[QUOTE]VICTORVILLE • An Apple Valley woman is set to be sentenced in March for her role in the torture and sex abuse of her young son — the final of five defendants convicted in what prosecutors called one of the most horrific child abuse cases in county history.
Desiree Gonzales, 35, faces 17 years in prison per a plea agreement entered before Judge John Tomberlin at the Victorville courthouse on Friday. She pleaded no contest to one count of attempted torture and three counts of child abuse, and she admitted to personally inflicting great bodily injury on the victim.
Gonzales and three of her roommates were convicted for the extensive torture of her 5-year-old son, Johnny. When police raided Gonzales’ home in August 2009, they found Johnny hiding in a closet, starving and with more than 100 injuries, including large burns, punches and evidence of beatings with belts. Authorities also found evidence the boy had been sodomized by two defendants.[/QUOTE]
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This is one city over from me, how fucking digusting.
17 years doesnt seem long enough
how could you give birth to a person and then do this to them. sickening
[QUOTE=HazzaHardie;43540951]17 years doesnt seem long enough[/QUOTE]
Should be 170. Torture and abuse dehumanizes and traumatizes people, something that is worse than murder in many cases.
[QUOTE=HazzaHardie;43540951]17 years doesnt seem long enough[/QUOTE]
It was a plea agreement, at trial the sentence could have been between between 7 years and life had she been found guilty. They probably couldn't prove who exactly did what (lots of people were charged here, there was another victim as well - one person who didn't take a plea got 78 years)
Torture is a crime that should carry a life sentence.
The child gets a life sentence.
This is absolutely horrendous
I read the title as "Mother faces 17 years of torture for her son" and was expecting something a lot more heartwarming.
Boy was I wrong.
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sorry about the avatar
[QUOTE=HazzaHardie;43540951]17 years doesnt seem long enough[/QUOTE]
The Gang members got 78 years to life in prison.
This child grew up with this. This will effect him until the day he dies. This woman deserves far worse than this.
Why do people keep doing this shit, there should be a licence to give birth
You have to pass all mental checks before you can raise a child.
[QUOTE=DeVotchKa;43543187]This child grew up with this. This will effect him until the day he dies. This woman deserves far worse than this.[/QUOTE]
She'll probably get beat up in prison by the other inmates hopefully.
[QUOTE=Shreddinger;43543592]Why do people keep doing this shit, there should be a licence to give birth
You have to pass all mental checks before you can raise a child.[/QUOTE]
It's a bit hard to monitor sex between people.
Just saying.
[editline]16th January 2014[/editline]
Well, except for pornography, anyway.
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