KRISTOPHER POSADA - 7 Weeks(2010) - Reno NV

A memorial service for Kristopher Posada has been scheduled for 2 p.m.,

March 6, at the Wilbur D. May Arboretum Labyrinth Garden at Rancho San
Rafael Regional Park in Reno.
The service is to remember Kristopher, a 7-week-old, who died of

child-abuse related injuries, and to serve as a reminder of the dangers
of child abuse.For more information, or how to donate, contact Vanessa Villarreal at 530-9377.
Kristopher
died Feb. 13 of what authorities said was blunt force trauma to his
head.
His mother, Josela Posada, 30, was arrested this week on charges
related to his death.

Posada's 1-year-old daughter is in emergency foster care.Authorities
said that Kristopher suffered brain injuries from being shaken,
and
also had first and second-degree burns to his groin and genital area.

A 7-week-old baby who police said died at the hands of his 30-year-old
mother suffered severe burns on his torso and genitals, and died of
inflicted head trauma, according to court records.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have also placed a hold on Josela
Posada, who is suspected of being in the country illegally from El
Salvador.
Posada was arrested Tuesday night following her third interview with police
since her infant, Kristopher Posada, died Feb. 13. The boy died in his
crib while his mother and 1-year-old sister slept nearby. The family
lived together at Riverwood Apartments on Kuenzli Street, where Posada
also worked as a housekeeper. Posada was booked into the
Washoe County Jail on suspicion of murder and child abuse causing
substantial bodily harm and remains without bail.An
autopsy revealed the boy died of inflicted head trauma, and had brain
injuries similar to what experts say are related to shaking a child,
records show. He had injuries in various stages of healing, from days
to weeks. Kristopher suffered broken ribs, and first and second-degree
burns to his torso and genitals.During earlier interviews
with police, Posada blamed the burns on “diaper rash” and said she
shook him a few times when he was crying, but did not hurt him. She
claimed he did not have visible injuries. Later, she said he was
accidentally burned the day before his death when she gave him a bath
in too hot water. Posada eventually told police the boy had previously
fallen a couple times, “hard” on his head.According to
court records, Kristopher’s well-being had been in question by
neighbors and apartment complex staff since Jan. 27 when they heard the
baby screaming as if he were in pain, and learned he had not been
eating. When they offered to help Posada get the boy medical attention,
she refused.The
next day Posada went to the Reno Pregnancy Center without the child,
and was told by a nurse to take the boy to urgent care, or an emergency
room after she reported he would not eat. Police said there are no
records of the boy receiving medical care since his birth in December
at Renown Regional Medical Center.The day before the boy
died, Feb. 12, a teenage baby-sitter noticed he had “open blisters” and
redness to his groin and genital area, court records show. The
baby-sitter said he was vomiting, was crying excessively and had no
appetite. But Posada told the girl it was diaper rash and was using an
ointment to treat the area.Later that day, a neighbor
heard Kristopher crying excessively from Posada’s apartment about 10:30
p.m., which is when Posada told police he had been sleeping. Posada
later said Kristopher fell on his head that night when her daughter
pulled him by the legs out of his high chair.“Ms. Posada
admitted she had lied to investigators because she was fearful of the
consequences if she were truthful,” according to what detectives wrote
in a probable cause arrest declaration. “Josela Posada is solely
responsible for Kristopher’s care and placed him in numerous, dangerous
situations, causing him internal and external injuries. Symptoms were
observed by multiple witnesses and he suffered head trauma in the last
hours of his life. By her own admissions, she made no attempt to obtain
necessary medical treatment for the child.”Posada said
when she woke up about 4:30 a.m., Feb. 13, her son had died, and was
cold, indicating he had been dead for at least hours.

Nevada woman pleads guilty to shaking baby to death

POSTED BY 100GF ⋅ APRIL 1, 2011 ⋅ 1 COMMENT

A woman from Reno, Nevada has turned in a guilty plea after being accused of shaking her baby to death. 30-year-old Josela Posada was accused of shaking, beating and burning 8-week-old Kristopher, who died in February. The baby’s horrific injuries reportedly included detached retinas, whiplash, spinal cord injuries and burns to the abdomen and groin.

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Reno woman pleads guilty to murder of infant son

Page Last Updated: Friday April 1, 2011 11:54am PDT

RENO, Nev. (AP) -- A 30-year-old housekeeper in Reno faces up to life in prison after pleading guilty in to murdering her 8-week-old baby boy in February 2010.

Josela Posada admitted in Washoe District Court on Thursday she fatally abused her infant, Kristopher, by shaking, beating and burning him.

The baby's father, Orlando Vasquez, testified that Posada referred to the infant as a gay slur and never wanted the child. Medical experts say the boy suffered head, eye and spinal cord injuries, and had severe burns on his abdomen and groin.

Judge Steven Elliott set sentencing for May 26. Prosecutors earlier said they wouldn't seek the death penalty Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials also have placed a hold on the El Salvadorian woman whom they say is in the country illegally.

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