ANGEL JIMENEZ - 5 yo (2010) - Dona Ana County (N of Las Cruces) NM

A five-year-old Anthony, NM girl is in
critical condition in at Providence Hospital in El Paso and her
27-year-old mother is now behind bars, charged with child abuse and
evidence tampering. The Dona Ana County Sheriff's Office was
called to Providence Hospital on Sunday after learning the child was
brought there unconscious and with multiple injures, according to a DASO news release.



The child's mother, 27-year-old Jessica Barron, of
Par Two Lane in Anthony, has been arrested and charged with
intentional child abuse resulting in death or great bodily harm, and
with tampering with evidence. The child remains in critical
condition, according to investigators. Anyone with information that
could assist the investigation is asked to call DASO Investigator Mark Sanchez at (575) 525-1911.

Dona Ana County sheriff’s deputies
continue their investigation after a 5-year-old girl died from injuries
inflicted allegedly by her mother.Angel Jimenez died Thursday
after she succumbed to massive internal injuries. Officials believe her
mother, Jessica Barron, 27, is responsible.South Central El Paso
resident Efrain Jimenez said he was once thought to be Angel’s
father, but DNA testing later showed otherwise. Still, the Jimenez family
maintained contact with Barron and Angel."Right now I'm very
upset about what happened. I just never thought I would go through
something like this," Jimenez said. "She was a very happy girl. She
was very likable."Jimenez said he had no indication that Angel
was being beaten."We do believe at least in the past six months
she was regularly abused. The bruises on her body were in different
stages of healing, possibly up to three weeks ago,” said Sgt. Joe
Reynaud, with the Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Office. "Her injuries
consist of bruises head to toe, more than a dozen puncture marks, a
fresh broken rib, which may have occurred in the last incident,”"She
used to come here with her mother, and she looked happy. She would
come and hug me. She would call me grandma,” said Genoveva Jimenez,
Efrain Jimenez’s mother. "I hope [Barron] gets a life sentence for what
she did. She deserves it, for what she did to an innocent 5 year old
girl that couldn't defend herself."Barron has been charged with
intentional child abuse causing death. An autopsy has been scheduled
for Saturday.

Jessica Barron, the mother accused of beating her 5-year-old daughter to
death, has a history with the department tasked with the protection of
children in New Mexico, the Children, Youth and Families Department.
But some people are questioning why the department didn't do anything
sooner.A source in the Gadsden school system reported that
several school officials made reports to CYFD, and they feel the state
didn't respond appropriately.On Thursday, Angel Jimenez was
removed from life support when her brain activity ceased. She was taken
to Providence Hospital in El Paso with a broken rib and unconscious on
Sunday.The source said Angel and her brother attended Berino
Elementary in Anthony, NM. The source reported that the two children were
noticed for their poor hygiene. When a visit was made to the home, they
saw alcohol bottles outside. They say, the mother, Barron, now accused
of Angel's death, claimed she had just had a party. The source said
several school employees made reports to CYFD but to no avail.KFOX
tried contacting officials with the Gadsden Independent School District
to get a formal statement but no one returned calls to the station. "There's no indication
that we did not respond within the appropriate time frame. We examined
all the information that was made available to us," said CYFD
spokesperson Romaine Serna.Serna confirmed the department had
three referrals on Barron, but couldn't give details. Back in March, Angel went to school with a broken leg and Barron told
three different stories. Serna said CYFD didn't have enough information
that would have resulted in the ability to intervene. According to the
source, school officials provided more than enough information and they
blame the state for not reacting to the problem."Anytime there is
a tragic event such as the brutal death of this young child, it's not
uncommon to want to blame someone. But the individual to be blamed are
the perpetrators of this act," said Serna.

An autopsy scheduled Saturday on an Anthony, N.M., girl that died from
suspected child abuse will hopefully strengthen the case against her
mother, Dona Ana County officials said.Jessica Barron, 27, is
accused of beating her daughter, Angel Jimenez, 5, to death. Jimenez
died Thursday at Providence Hospital in El Paso."Her injuries
consist of bruises head to toe, more than a dozen puncture marks on her
back, a fresh broken rib, which may have occurred in the last incident,
and a healed spiral fracture in her leg," said Sgt. Joe Reynaud, with
the Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Office. State records indicate that
there have been three complaints made against Barron to New Mexico
Children Youth and Family Development against Barron."A good
number of children are coming through our facility because either abuse
and neglect is taking place,” said Al Velarde, the director of the El
Paso Children Crisis Center.Children Crisis Center offers
emergency placement for children to remove them from abusive or possibly
abusive situations.Velarde said both New Mexico and Texas are
seeing a large number of abuse cases, which affects their ability to
respond."Sadly, though there are many many cases that aren't
coming in to the center. The truth is, there are probably many many
cases that probably aren't under CPS investigation that are slipping
through the cracks,” Velarde said. "What's happening in both New Mexico
and even here in Texas is that there are so many cases of child abuse
that these agencies are just over whelmed.”Velarde said that if
someone suspects child abuse to call police immediately who can get a
quicker response from state officials.

