Nix Mary Brown was born on July 18 1998 in Waterbury Connecticut to parents nixalise Santiago and Abdul Rahman Mian and went on to live in Brooklyn New York she had two sisters and four brothers but they didn’t share the same father as many of the siblings names have been redacted from official documents we’ll be referring to some of them by their first initials during our story her mother Nick salice was raised in a tranquil household in Aguadilla Puerto Rico along with her four brothers her father left the family when she was a
young girl soon nixalese found herself pregnant with her first child Javier when she was just a teenager the father Carlos Batista Cruz didn’t stay in her life for long soon Nick’s Elise left a small coastal town and went to New York in the mid-1990s with her son in tow but she soon found love again with the duramon you see the two first met when he struck up a conversation with Nick Solis and her on as they all watched a stream fight in their neighborhood neither of them knew any of the people involved but it gave him a reason to
approach her the pair dated on and off for six months after which nixalese found herself pregnant again however if duramon didn’t want to be a father and wanted the young mother to terminate her pregnancy but she would not determined to have her baby mix Elise disappeared first to a homeless shelter near Shea Stadium and then to Connecticut where she met Edward Brown whom she later had two children as far as of durhaman’s baby nixalise named her Nix Mary a play on her own name and gave the little girl Edward’s
last name according to relatives Edward adored the children and even though Nick’s Mary wasn’t his own he still loved her as if she was however the relationship later ended and at some point Nick Solis met and married a man named Caesar Rodriguez Caesar came to New York from the Mexican state of Guerrero as a child settling in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn he went on to serve in the U.
S army and later worked as a security guard in the building in which Nick’s Elise and her children lived they later moved into a second story three-bedroom unit located at 571 Greene Avenue in Brooklyn’s Bed-Stuy neighborhood above what is now the Little Roy coffee shop mix Mary went on to attend ps256 Benjamin Banneker Magnet School of architecture and engineering just a few blocks away on Kosciusko Street she was described as a typical seven-year-old girl with lots of friends as the family spoke Spanish at home
Nick’s Mary needed help learning English while in school nixberry became friends with another little girl named Janelle who helped teach her English and check her homework mix Mary would practice writing letters at school detailing how much she enjoyed her friends and spending time with them she knew that she wanted to communicate with her friends as best as she could and even just seven years old mix Mary was very focused according to her aunt Iris Rodriguez her niece was so determined to learn English that she would go around
picking up everything she could with English on it to try to read it mix Mary now seven years old was described by her family members as a vivacious young girl who always was full of life her innocent smile and energy would light up a room she was an adorable little girl who loved to play with Barbie dolls her siblings and her cat Angel unfortunately behind that beautiful smile there was a little girl whose young mind body and spirit were being put through the worst treatment imaginable on May 16 2005 the very first
allegations of CA against young nixberry were filed at the time the little girl was in first grade and had missed 46 days of school the report also noted that nixmir’s eight-year-old brother Javier had told the school staff that Nix Mary had burned her hand on a stove and that she had fallen out of bed hitting her head and foot at the time of the report there were four other children living in the household ranging in age from one year to eight years old and Nix Elise was seven months pregnant on the same day a caseworker with the
administration for children’s services or ACS attempted to conduct a home visit at the family’s apartment which was unsuccessful on May 18th they returned conducted a home visit and interviewed the family members the interview was conducted in Spanish as it was the primary language spoken by the family the caseworker determined that the living situation was adequate there was sufficient food clothing and sleeping arrangements for the five children during this visit the caseworker noticed what appeared to be a healing injury
consistent with a burn on Nix Mary’s hand both Nick’s Elise and Caesar denied knowing how the injury had occurred axelise also noted that she was unaware that Nick’s Mary had fallen out of bed mix Mary told the caseworker that she had burned herself on the radiator in her bedroom which had been dripping hot water she also shared that she didn’t remember falling out of her bed Nix Mary’s brother Javier told the caseworker the same explanation for Nix Mary’s injury although he had originally told the reporting guidance counselor a
