{"id":144043,"date":"2011-11-24T08:02:06","date_gmt":"2011-11-24T14:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=144043"},"modified":"2011-11-24T15:46:36","modified_gmt":"2011-11-24T21:46:36","slug":"cps-to-investigate-childs-hit-and-run-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=144043","title":{"rendered":"CPS to Investigate Child&#8217;s Hit and Run Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=144044\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-144044\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2011\/11\/16040174_BG3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"16040174_BG3\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-144044\" \/><\/a>GREGG COUNTY &#8212; Child Protective Services say they are starting an investigation into the hit-and-run death of a Gregg County 4-year-old. Deputies were called to the the boy&#8217;s residence at about 6:45 p.m. on Nov. 19 after family members reported Cesar Cruz missing. His body was found in a ditch on Texas 149 near Younger Road a few hours later. <\/p>\n<p>Child Protective Services spokeswoman Shari Pulliam said their agency is called to investigate all child deaths. &#8220;CPS is currently looking into the supervision of the child at the time of the incident, and making sure that the remaining children are properly supervised,&#8221; Pulliam said. She said no children have been removed from the home and noted that CPS was providing grief counseling resources to the family. <\/p>\n<p>This past week, DPS officials said investigators identified 56-year-old Margarito Salinas Aguilar as the driver of a 1999 silver Dodge Durango that they believe hit Cesar, who was walking along Texas 149. Trooper Carl Davis said Aguilar, who is a legal U.S. resident, has been formally issued citations for driving with a suspended license, an expired license and not having his vehicle insured. Aguilar has had a suspended driver\u2019s license since 2004 or 2005 because of unpaid tickets, Davis said. \u201cThe tickets have been paid, and the issue now is that he couldn\u2019t get insurance,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Gregg County District Attorney\u2019s Office is also investigating the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GREGG COUNTY &#8212; Child Protective Services say they are starting an investigation into the hit-and-run death of a Gregg County 4-year-old. Deputies were called to the the boy&#8217;s residence at about 6:45 p.m. on Nov. 19 after family members reported Cesar Cruz missing. His body was found in a ditch on Texas 149 near Younger &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=144043\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">CPS to Investigate Child&#8217;s Hit and Run Death<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-29 18:18:59","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144043"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144200,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144043\/revisions\/144200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}