Last Thursday, 5-year-old Angel Lorraine
Jimenez, a Berino Elementary kindergartner, was removed from life
support after her brain succumbed to what investigators say was internal
bleeding caused at the hands of her mother, 27-year-old Jessica Barron -
in addition to bruising back and front and head to toe, signs of
possible multiple sexual abuses, severe internal injuries and at least
one broken rib. Barron remains in jail, with a $100,000 cash bond,
facing charges of tampering with evidence and child abuse resulting in
death, which carries a maximum life sentence. In that case, reports had
been made at least three times to Children, Youth and Families
Department officials."We suspect that we will be seeing an
increase in the reporting of child abuse cases since the death of the
5-year-old last week, only because of the fact that we feel probably -
had somebody reported this earlier - then maybe the death wouldn't have
resulted," said domestic abuse investigator Bo Nevarez. "We'd rather
intercede now, than later, when it's too late. People, when they do
report the cases, they need to know that they can remain anonymous." Other
Dona Ana County residents who suspect child abuse in their families,
neighborhoods or social groups have an obligation to call authorities
and report what they see or hear, the neighbor agreed."What if
something happens, like to that little girl, Angel (Jimenez) and a child
dies? If you can go to bed at night and fall asleep knowing that, I
just can't even imagine," she said. "There are several of us who have
had sleepless nights over this and this young man's protected now."The
most recent alleged abuse might not have been isolated, said the
neighbor."There are several of us that are ready to step forward
to testify and this is not going to be brushed under the table," the
neighbor said. She added, "I want to know that this woman will never
hurt another child again."Anyone with any further information on
this case is asked to contact sheriff's investigator Johnny Rubio at
(575) 525-1911. Any suspected child abuse you are a witness to should be
reported to Southwest Central Intake in Albuquerque at (800) 797-3260.

27-year-old Jessica Barron has been indicted on four counts of child
abuse and tampering with evidence. One of the counts was for intentional
child abuse resulting in the death of her 5-year-old daughter Angel.
But, according to prosecutors, Angel wasn’t the only child abused by
Barron. Count four of the indictment said the mother allegedly abused
her 8-year-old son. The indictment states that the child who's blind and
deaf was burned with cigarettes all over his body. There was a third
child in the home at the time of the alleged abuse, but the district
attorney’s office said at this time it doesn't appear that child was
harmed. That doesn't mean any further charges couldn't stem from anyone
else involved or against anyone who failed to report the abuse.“Any
witnesses or anyone with any information, we're always open to them
coming forward, but she (Barron) has been charged and as far as her
case, we're ready to proceed,” said Amy Orlando of the Dona Ana County
District Attorney’s office.Barron will be arraigned in district
court Monday.

"There's no indication that we did not respond within the
appropriate time frame. We examined all the information that was
made available to us," said CYFD spokesperson Romaine Serna.Serna
confirmed the department had three referrals on Barron, but couldn't
give details. Back in March, Angel went to school with a broken leg and
Barron told three different stories. Serna said CYFD didn't have
enough information that would have resulted in the ability to
intervene. According to the source, school officials provided more
than enough information and they blame the state for not reacting to
the problem."Anytime there is a tragic event such as the brutal
death of this young child, it's not uncommon to want to blame
someone. But the individual to be blamed are the perpetrators of this act," said Serna.

How many times do we have to read about a child being tortured and murdered and authorities had been engaged with the family and did not take appropriate action. They received 3 notifications of abuse from the school, then child turns up with a broken leg. Even a 10 year old child armed with that info would conclude the child is being violently abused. So why did the apartment employed to protect children fail to do that? Either the current law did not give them enough power to do so or they just didn't do their job. How much information do they need to act? We the public layperson are supposed to be able to determine when a child is being abused in order to decide whether CYF should be involved and we usually get it right but this same information is not enough for qualified CYF staff it seems.
Sack them all and leave it to the public. We'll sort it out - with a baseball bat.

The woman accused of beating her daughter to death enters a plea Monday.Jessica Barron was
scheduled to make her first court appearance Monday, but her attorney
waived her appearance and entered a plea of not guilty on her behalf.Barron’s daughter Angel died at an El Paso hospital
after, police said she was beaten by her mother at their Anthony, N.M. home.

TomTerrific0420 wrote:The woman accused of beating her daughter to death enters a plea Monday.Jessica Barron was
scheduled to make her first court appearance Monday, but her attorney
waived her appearance and entered a plea of not guilty on her behalf.Barron’s daughter Angel died at an El Paso hospital
after, police said she was beaten by her mother at their Anthony, N.M. home.