different story the caseworker also noticed that Javier had scratches on his face Javier told the caseworker that he had scratched himself running into a tree outside school mix Mary’s younger brother only known through reports by the initial e who was a month away from his sixth birthday told the caseworker that Nix Mary had burned her hand on the living room radiator he also said that Nick’s Mary did not fall out of bed it should be noted that the caseworker never asked Nix Mary or her siblings when she injured her hands this would
have been important as the home visit took place in mid May when the radiator shouldn’t have even been on in addition nixely shared with the caseworker that Caesar was the father of her unborn child as well as her one-year-old son Caesar Jr she told the caseworker that another man was the father of her other children that she had a protection order against him as a result of DV when she lived with him in Connecticut however the caseworker never obtained a copy of this protection order never investigated her claims of DV and never
looked into whether or not Nick’s Elise received any form of counseling these were all things that caseworkers are expected to investigate when incidents of DV are brought up with both current and past partners during this home visit the caseworker expressed concern to Nick Solis that Nix Mary appeared both shy and very thin Nixon Lee’s claimed that her daughter often refused to eat and she had discussed this problem with her doctor she told the caseworker that the children were up to date on their immunizations and provided them with the
name and telephone number of their pediatrician the caseworker obtained her signature on a consent form for ACS to review the Children’s Medical Records however the caseworker never spoke to the children’s pediatrician or obtained copies of their medical records in fact they never even looked into any of Nick’s elise’s claims when asked about Nix Mary’s absences from school nixolis did not deny that Nix Mary had missed a great deal of school she claimed that due to her pregnancy she often had trouble getting her children to school
on time however none of this really passed the sniff test according to school staff Nix Elise routinely walked her children to school and picked them up at the end of the day Nick’s Mary’s brother Javier had missed 14 days fewer than his sister and keep in mind the school wasn’t that far away it was less than a half mile from the family’s apartment this 2005 and times were different back then a lot of kids walked to school by themselves the mother further claimed that Caesar was rarely available to take the children to school
because of his work schedule he worked as a security guard at the State Building located at 55 handsome place in Brooklyn where he earned about 450 a week she shared that her husband didn’t work on Mondays and Wednesdays and on those days he helped drop off and pick up the children from school again the caseworker didn’t bother to verify these claims with Caesar’s work or the school although the caseworker was instructed by her supervisor on the day of the hotline report to contact the reporting guidance counselor the
caseworker did not speak to the counselor until June 27th nearly six weeks after the hotline report was made when the caseworker finally interviewed the guidance counselor it was by telephone not a face-to-face interview during this call the caseworker failed to mention any of Javier’s claims ACS records reflect that the guidance counselor told the caseworker that Nix Mary’s School attendance had improved although that was incorrect it was later found that next Mary had been absent for more than 50 percent of the school days
between May 16th and the end of the school year on June 28th even after the ACs home visit in fact Nix Mary had been absent from school 56 out of the possible 177 days and late on an additional 17 of them on July 7 2005 the caseworker conducted another home visit during which Caesar and the children were at home Nicks Elise had just given birth and was still in the hospital the caseworker discussed Nix Mary’s weight with Caesar he also claimed as nixalese had prior the Knicks Mary often did not want to eat at the
conclusion of the home visit the caseworker promised to provide a referral for a crib then later arranged for a crib a double stroller and a high chair to be delivered to the family the following day the caseworker closed the May 16 complaint as unfounded on December 1st 2005 Margarita Cotto a school social worker made a report to the hotline alleging that Nix Mary and her mother were being physically beaten by Caesar the social worker alleged that Nix Mary had a laceration on her forehead and a bruised eye she was very withdrawn and
she often missed school it was also noted that Nick’s Elise herself was withdrawn and passive taking no action to protect herself or the children the report further stated that Caesar intimidated all the children in the household to prevent them from discussing what was going on in the home the social worker reported that she did not want to send the children home from school because she had serious concerns for their immediate safety the report further stated that Caesar typically picked up the children from school that
