Not Guilty Pleas in Child’s Death
Posted/updated on: January 26, 2012 at 2:29 am
TYLER — Two suspects enter not guilty pleas in the death of a one year old boy. Simon Lopez, 27, and Emma Torres, 19, are charged with killing Torres’ son, Jeremy Silva in 2010. The pleas were entered yesterday in State District Court in Tyler. A trial date has not been set and prosecutors have not announced if they will seek the death penalty.
Police say Lopez was watching Silva while Torres worked. He reportedly 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. In November, Lopez was caught in Mexico, and returned to East Texas.