Not acceptable IMO. She should have to turn up to court and face the public on every occasion.

kiwimom wrote:

TomTerrific0420 wrote:The woman accused of beating her daughter to death enters a plea Monday.Jessica Barron was
scheduled to make her first court appearance Monday, but her attorney
waived her appearance and entered a plea of not guilty on her behalf.Barron’s daughter Angel died at an El Paso hospital
after, police said she was beaten by her mother at their Anthony, N.M. home.

Not acceptable IMO. She should have to turn up to court and face the public on every occasion.

I agree Kiwi, this is so very wrong. This worthless POS should have to face the public at every turn. She really should already be swinging on the end of a rope but of course, there will be mega bucks spent on this piece of garbage to have a trial. NOT ACCEPTABLE! When oh when are the laws going to start speaking for the victims and not the perps, just makes me sick.

Jessica Barron, 27, is scheduled to begin a four-day trial Feb. 15 on charges she burned her disabled son and beat her young daughter to death. When 5-year-old Angel Lorraine Jimenez was finally taken to Providence Hospital in El Paso on June 20, she was unconscious, heavily bruised, dotted with more than a dozen puncture wounds and had suffered bleeding inside her brain, according to court documents. At least one rib was broken, authorities said, and her chest was scratched. There was a human bite mark on her ankle and signs that she had been raped. She was removed from life support June 24.
http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_16991337

Anthony woman admits to fatally beating 5-year-old, receives prison sentence


By James Staley

jstaley@lcsun-news.com @auguststaley on Twitter
Posted:   11/15/2013 06:47:23 PM MST




Jessica Barron


LAS CRUCES >> An Anthony, N.M., woman admitted in court Friday that she savagely beat her young daughter on Father's Day 2010, causing such severe injuries that the 5-year-old died.

"I'm sorry for what happened," 30-year-old Jessica Barron said as she wept. "I'm ready to accept my punishment."

That came moments later, when Barron received 23 years in prison from Third Judicial District Judge Fernando Macias.

Barron, a native El Pasoan who also uses the last name Palacios, had been set for trial Dec. 2.

Through her attorney, she initiated plea negotiations, prosecutor Heather Chavez said afterward -- that process typically starts with the district attorney's office.

Barron's main charge, intentional child abuse resulting in death, is a first-degree felony carrying a mandatory 18-year sentence. When it involves a victim under age 12, Chavez said, the mandatory sentence is enhanced to life in prison. In New Mexico that means 30 years without a chance at parole.

In exchange for the guilty plea, prosecutors agreed to disregard the age of the victim, Angel Lorraine Jimenez. Prosecutors also dropped two third-degree felony child abuse charges against Barron, stemming from allegations that she burned her older, disabled son with a cigarette.

As a result, Macias sentenced Barron to the maximum sentence available. Most of that is 18 years for intentional child abuse resulting in death. Additionally, there are three years for evidence tampering -- officials say Barron had somebody clean up blood -- and two years because she's a habitual offender. Barron admitted Friday that she had a felony marijuana possession conviction in 2001 in El Paso.

Chavez said officials made the decision to accept the plea deal, after lengthy negotiations, because of issues in proving Barron was capable of forming "specific intent." During Friday's proceeding, Barron's attorney Gary Mitchell said Barron was on methamphetamine and suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder at the time of the beating. She also has some diminished capacity, he said.

Barron developed PTSD, Mitchell said, because she grew up with a mother who associated with drug traffickers. As a teenager, her mother "gave" Barron to an older man to pay a debt, Mitchell said. During that time, she raised her older brothers.

Chavez said the lack of witnesses, which officials say can be common in child abuse cases, was another factor.

Along with Barron and her daughter, the only other people in the mobile home that June 2010 day were her other children: a 2-year-old and the disabled 9-year-old, who is blind and deaf.

The toddler reportedly had told Doña Ana County Sheriff's investigators that Barron beat her sister with a stick till Angel "fell asleep."

The girl and her half-brother have since been adopted, Chavez said. Now 6, the girl has been through significant therapy, Chavez said, and has shown marked improvement. Chavez said, after talks with therapists and adoptive parents, they didn't consider it appropriate to have the girl testify, even by taped deposition, due to that progress.

"It was not an easy decision," Chavez said.

Mark Sanchez, an investigator with the DA's office, was with DASO at the time of beating death. He investigated the case and said there was evidence Angel was victim of repeated abuse but unfortunately "fell through the cracks."

There had been previous complaints, he said, but none were substantiated.

Authorities said Angel's body was spotted with bruises and puncture wounds, apparently from a nail protruding from a wall inside the family's trailer. She also had a bite mark and a massive head injury, apparently suffered June 20, 2010.

Angel died four days later, when family removed her from life support at an El Paso hospital.


James Staley can be reached at 575-541-5476

http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_24534346/anthony-woman-admits-fatally-beating-5-year-old

How much of this sentence will this POS have to serve?  Much too lenient for a woman this evil, cold and calculating.  She should never be a free woman.