive to him hit him with belts in the face hit him with belts on the leg uh he put him

in like a seated squat position against the wall for tons of time on in he locked them in the bedrooms apparently he held the youngest Raphael by his ankles over uh the flight of stairs and that wasn’t even from Raphael that was from Destiny gave you that information and uh I tend to believe the kids they seem pretty shook enough when I talked to him about it um Mom at this point says she’s willing to leave him here with brother brothers willing to have them stay here okay so that’s where I’m at okay so you’re leaving them with the

brother for um for how long um yeah I guess until you guys come out and uh do that referral that you guys have open right now the five day referral the next day David called the hotline himself he’s told the operator that the children confided that they had been locked in a room so long that they urinated and defecated on themselves when their mother’s boyfriend got angry they said that he threw dirty diapers at them slammed them into walls and dragged one of Anthony’s half Brothers by the ear leaving it scabbed and bruised he

stated that the children were so hungry that they hoarded food when asked how long this had been happening the children could be heard in the background responding a thousand weeks David told the hotline worker that Heather was self-harming around the children and saying that she hates life and noted that he had pictures of her harming herself saying that she wanted to die he also told the operator that Kareem was a member of the MS-13 gang that he was afraid of what he would do next to the floor let me pick him up and throw him on the

floor are they like rough plan or is he doing this intentionally um he’s admitted he doesn’t like the kid so he just treats him like crap just because he doesn’t like them because he’s too hyper and stuff so he he locks them in their rooms and he’s grabbing him by his ankles because they had a two-story house and he would hang him upside down by his ankles and start shaking him like oh I’m gonna drop you if you don’t stop and like I was thinking if he slips one time that kill the baby the kid so okay when did all of this happen what

the um we just found out about it but I guess it’s been going on for months now and they uh my sister and him said if they would tell anybody that they would be in a lot of trouble and then when I saw the bruises I asked um Raphael like what happened and he told me so I separated the kids and I asked each one individually so that way they couldn’t just say the same story and they all told me the same exact thing he wouldn’t feed them until Mommy came home he would give him cold showers and then you’re like do you know what an

Indian burn is [Music] and he was doing that to him also and then throwing dirty diapers at their heads and so come since your sister and Kareem stated that if they told anyone they would be they would be in trouble yes and then um after Destiny told us uh we let my sister know like do you know that Kareem’s abusing your child and she’s like no no no it’s not true and then when she took her home she um she kept telling her you need to say it’s not true it’s not true and Destiny said I’m not gonna lie I need to tell the police

the truth because we told her we were gonna until the cops and so she grounded Destiny and locked her in the room and didn’t let her come out until the next day two days later DCFS caseworker Ikea Vernon met with Anthony at his aunt and uncle’s home he told her everything he also told her quote Heather is my old Mom this is my new house I am part of the baron family now I’m never going to see Heather again she locks us up in our rooms and makes us starving end quote Ms Vernon then called Barbara Dixon in two

other Hathaway sycamores counselors who had been working in the home for seven months they were supportive of Heather’s parenting during the discussion according to miss Vernon’s case notes each service provider reported that they have never heard anything from the children about abuse and neglect Ikea Vernon had recently joined the Department her notes indicated that she was unwilling to draw a conclusion based solely on what the children told her when David and Maria showed up at the DCFS office for answers about the

investigation Miss Vernon turned them away and told him that they could get information only from Anthony’s mother the couple left unaware that they could have filed a formal petition to ask the court to intervene still in possession of her parental rights Heather brought her kids home during the last week of September 2015.

according to Ikea Vernon she met with Anthony at Lincoln Elementary where he shared with her that his mother was starting to be nice and she does a new thing where she does not lock the bedroom door anymore a month later Anthony and his siblings recanted their allegations against Heather and Kareem in December of 2015 Ikea Vernon marked the allegations from geogrow Deputy Gallardo and David Barron as unsubstantiated she also used a computer system to score the family’s risk but once again rated it high and recommended a greater level of

intervention Ms Vernon and her supervisor however decided against any further action she later stated that her decision relied on the children recanting their prior claims and was unaware that victims often retract their accounts and situations like these the following month Barbara Dixon and Hathaway sycamores ended their work with the family but this wouldn’t be the last time that DCFS was involved in the bear and leave a household on April 28 2016 Mildred blue a teacher providing services to Heather at a battered

