Tyler Murder Suspect Arraigned
Posted/updated on: August 2, 2011 at 11:09 am
TYLER (AP) – Authorities say a man sought over the November death of his girlfriend’s year-old son has been arraigned in Tyler. Bond was set yesterday morning for Simon Lopez at $2 million. He remains in the Smith County Jail on a capital murder charge. Lopez was captured Thursday in Queretaro, Mexico.
Police say Lopez was watching Jeremy Silva of Tyler while the child’s mother worked, then called one of her relatives to say the boy wasn’t breathing. Investigators say Lopez left the boy with the relative and fled. Autopsy results show the toddler died from blunt force trauma. Dallas police last December tried to arrest a man, believed to be Lopez, at a hotel but he ran away.
