(August 26, 2008)--A South Texas woman who weighs nearly a thousand pounds who’s charged in the death of her 2-year-old nephew will await trial at home after a judge’s ruling because, prosecutors say, the Hidalgo County Jail lacks a cell big enough or medical resources suitable for her.
A state district judge agreed Monday not to jail Mayra Rosales provided she wear a global positioning system tracker until her trial.
The 27-year-old woman was charged with capital murder in the March 18 death of Eliseo Gonzalez Jr.
Prosecutors say the toddler was hit at least twice in the head while in the care of the bedridden Rosales.
Prosecutors say the boy's 20-year-old mother, Jamie Rosales, left the toddler with his bedridden aunt even though she knew that the woman was incapable of caring for him.
She faces a count of felony injury to a child, punishable by life in prison.
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