JONATHAN LOPEZ Jr - 3 Months (2010)/ Charged: Father; Jonathan Lopez, Sr. - Las Vegas NV

Las Vegas Metro police said a father changed his
story several times when questioned about the death of his 3-month-old
son, who drowned in a baby bathtub last November.The child,
Jonathan Lopez Jr., was pronounced dead at Mountain View Hospital Nov.
26.According to an arrest report, the boy’s father, 25-year-old
Jonathan Lopez Sr., told investigators he had put the child in the tub
with the faucet running at around 2 a.m. and went to grab a towel.



When
he returned, Lopez Sr. said he saw the tub overflowing, according to
the report.But police said the father changed his story twice
that same day, saying he was giving the boy a bath when he fell asleep,
and later saying he had stepped away to do laundry for 3-5 minutes
before coming back to find the boy underwater.The child’s mother,
31-year-old Emilia Franco, and a roommate, told police they didn’t know
what happened.In late January, authorities conducted a second
round of interviews with the couple. Detectives noted in their report
that several beer cans had been found in a trash can at the couple’s
home on Harvest Valley Avenue, near Gowan Road and El Capitan Way.During
the second interview, Franco is quoted telling police Lopez Sr. was
drinking the night their son died, but she didn’t think he was drunk.Detectives
said they didn’t believe Lopez Sr.’s description of the incident,
noting that the baby tub had a safety opening to prevent overflow, and
didn’t overflow when the faucet was left on for 10 minutes.Lopez
Sr. then admitted, according to the report, that the couple was drinking
and possibly drunk when he put the boy in the tub.He is quoted
telling detectives he fell asleep for about 15-20 minutes, and lied at
first because he was afraid.Lopez Sr. was arrested this week is
charged with child neglect with substantial bodily harm. He is being
held at the Clark County Detention Center.

01/17/2012

Jury Trial (10:30 AM) (Judicial Officer Smith, Douglas E.)

https://www.clarkcountycourts.us/Anonymous/CaseDetail.aspx?CaseID=8779594

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