women’s shelter reported to the hotline that her children arrived with bruises and said that Kareem had forced them to fight each other at home they also appeared hungry with one of the children eating out of the trash again the children denied the allegation when interviewed by DCFS caseworkers who in turn decided that there was no need to follow up sheriff’s deputy Billy Cox also received a report of Ms Blue’s hotline call he too decided not to follow up in doing so Deputy Cox violated his own Department’s policy which requires

detectives to conduct independent investigations of CA and not to rely solely on DCFS reports even if their claim is unsubstantiated near the end of 2016 at least one more call to the hotline arrived regarding Anthony’s family but there were little to no details other than the fact that case workers marked it as unsubstantiated once again between February 28 2013 to November 2nd 2016 12 calls were made to the hotline regarding the family and Anthony and his siblings still remained in their mother’s care around this time Heather cut ties with

her brother David her Sister Crystal her sister-in-law Maria and the Educators who made claims against her as with many cases we’ve covered where parents facing multiple accusations of CA end up pulling their kids from school Heather moved Anthony to El Dorado Elementary where they had no idea about his prior history as a victim there he got to know his new fourth grade teacher Harmony Bell Anthony was the fastest runner in his fourth grade class he earned a place on the honor roll and his teacher noticed an uncommon emotional maturity for a boy

his age he often collected his thoughts before speaking and asking if he could step out of the room and take a few deep breaths when a new student joined the class he asked to move to the neighboring seat hoping that he could be the friend the newcomer needed according to miss Bell Anthony was often nervous about something he held his Bible tightly throughout the day once quaking with tears when it fell to the floor on the last day of school Anthony wrote her a letter it read Dear Mrs Bell thank you for teaching me everything you could it

was such a blessing to meet you I just hope that when I’m going to six that you can come to New Vista so I can see you still I hope that you can come to my high school middle school and college that way we will see each other for school years without a problem because how close we are and how we are best buddies and friends I just want to stay with you forever but I can’t I just hope you have a good rest of your life because you already know that I’m going to have a good life love Anthony Avalos your friend Mrs Bell wrote in his report card

Anthony absolutely amazes me he is so kind and considerate to others arrives on time keeps a smile on my face all day long I can’t imagine my class without him for the summer of 2018 wasn’t going to be full of trips to the beach and Anthony wasn’t going to make it to sixth grade or see Mrs Bell ever again on June 18th Anthony allegedly confided to his mother that he liked boys something that his Aunt Maria would later State took great courage for Anthony to do while living in that home and only reinforced How brave that he was

Heather would later go on to tell a DCFS caseworker that Kareem overheard the conversation the following night Kareem dropped Anthony on his head repeatedly in addition he was whipped with a belt in a cord slammed into Furniture starved had hot sauce poured down his throat and was not allowed to use the bathroom on June 20th 2018 Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies responded to a 9-1-1 call from Heather at about 12 15 in the afternoon they found Anthony inside the apartment and he wasn’t responding the deputies were told that

he had suffered injuries from a fall and paramedics rushed him to the Antelope Valley Hospital in grave condition Anthony’s Aunt Maria learned of Anthony’s condition and went to the hospital where she found Heather in the hallway when Heather hesitated to let her see her nephew Maria crouched at her feet on her hands and knees on the linoleum floor to plead with her to allow her to see the boy through tear she told Heather that she was sorry for reporting her to DCFS anything to win her way in when Heather finally relented Maria found Anthony

unconscious and breathing on a ventilator his lifeless face was held by a large yellow neck brace sensors were taped around his skull recording his diminished brain activity he was just four feet six inches tall and weighed 77 pounds tiny body was covered in Cuts bruises and cigarette Burns he was so malnourished and dehydrated that his veins collapsed forcing emergency Personnel to drill into his tibia to administer an IV he had a brain bleed and suffered a traumatic brain injury due to the result of his injuries