Nick’s Elise was pregnant again because the reporting social worker expressed concern for the safety of the children the hotline report was routed to the instant response team or IRT at acs’s Brooklyn field office for immediate response but as with everything thus far in this story the ball was dropped along the way and there remains a significant dispute between ACS and the NYPD as to whether the report was designated as an IRT case the IRT kept a copy of the receipt showing a fax transmission of documents to the Child Advocacy Center on that day
which establishes that five pages were faxed to the Brooklyn Child Advocacy Center at 3 18 pm however there was no way to determine from this fax receipt whether these documents included the hotline report were at all related to Nick’s Mary Brown the RIT also claimed that they had a conversation with the detective and they believed that the NYPD would meet ACS staff at the school to assist in the initial interviews of the children and to provide whatever other support was necessary however the ACs caseworker and
supervisor arrived at nix Mary’s school at approximately 2 20 pm to interview the children almost a full hour prior to the facts being sent had the IRT protocol been triggered the ACs staff should have waited for the NYPD to arrive to conduct joint interviews with the children however the NYPD has strongly contested that the report was ever designated as an iot case the NYPD has also stated that at approximately 305 PM a detective from the Brooklyn CA Squad received a telephone call from the IRT seeking device about the case
according to NYPD the IRT told the detective that Nix Mary had visible injuries to her face but said that no one was alleging these injuries were intentionally inflicted the NYPD further stated the IRT told the detective that a caseworker and her supervisor were at nix Mary’s school and Caesar the children’s stepfather was on his way to the school although no criminality was alleged he seemed belligerent in a telephone call with ACS staff the NYPD detective had worked with the ACs supervisor of the Brooklyn Child
Advocacy Center and because of that prior working relationship agreed to go to the school to assist the supervisor in dealing with Caesar the NYPD stated that had the detective and the ACs supervisor not known one another the detective would have directed the IRT to call 9-1-1 for assistance as this was required by their protocol detectives arrived at the school at approximately 3 35 PM by which time the ACs staff had been at the school for over an hour and already interviewed Nick’s marry and her siblings the ACs
caseworker told the detectives that nothing was going on and relayed Caesar’s account that Nix Mary had just fallen on a piece of wood the ACs supervisor stated that they did not need any assistance from detectives although the detective offered to run a query in the nypdv database to determine if the family had a history that check ended up proving negative the ACs supervisor told the detectives that they were leaving to take the family home and did not require any further assistance from the NYPD as mentioned prior at approximately 2 20
pm on December 1st an ACS caseworker and her supervisor arrived at the school where they spoke with the interim acting principal the principal reported that Nix Mary had come to school on several occasions with bruises although the school did not call the hotline on those occasions she said she was worried because nixmer’s injuries appeared to be getting more serious the caseworker and her supervisor then interviewed Nix Mary and her three siblings next Mary had a bruised and swollen right eye and a bandaged gash above that eye about two
inches long during her interview Nix Mary claimed that she had injured herself by falling on a piece of wood in her apartment she also claimed that her stepfather had thrown the wood out after her fall and had taken her to the hospital thereafter Nix Mary’s older brother Javier repeated this story but claimed that he and his younger brother were the ones that threw the wood out Nix Mary’s younger sister known only by the initial who was five years old at this time told ACS staff that Caesar their stepfather had caused Nick’s
Mary’s injuries case workers asked her to explain how it happened but s only pointed the window and did not offer an explanation so the caseworker asked again but she simply just pointed to the window once more supervisor also attempted to interview next Mary’s brother only known by the initial e he was six years old at this time but his speech impediment made it very difficult to understand him it should also be noted that the caseworkers in question conducted these interviews in English despite Spanish being the primary language spoken at the
home by the family after interviewing the children the caseworker and her supervisor interviewed Caesar he said that Nix Mary had fallen on some wood and he would say nothing further on this matter Caesar did provide the caseworker with a copy of Woodhall Hospital’s discharge summary from Nix Mary’s visit to the emergency room on November 28th for her injuries this summary indicated that Nix Mary should return to the hospital in seven days to have her stitches removed however there are no records indicating that ACS ever contacted the hospital to
