ADRIAN GARCIA - 3 yo - Las Vegas NV

Las Vegas police are investigating the
suspicious death of a 3-year-old boy. Police say the boy's mother left
him and her five other kids under the care of her boyfriend Saturday
night. Hours later, the boy was rushed to the hospital.
He died Monday morning after emergency surgery failed to stop bleeding in his brain.


The boyfriend, 34-year-old Ramiro Camacho, Jr.,
is now charged with several counts of child abuse and neglect. He is now
in police custody.
On Saturday night, Camacho was watching six kids
while their mother was away at work.


He told police 3-year-old Adrian
Garcia went upstairs to shower. About 20-minutes later, an older brother
found him face down in the bathtub. Camacho tried CPR and then ran next
door for help.
"He said we got to go to the hospital fast
because Adrian is not breathing. I was shaking inside because I knew
when somebody's not breathing, that's not a good thing, and I took them
to the hospital in my car. I'm shaking right now just talking about it,"
said neighbor Tracy Enriquez.
Enriquez says Garcia was unresponsive and was
limp. She drove the boy and Camacho to St. Rose Hospital. She said she
wondered why Camacho never called 911.
Adrian suffered a brain injury and a second degree burn to his face.
Originally, Camacho told police the boy ate bad
tacos that caused him to throw up. But after further questioning, the
police report says he changed his story, saying bruises on Garcia were
caused by a brother and that his brain injury was the result of being
hit in the head by a plastic chair.
"He was a very sweet little boy -- a good little
boy -- always quiet, played with everybody. He was here on Saturday
playing and now he's gone. Its just hard to grasp that concept," said
neighbor Al Rueda.
Neighbors say Camacho basically kept to himself
and other than witnessing him yell at the kids a couple times, it didn't
seem like they were in any sort of danger.
Camacho he was arrested for armed robbery with a
deadly weapon in 2000 and has spent some time in jail. He is now
charged with two counts of child abuse with substantial bodily harm, one
count of child abuse and one count of child neglect also with
substantial bodily harm.
Garcia's aunt she says his mother, Monique
Rivera, is obviously devastated. She and the other children are staying
with family. Funeral arrangements are still pending.
http://www.8newsnow.com/story/14626028/mothers-boyfriend-accused-of-killing-3-year-old

Rhetorical question: Who lets a toddler shower without supervision?

TomTerrific0420 wrote:Rhetorical question: Who lets a toddler shower without supervision?

Who would expect their boyfriend to look after your six children? She had enough children after two IMO. I'm so sick of reading about these cases with the same scenario Tom.

kiwimom wrote:

TomTerrific0420 wrote:Rhetorical question: Who lets a toddler shower without supervision?

Who would expect their boyfriend to look after your six children? She had enough children after two IMO. I'm so sick of reading about these cases with the same scenario Tom.

---They are not toys nor playthings. They are not stress relievers nor punching bags. They are not experiments nor test dummies. They are not sources of additional social welfare income.
These are actual living, breathing human beings. Albeit defenseless and in most cases clueless as to maturity.
They need our nurturing, education and protection...not violence and derision.

We've all heard these excuses countless times. I don't believe it for a NY minute.

I was at the funeral of Adrian this past weekend it and it is very sad the tension that was there. My husband is related to the father of this child. But like the judge said the mother had 2 opportunitys to save this child and his sibblings and she fail as a mother. I know there is nothing to do but to make this guy pay for what he did and make sure he doesnt hurt any other kid. But I also feel that the mother should be in Jail for neglect. He not only hurt those kids physcically but also emotionally. I know the father has some fault for not being there physically but the mother carry these kids for 9 months.

Nena wrote:I was at the funeral of Adrian this past weekend it and it is very sad the tension that was there. My husband is related to the father of this child. But like the judge said the mother had 2 opportunitys to save this child and his sibblings and she fail as a mother. I know there is nothing to do but to make this guy pay for what he did and make sure he doesnt hurt any other kid. But I also feel that the mother should be in Jail for neglect. He not only hurt those kids physcically but also emotionally. I know the father has some fault for not being there physically but the mother carry these kids for 9 months.

I agree, the mother should be in jail. She is a POS mother to bring a man like this into her children's lives. She had to know he was abusive. Maybe she was as well. It is certainly abuse to allow a man to harm her children.

I hope the father did not know of the abuse. I hope he would have put a stop to it had he known.

Another POS mother. Another POS boyfriend. She needs to be in jail also. JMO.

May 14th 2011

Suspect Charged with Child's Murder

A Las Vegas man faces murder charges for the death of his girlfriend's three year old son.
Police arrested Ramiro Camacho, Jr. earlier this week for child abuse.
Friday, police added charges including first-degree murder, emotional abuse,
domestic violence, strangulation and intimidating a witness.
Investigators say the boy, Adrian Garcia, suffered a brain injury,
bruises and burns to his face while in Camacho's care.
Authorities say Camacho also abused the victim's five siblings,
who ranged in age from 8 months to 12 years old.
Police say Camacho also forced them to engage in abusive acts against one another.

http://www.8newsnow.com/story/14644635/breaking-news-suspect-charged-with-childs-murder