Anthony Nolan Avalos died hours later on June 21st 2018. is only 10 years old sadly it took Anthony dying for DCFS to do anything about the horror going on inside his mother’s home as a result his six other siblings were finally removed from Heather’s care 29 year old Heather Barron and 32 year old Kareem Leyva were arrested on June 20th 2018 and charged with one count of homicide and one count of torture with regard to Anthony as well as one count of CA in the alleged beating of one of Anthony’s younger brothers

Kareem was also charged with an additional count of CA causing death some sources claim that the two were denied bail others state that they had their bail set at two million dollars each on the day of Anthony’s death district attorney Jonathan hitami and a couple of Sheriff’s Department homicide detectives spent two hours combing through Heather’s apartment searching for Clues what hatami Saw made the hair on the back of his neck stand up they found blood stains on a carpet they discovered locks on the outside of the

children’s bedroom doors there was a leather belt in a bloodied hamper in Telltale bottles of hot sauce on the night table next to Anthony’s bed under a bit of loose carpet in the corner they also discovered a pile of uncooked rice during her interrogation at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Special Victims Bureau in Lancaster D.

A hatami said he experienced an overwhelming sense of deja vu at five foot two 160 pounds with smooth doughy skin and black hair pulled back in a tight ponytail Heather looked like someone he had become familiar with five years earlier Pearl Fernandez there were other similarities as well both women were intelligent and Incredibly manipulative even while being grilled by law enforcement Heather tried to take control of her own interrogation she would ask questions instead of answering them she demanded to know what the investigators knew she had a

calculating way of turning a question over in her mind before she answered back always insisting that she was the victim according to D.A hitami she was Pearl Fernandez people were subsequently indicted by a loss less County grand jury in October of 2018 Anthony’s eight-year-old sister Destiny and his seven-year-old brother Rafael gave chilling testimony Raphael shared that he was forced to wrestle Anthony until he hurt him sometimes with his mother in Kareem watching he told investigators the children would have to fight one another to escape

punishment and eating was a privilege that they had to earn if they urinated while they were locked in a room Kareem would push their face into the puddle sometimes he would stuff a shirt in their mouth to muffle the screams Destiny shared a similar story she stated that Kareem would also make the kids beat each other up she said quote so the boys would be in trouble so Kareem would have me and my brother beat up Anthony or me and Anthony beat up my other brother Kareem would have us pinch him or sock him end quote

she also shared that they were made to stand in a corner for hours after returning home from school quote sometimes you would like go in the hallway the little wall between my room and my mom’s room we would have to go there on our knees and carry books and with two weights on top tied all together we would have to hold it for like 10 minutes end quote if the books fell she alleged they were made to start over for another hour Destiny claimed that her mom and Kareem would punish them by making them kneel on rice and that Kareem sometimes used

his foot to put pressure on their knees causing them to bleed afterwards she said she was forced to clean it up evidence also showed they were hit with power chords vacuum tubes as well as Fists she went on to say that food was often withheld as punishment and that after the boys were caught sneaking out for food an alarm was placed on their bedroom door the boys were also allegedly forbidden from leaving the room to go to the bathroom which led to further punishment if they soiled themselves she said quote cream would hold their legs make them

lay down and put their face in the P end quote authorities allege that over the last five or six days of his life Anthony suffered a slew of punishments both quick and prolonged punishments that in addition to kneeling on rice for lengthy periods included having hot sauce poured on his face and mouth being whipped with a belt on his body legs buttocks and the bottom of his feet and being repeatedly held upside down and dropped on his head on March 6 2019 a verdict in Heather Maxine Baron and Karim Ernesto leyva’s trial was reached

the decision was announced by Superior Court Judge Sam Oda on the following afternoon both were found guilty of first-degree homicide with a special circumstance involving the infliction of torture the court finds defendant Kareem Ernesto Leyva guilty of first-degree murder under a theory of torture murder in violation of penal code section 187 subdivision a Court also finds the special circumstance allegation against defendant lab of pursuant to penal code section 190.

2 subdivision a paragraph 18 to be true the core finds dependent Heather Maxine Barron guilty of first-degree murder under a theory of torture murder in violation a penal code section 187 subdivision a the court also finds the special circumstance allegation against defendant Baron pursuant to penal code section 190.