confirm the series of events with the treating physician when questioned about it later the caseworker claimed she had a phone conversation with the doctor whom she could not name and alleged that she must have forgotten to document the call the caseworker and her supervisor interviewed Nick’s Elise later that same day at the family’s apartment this was the only successful home visit conducted by ACS in the investigation of the December allegations during the interview Nick’s Elise said that she had a miscarriage on the day that Nix Mary
was injured and as a result did not see how Nick’s Mary’s injury occurred she offered to show the caseworker and her supervisor the miscarried fetus which she claimed to keep in a jar in her bedroom both of them declined this invitation on December 5th the caseworker noted in her records that ACS should consider lease for mental health services or grief counseling given that she was keeping a miscarried fetus in a jar however referrals were never made in addition there was no record that the caseworker or her supervisor asked
Caesar mix Mary or her siblings to identify precisely where Nick’s Mary had fallen on the wood once they were back at the apartment on December 6 the supervisor assigned a new caseworker to among other things conduct a follow-up home visit to introduce herself to the family during the visit she was to discuss any service needs with the family and encourage them to address a number of necessary repairs identified during the home visit most importantly she was to discuss with Nick’s Elise her desire to keep her
miscarried fetus in a jar in her bedroom and inquire whether the children had seen this fetus the caseworker was unsuccessful in conducting any follow-up home visits or addressing any of the other directives identified by her supervisor on December 8 2005 the assigned caseworker attempted to conduct a home visit but Caesar refused to allow her in claiming that no one was at home and he was about to leave Caesar came downstairs and the caseworker gave her card to him and said that she would contact him the following
day to schedule a home visit following day the caseworker called the home four times but could not reach anyone at this point the caseworker could have sought a warrant that compelled Caesar and nixalese to produce their children and allow entry into their home the family court can issue a warrant of Entry when there is probable cause to believe that a child is in danger and the caseworkers refused access to the home the family court can also issue a warrant directing that a child be brought before the court
when there is evidence a child is in danger and the parent refuses to permit an investigation however despite all of this the caseworker failed to do anything at all instead from December 16th through December 20th the assigned caseworker went on vacation the caseworker was not temporarily reassigned in ACS records reflect no activity whatsoever during this period by a substitute caseworker or anyone else at ACS at some point on December 21st or 22nd the caseworker Supervisor was contacted by school officials who reported that Nick’s
Marion or siblings had not been to school in two weeks the caseworker attempted to contact the family by telephone but learned that their telephone number was not in service the supervisor later told investigators that she attempted a home visit on December 21st or 22nd but was unsuccessful on December 23rd the caseworker made another attempt at a home visit on January 4th 2006 ACS received a telephone call from a school social worker reporting that Nix Mary and her siblings continued to be absent from school allegedly the supervisor
attempted another home visit on January 5th it should be noted that ACS records do not show documentation of any of these home visit attempts on January 10th the caseworker and her supervisors decided to request that emergency Children’s Services attempt a home visit over the following weekend however their direct supervisor expressed concerns about waiting until the weekend and directed The caseworkers to attempt another home visit that evening because the case worker had another assignment that night she was told to
wait until the following day this following day was January 11 2006. the caseworker tried to visit the home again she arrived police and EMTs were already on the scene and had been since around 4 30 that morning mix Mary was dead according to one of the EMTs when he arrived mix Mary was lying on the floor wearing only pajama bottoms with a folded up shirt underneath her head he noticed that Nick’s Mary had injuries on her face wrists ankles suspected that this was not an accident the little girl had two giant black eyes
according to the EMT nixalise and Caesar claimed to have put Nix Mary in the bathtub and then forgotten about her for three hours however according to the office of the medical examiner Nix Mary’s tiny body told a different story she had a variety of injuries to her head torso arms and legs of varying ages mix Mary was seven years old and weighed 36 pounds at the time of her death the average weight of a seven-year-old girl is 50.
