Burned body is 4-year-old neglected boy
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A 4-year-old boy whose malnourished, partially burned remains were found by Chicago firefighters had been kept in a back room of his family’s home that reeked of feces and urine, according to prosecutors.
When firefighters found Manuel Aguilar’s body in an abandoned home on Tuesday, he was so small that investigators initially believed they had found a 9-month-old baby, Assistant State’s Attorney Jamie Santini told Judge Maria Kuriakos Ciesil.
Santini said Manuel had been kept in a room and was often left naked because he would urinate on himself. The boy would have to knock on the door to be allowed to use the restroom, he said.
“Witness stated that Manny didn’t like being in the back room, and he would scream, ‘Let me out,’” Santini said, referring to the boy.
The boy’s mother Alyssa Garcia 27, her friend 19-year-old Christian Camarena, and a 17-year-old boy face charges of concealed death and attempted residential arson in his death. Garcia was being held on US$2 million and Camarena was being held on US$1 million bond. The 17-year-old is in juvenile custody.
Prosecutors said that Garcia found her son naked and not breathing on July 29. Garcia and the 17-year-old washed Manuel’s body, put clothes on him, wrapped him in a towel and took the body to an abandoned home and set the body on fire, Santini said.
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