AXEL CARO - 2 yo (2010)/ Mother's BF; Diego Nochebuenacardenas - Las Vegas NV

A battered 2-year-old boy is dead and
his mother's boyfriend has been charged in the slaying, according to a
Las Vegas police report obtained Wednesday.Diego Nochebuena, 28,
was arrested Tuesday and charged with first-degree murder in the death
of toddler Axel Caro.


According to the report, Nochebuena
told police he was alone with the boy Friday evening at their apartment
at 2020 N. Christy Lane, near Lake Mead and Nellis Boulevards.Shortly
after he placed Axel in a bedroom, the child began convulsing and
eventually stopped responding, Nochebuena told police.The boy was
transported to North Vista Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, the
report said.In separate interviews with detectives, Nochebuena
and Axel's mother, Luzbet Caro, said the boy was fine when Caro left for
work Friday. The boy had bruised his head in a fall a week earlier but
had been "alert and in good health" the night of his death, the report
said.Caro and Nochebuena told police the fall was the cause of
Axel's bruises, and neither knew of any other injury to the boy, the
report said.Autopsy X-ray results found both of Axel's
collarbones had been broken and he had several bruises, old and new, to
his head, face and back. A brain hemorrhage was the cause of death, the
report said.Detectives asked Nochebuena on Tuesday to take a
polygraph test. Before the test was administered, Nochebuena changed his
story and said he had struck Axel "very hard in the top of the head"
with his palm Friday because he was angry the child would not take his
medicine and go to sleep.Nochebuena also demonstrated to
detectives how he shook the boy "vigorously" after he began convulsing,
which police said may have been how Axel broke his collarbones.Lt.
Raymond Steiber, who heads the Las Vegas police abuse and neglect
detail, said severe child abuse cases have increased in frequency this
year."Some people try to blame the economy on that. That might be
an aspect, but I can't say for sure that it is," he said. "There is not
one reason. It's all on a case-by-case basis."A common thread in
all abuse cases, Steiber said, is how unnecessary it is for a child to
die by the hand of a caregiver. "They're all 100 percent preventable."

Vegas Man Charged With Killing Girlfriend’s Son
Boy Died Of Cerebral Hemorrhage

A Las Vegas man has been charged with first-degree murder after his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son died of severe head injuries.
Diego Nochebuena, 28, was arrested Tuesday, four days after Axel Caro was pronounced dead at North Vista Hospital.
Nochebuena had called 911 the night of July 9, saying the boy was gagging and convulsing. He was unresponsive when he arrived at the hospital.
The Clark County Coroner’s Office told police the boy had multiple unexplained bruises on his head and an X-ray revealed two broken clavicles.
According to an arrest report, Nochebuena and the boy’s mother, Luzbet Caro, said the child fell several days earlier and bumped his head. Acute cerebral hemorrhage was deemed the official cause of death.
Both were scheduled to undergo a polygraph examination, but police said before the test was given, Nochebuena admitted to detectives that he hit the boy on top of the head.
“Diego stated that he got very angry at the child because he was very tired, the child would not take his medicine and would not go to sleep,” police wrote in the report.
Nochebuena is being held at the Clark County Detention Center. No charges have been filed against Caro’s mother.

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10/17/2011 CANCELED Jury Trial (10:00 AM) (Judicial Officer Bixler, James)
Vacated - per Judge
Deft's request to continue trial date
10/19/2011 Motion
Motion to Apply Merger Doctrine
10/25/2011 Status Check (8:30 AM) (Judicial Officer Bixler, James)
Status Check: Trial Setting
10/25/2011 Motion (8:30 AM) (Judicial Officer Bixler, James)
Motion to Apply Merger Doctrine

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10/25/2011 Status Check (8:30 AM) (Judicial Officer Bixler, James)
10/25/2011, 11/08/2011
Status Check: Trial Setting
10/25/2011 Motion (8:30 AM) (Judicial Officer Bixler, James)
10/25/2011, 11/08/2011
Motion to Apply Merger Doctrine
10/25/2011 All Pending Motions (8:30 AM) (Judicial Officer Bixler, James)
10/25/11
Parties Present
Minutes
Result: Continued

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07/26/2012 Calendar Call (8:30 AM) (Judicial Officer Bixler, James)
07/30/2012 Jury Trial (10:00 AM) (Judicial Officer Bixler, James)

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Diego Nochebuenacardenas, aka Diego Nochebuena

Case number: C-11-270267-1

DISPOSITIONS

06/12/2013 . . . Plea (Judicial Officer: Bixler, James)
1. CHILD ABUSE WITH SUBSTANTIAL BODILY HARM
Guilty
2. VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
Guilty

08/13/2013 . . . Disposition (Judicial Officer: Bixler, James)
1. CHILD ABUSE WITH SUBSTANTIAL BODILY HARM
Guilty
2. VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
Guilty

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