4 pounds but the fact that she was wasting away wasn’t what killed her the medical examiner concluded that Nix Mary had died as a result of a brain hemorrhage caused by a Blow To The Head the most tragic part all of this could have been prevented had the caseworker made the home visit on January 10th that evening Caesar flew into a rage when he learned that his computer printer wasn’t working one of Nick’s Mary’s siblings blamed the whole thing on her in addition he noticed that a single cup of yogurt was missing from the refrigerator when he asked Nix Elise who had taken it
she blamed Nix Mary this caused Caesar to go berserk while Nick’s Elise looked on Caesar started beating her small body with closed fists at full force and then took off his thick leather belt and began to strike her with it he kept saying this is for your own good Caesar stripped the little girl and dragged her into the bathroom and turned on the cold water from the bathtub faucet and thrust her head underneath the freezing water allegedly loud banging noises and Nix Mary screaming for her mommy could be heard throughout
the apartment finally Caesar grabbed Nix Mary by her head and slammed into the bathtub at full force The Stepfather tossed her battered and severely malnourished body onto the floor of a filthy bedroom where she was kept like a prisoner for her remaining day there she lay on the floor in the fetal position moaning in pain and uttering some of her final words which were mommy mommy don’t leave me while laying there alone on the cold wooden floor Nick’s Mary would have gone through all of the stages of death from a brain bleed a headache nausea
confusion sleepiness a coma and then finally respiratory depression both Cesar Rodriguez and nixalise Santiago Rodriguez were arrested their surviving children were placed in foster care Caesar was charged with second-degree homicide as well as first and second degree manslaughter he was also charged with sa criminal possession of a weapon and child endangerment as well as other charges related to the mistreatment of Nix Mary’s surviving siblings Nick’s Elise was charged with many of the same charges as her husband as well as
reckless endangerment for witnessing her daughter’s mistreatment and failing to report it or seek medical attention at trial that what was occurring behind closed doors of 571 green Avenue in Bed-Stuy prosecutors unveiled a child’s wooden school chair with a length of nylon twine tied to it a blood-stained Donald Duck pillow a cat litter box with its contents which included 13 lumps of human excrement a blanket trailing with a piece of duct tape one by one each of the items were unwrapped like gruesome presents for the jury to see but how did
these items relate to the case well according to Caesar’s own videotape statement the chair was used whenever he felt that Nick’s Mary was misbehaving she was tied to it with twine duct tape or bungee cords all of which cut into her ankles the blood that was on the Donald Duck pillow as well as many other clothing items and towels was Nick’s Mary’s in fact a DNA expert would later testify that blood could be found all over the apartment in the cat box this was her toilet Caesar and nixalese kept the little girl locked away in a
derelict bedroom all alone with nothing but a cat box to use to relieve herself health she was literally a prisoner in her own bedroom while the rest of her family slept on comfortable beds Nix Mary slept in a filthy rat infested bedroom on a dirty mattress jurors were shown pictures of the family’s well-stocked refrigerator full of milk pancake mix salami tortillas cream cheese lettuce and the yogurt that was missing that Nix Mary allegedly stole the night she died but instead of being allowed to Feast on the many foods
that the family had in their possession Nick’s Mary was forced to consume cat food in addition jurors were shown a shocking video that took place just 32 hours before the little girl was found dead while Bruce and battered Nick’s Mary Brown sat home alone her family was out enjoying a fun-filled shopping trip for toys her mother stepfather and five brothers and sisters were at Target picking up Power Ranger toys and sweets the tape showed Rodriguez paying cash at the Target in downtown Brooklyn’s Atlantic Center mall for Power Rangers
action figures Hot Wheels Cars Play-Doh brass dolls and Jello shortly before 7 30 pm on January 9 2006. Nick solis’s then seen leading the family and pushing her youngest son Caesar Jr in a stroller ex Mary is nowhere to be seen in this footage however Jeffrey T Schwartz a lawyer for the defense had the audacity to paint Little Nick’s Mary as a villain he described Nix Mary as a force of Destruction who terrorized her younger siblings he said she refused to be disciplined slipping the ropes that bound her to the
chair in her room he called her a little Houdini on the last night of her life in his words she needed to be corrected attorney Schwartz defended Caesar’s approach to Parenting as that of an over-taxed man doing his best to maintain order in a chaotic household he said quote it’s one thing to say Caesar Rodriguez was beating up on this little 36 pound seven-year-old girl but think about it all the other kids were younger and smaller and quote Nick’s Mary he said would cut and hit the other children and Caesar feared for their
safety as for what nicksberry did to provoke Caesar’s wrath on the last night of her life attorney Schwartz said quote it’s easy to say ah he killed a kid and beat her because of yogurt many of us don’t have yogurt problems but when you’re poor and you can’t afford unlimited amounts of food and you have six children you have to make sure that everyone gets what they’re entitled to get so that you can ensure that everyone stays healthy end quote you have got to be [ __ ] kidding me he went on to betray Nick’s Elise as a clear villain a
