On the morning of August 17, 2021, the emergency room at Methodist Children’s Hospital in San Antonio, Texas, was bustling with the usual chaos of a busy hospital. Nurses rushed between patients, doctors consulted charts, and worried parents lingered by their children’s bedsides. Then, the doors burst open. A little boy was rushed inside—his body frail, his skin bruised, his breath shallow. He was barely clinging to life…
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ABC – 2 ESB, 25 February, 2022 – “Cellphone Video”
San Antonio Express-News, 26 February, 2002 – “S.A. Man Accused”
San Antonio Express-News, 8 April, 2024 – “Jourdanton Woman Accused”
San Antonio Express-News, 9 April, 2024 – “Starved Child”
San Antonio Express-News, 10 April, 2024 – “In Dozens of Images”
San Antonio Express-News, 11 April, 2024 – “Hand Sanitizer”
San Antonio Express-News, 12 April, 2024 – “Benjamin Cervera, 4, Died of Starvation”
San Antonio Express-News, 15 April, 2024 – “Defence Experts”
San Antonio Express-News, 16 April, 2024 – “Relatives of Woman”
CBS – 5 KENS, 17 April, 2024 – “Bexar County Woman”
San Antonio Express-News, 17 April, 2024 – “Guilty Verdict”
San Antonio Express-News, 18 April, 2024 – “Crying, Shaking and Sobbing”
San Antonio Express-News, 24 September, 2024 – “Jury Sees Images”
San Antonio Express-News, 25 September, 2024 – “I Wish”
San Antonio Express-News, 26 September, 2024 – “Medical Examiner”
San Antonio Express-News, 27 September, 2024 – “Benji’s Aunt”
San Antonio Express-News, 30 September, 2024 – “He Don’t Need to Eat Dinner”
MailOnline, 1 October, 2024 – “Heartbreaking Video”
San Antonio Express-News, 2 October, 2024 – “San Antonio Father”
San Antonio Express-News, 3 October, 2024 – “Why a Bexar County Jury Acquitted”