2 subdivision a paragraph 18 to be true on this count defendant Labor’s Guild is primarily established inter-alia through the medical evidence presented in the trial including trial testimony of doctors photographic and documentary exhibits defendant leyva’s own admissions made on September 27 2018 defendant Labor’s flight from the apartment when 9911 was called on June 20th 2018 defendant Labor’s self-infliction of harm to himself slashing his own neck observed at his interview on June 27 2018 the in court trial testimony of Destiny o Raphael o and Priscilla l

and the various tape interviews of Destiny o raphaelo and Priscilla L ranging from June 20th 2018 to June 28 2018. at sentencing four years later Heather IM looked on as several of Anthony’s grieving family members delivered emotional Victim Impact statements I wish that Maria introduced her into you or us Anthony’s life my mind Raphael’s Bella to know what it’s David’s facilities Evelyn isn’t even your own lives and you decided to choose and live and you decided to choose and live and a man over us your own children

you decided to let that horrible man into our lives and help ruin everything you stopped loading and protecting us and that hurt hurt a lot Kareem you came into our life and ruined everything I don’t know why you did it who you did you tortured us and hurt us very badly if it wasn’t for you Anthony would still be here and none of us with me would have to be here doing this it is also because of Heather that Anthony is not here anymore he did not do her job she did not protect us and took part in the torture I would have never thought in a million

years that I would have wanted to call my own mother um to me you were both monsters and Heather you’re not my mother nor family if I knew that the abuse would have ended with me losing my brother I would have said something but I did it because I was not scared or put it because I was scared and terrified but I’m not anymore it is just all finally coming to an end and do both we get what had been waiting for you I have learned to accept that you guys can’t hurt me anymore I’m finally free from all the torture

interviews but if I were to have known that this would end it would me losing a brother I would do it all over again with just one difference dear judge my name is Matthew Barron I am eight years old and I miss my cousin Anthony I was a baby when I last saw him I wish I could remember all our time together but all I have is pictures and stories that my family tells me Anthony was an amazing company full of life and love he always played with me and and made me laugh I have family and I have a video that I like to play over and over

from him making me laugh when I was little we never got five we will never get to see Anthony up or grow up I never I will never get to play with my older cousin he will teach you he will get to teach me how to play he baseball or play catch with him Heather who’s post to be my aunt took Anthony away from us Heather is an evil monster and she deserves to spend the rest of her life in prison I don’t forgive heaven for taking my cousin’s back and I hope she gets beat up in jail because I just wanted to meet Anthony I hope Heather is

a horrible life Anthony’s in a better place and Sunday we’ll be together we and again and we will be able to make new memories I always carry you and my heart Anthony I love you and miss you very much thank you for your time honor thank you Matthew it has been five long years without my brother my best friend Anthony was everything to me and my family Destiny was abolished sunshine to everyone and sadly because these two monsters he is not here anymore Anthony did not deserve any other things that happened to him nor me

and Raphael I am a 13 year old girl I should not have to be here doing all this I shouldn’t be able to live an normal life they both took away my ability to live a normal life as a normal girl sometimes I wish I Could Turn Back Time and speak up to anyone but I can’t remember sometimes I wish I could turn back time and speak up to a teacher or any one of these but I can’t on April 25th 2023 Heather Maxine Barron

and Kareem Ernesto Leyva were sentenced to life in prison both were denied probation in order to pay 7 500 in victims compensation funds they’d initially faced the death penalty but Los Angeles County district attorney George gascon had said his office would no longer see capital punishment after he won his 2020 election in addition Anthony’s Father Victor and his siblings received a settlement of 32 million dollars in Damages from the Los Angeles County it should also be noted that in the wake of Anthony’s death his family along with

D.A hatami helped protest with the intention to oust D.A gascon due to his inability to put victims and their families first protests were held in Samuel and park in Palmdale as well as sooner patio grill in Lancaster in addition to Anthony’s Family in D.A hatami the family of Gabriel Fernandez was also in attendance Anthony’s funeral service was held at Saint Junipero Sarah Parish in quartz Hills California on July 20th 2018.

Father Victor served as a pallbearer he was laid to rest in a small blue casket at the Good Shepherd Catholic Cemetery in Lancaster California his headstone engraved with the image of a Sleeping Angel or the inscription you don’t have to have superpowers to be a superhero