manipulative woman prone to fits of Rage who beat Nix Mary viciously saying she was responsible for an attack that sent sent the girl to the hospital just weeks before her death attorney Schwartz alleged that Nick’s Elise held resentment towards her daughter four in his opinion causing her miscarriage in fact the jury was shown a ghoulish picture of what appeared to be a miscarried fetus in a jar on Nick’s Mary’s mother’s dresser Caesar attorney Schwartz said was Nick’s elise’s knight in shining armor a hard-working man who
got her and in his words her brood out of the homeless shelter system he took the six children to nearby parks bought them toys and most importantly tried to teach them right from wrong he went on to state that Caesar had picked up some strange ways of showing his love from his own father such as holding Nick’s Mary’s head under freezing water for example as his own father had done to him but he only wanted the best for his children the defense also called Vanessa Rhoden the ACs caseworker that had visited the family on December 1st Ms
Rhoden claimed that when she went to the family’s apartment she found a home that was neatly cleaned with an abundance of food and toys she stated that Nix Mary was well groomed and dressed appropriately she concluded that the children were not at imminent risk at the time and the home was a safe environment in her opinion Ms Rhoden said that she was concerned by the fetus on display in the bedroom he said I told her it was not healthy to keep that in the house the jury also heard testimony from an unnamed inmate
from Rikers Island as we mentioned previously Caesar was also being charged with sa and this inmate had the alleged details she claimed that nixalise desired to hurt her daughter because she discovered Caesar making this little girl perform oral on him inmates said that Nick Solis referred to Nix Marius Diablo what is important to note is that even with the inmates testimony the essay charges against Caesar were dropped as the medical examiner could not find any definitive proof that the crime had occurred according to Nick’s elise’s lawyer Sammy
Sanchez his client loved Nix Mary but she couldn’t help the girl because she was dealing with so many other things including a miscarriage that Sanchez claimed was caused by Caesar he said quote you know why she didn’t call the police there was no phone he disconnected the phone he isolated the family the more violent he became the more he isolated the family end quote on March 18 2008 Cesar Rodriguez was convicted of first-degree manslaughter he faced a maximum of 29 years for the manslaughter charge weapons possession
and endangering the welfare of a child on April 3rd Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice L Priscilla Hall sentenced Caesar to a term of 26 to 29 years in prison he was given 25 years for first-degree manslaughter and one to four years for false imprisonment a jury returns a verdict in the case of a Brooklyn man charged with beating his seven-year-old stepdaughter to death New York one’s Janine Ramirez was in court throughout the trial she has more on a decision that left neither prosecutors nor defense attorneys satisfied
after a trial that lasted almost three months Cesar Rodriguez escaped a murder conviction in the beating death of his stepdaughter NYX Mary Brown he was convicted instead of first degree manslaughter that means jurors found that he recklessly intended to hurt Knicks Mary badly and that she died as a result at least they’re holding him accountable by way of manslaughter in the first degree he did kill her the issue is was it depraved indifference or was it mere Reckless they believe and they have spoken it was Reckless Rodriguez’s lawyers also
expressed disappointment in the verdict claiming if he should have been convicted of anything it should have been a lesser charge they accused the District Attorney’s Office of withholding evidence I find no Delight in him being acquitted of the top charges because I think he should have been acquitted of more of the top charges I take no comfort in the fact that he got his day in court because his day in court was perverted and was not just with New York City’s child welfare services tonight is this Justice for Nix
Mary who was battered and abused to the very end the case is not over yet Chris Glorioso is live in downtown Brooklyn tonight with a look at today’s verdicts and what happens next Chris Jim he killed his stepdaughter while punishing her for taking a yogurt snack out of the refrigerator and tonight’s Cesar Rodriguez’s lawyer says he will likely go to prison for a quarter Century but some say he got off easy instead of a manslaughter conviction they wanted a murder conviction I just don’t understand how this guy
just got away with it emotions overflowed after a jury decided not to hand Cesar Rodriguez a potential life sentence on tape he admitted to repeatedly abusing his stepdaughter Nix Marie Brown still Sullen jurors declined to convict him of the highest charge second-degree murder instead favoring manslaughter the verdict was the verdict uh you all heard it they made a determination that Cesar Rodriguez what the actions that he did did not amount to depraved indifference murder and that it was just mere Reckless the
verdict stung awilda Cordero a longtime spokeswoman for Nix Marie’s grandmother she believes Rodriguez was the primary killer he knew what he was doing to her he was dying her up he was doing all these bruises to her every day and beating her and you’re gonna tell me he didn’t know what he was gonna capable of maybe killing this little girl but putting duct tape on her hands and tied to the chair defense lawyers contend Cesar Rodriguez’s confession proves only that he was an abusive parent not a man who intended to kill the same defense
team says prosecutors abused their Duty by withholding key evidence to the district attorneys in this case I would just say shame on you for cheating and for having to cheat in a high profile case to try to secure a conviction at all costs which they were not able to even do with cheating with Rodriguez convicted of the Lesser manslaughter charge the D.
