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Honduran Babysitter Sought In Death Of Central Texas Toddler
A 29-year-old woman from Honduras is wanted for capital murder in the death of a Central Texas toddler.
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(March 29, 2008)—Berny Figueroa, 29, of Brenham is wanted for capital murder in the death of a 2-year-old Central Texas girl.
KBTX –TV reports that the girl was short of breath when her parents picked her up at Figueroa’s home, where the Honduran woman was babysitting the toddler.
They took her to Trinity Medical Center where she died a few hours later.
"We found her lower intestine was severed from the small intestine," said Brenham Police Detective Lloyd Powell, “which means something significant had to hit her in the stomach area to cause that damage to her."
On Friday, police discovered that Figueroa had left the area.
She’s now the focus of a national search.
"We do have some leads as to where she is," Powell said.
"We have several state and some federal agencies that are going to help us out in locating Ms. Figueroa."
Authorities think Figueroa may have returned to her native Honduras.
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to Mom Location: Waco on Apr 5, 2008 at 02:44 AM. people need to stop buying new cars, 70" tvs going out to eat everynight. and i bet they want need daycare. most of the time one income will be enough. and another thing find something to do from home i do and i make 300.00 to 600.00 a week. and my wife works. and i am home with the kids. my wife makes the money that we run around on. p.s if you need daycare you dont need a 200,000 house, new cars. get back to the old way of living put money in your pockets.don't work for two weeks to make a house payment that is nuts.
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I don't usually comment on these things but I have read a few different stories and read some of the comments.And time and time again, people keep blaming the parents for the tragities that happen to their babies while with the baby-sitter.I do agree that the parents need to get to the sitter as much as possible before they hire someone.However, I do not understand all the comments about how parents need to just stay home and watch their own kids and not hire a sitter at all.Wow!That is such a great idea!Do you people really think That these parents wake up every morning and say"I sure am glad you have to stay with someone else today, I just really don't love you enough to want to stay home with you, sorry."First, I would like to know what century are you living in?And second, where do you get you income?Was it inhereted, lotto winnings, found a blank million dollar check on the street?Or does at least one of you work?If so I what do you do because I sure would like to stay home all day
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