A will now try Nix Marie’s mother nixalese sariago she too faces a murder charge with nixely Santiago the theory the prosecution has always been a failure to provide prompt medical attention now the Rodriguez defense team insists that nixely Santiago the mother was indeed the parent who delivered the Fatal blow they have said Santiago became demented and convinced that next Marie was a devil after Santiago had a miscarriage in 2005 her trial will begin in the coming weeks nixali Santiago Rodriguez was found guilty of manslaughter the same verdict that
Caesar had received she was acquitted of the more serious charge of second-degree homicide however because she was also convicted of four lesser crimes including assault a lawful imprisonment and child endangerment she would face more time when sentenced nixalese was sentenced on November 12 2008 to 43 years in prison however on appeal her sentence was reduced to 33 and a third to 36 years a protection order was put in place to prevent her from seeing her other children on Friday afternoon after 18 hours of deliberation over three days
a jury of 10 women and two men convicted the mother Santiago a first degree manslaughter but acquitted her of murder the murder charge could have put Santiago away for life but as it is she’ll still face up to 33 years in prison by its verdict the jury held Santiago responsible for not stepping in and stopping the horrendous abuse inflicted on the Girl by her stepfather Cesar Rodriguez jurors heard evidence that he duct taped her mouth shut Bungie corded her to a chair and forced her to use a kitty litter box as
a bathroom prosecutor Ahmad jamo said the verdict sent a clear message because what it says and no uncertain you have a duty to your children and your duties as simple as protecting them defense lawyer Kathleen Mullen said her client was upset but nonetheless thankful that the jury did not convict on the murder charge we’re very satisfied that she was acquitted of the murder charge and we believed all along that she should have been acquitted of the murder charge but you know but I can’t lie to you we’re disappointed with
the intentional elements of the remaining charges and the convictions on those intentional Santiago’s Mother Maria Gonzalez the grandmother of next Mary Brown who has taken heed for not stepping in to stop the terrible abuse the little girl was suffering left Brooklyn Supreme Court without a word she has filed a 250 million dollar lawsuit against the city for the girl’s death the Journey For Justice for Nick’s Mary Brown almost over but our story does not end here unfortunately a protection order was not put in place to prevent Caesar Rodriguez
from having contact with the children therefore in 2014 mix Mary’s 15 year old brother was arrested after his adoptive mother told police that he essayed two relatives and has been reported that the teenager’s stepfather Cesar Rodriguez ordered him to commit this crime in 2017 Nix Mary’s biological father of duraman Mion received a three-quarter of a million dollar settlement from the city after he alleged the city failed to protect her then again he didn’t do anything to protect Nick’s Mary either Nick’s Mary’s law was proposed in
January 2006 by New York state senator Joseph Bruno shortly after these events the law is designed to deter or prevent ca-related Crimes by charging parents connected to the death of their children with first-degree homicide the maximum punishment for which a New York state would be 25 years to life in prison without the possibility of parole since the passage of the law reports have increased the New York State CA hotline Nick’s Mary’s funeral was held at Saint Mary’s Church on Manhattan’s Lower East Side her tiny body lay inside a small
coffin draped with a white and red cloth before an altar still decorated with Christmas poinsettias she was dressed in a white communion gown in Veil and looked like a little doll there was considerable anger during her burial with two sides of Nix Mary’s family present Cesar Rodriguez’s sister Ira showed up unexpectedly and her appearance prompted shouts by others to leave and at least one comment of her not being welcome NYX Mary Brown was laid to rest at the Cypress Hill Cemetery in Brooklyn New York her red granite gravestone bore the
inscription written in Italian and according to Google translate in English means an angel and in our hearts an etching of two angels peering down at a sleeping baby is situated at the top wrapped in a ribbon with the words safe in the arms of God let’s just hope that wherever Nick’s Mary is now She is safe from anyone that would wish to inflict harm upon her and is resting in peace
