PAIR CHARGED IN CHILD'S DEATH.Byline: Jesse Hiestand Daily News Staff Writer A Pacoima couple whose daughter was found buried last week in a shallow grave was charged Tuesday in connection with the girl's death - the second child of theirs found dead in the forest. Petra Barrera Ricardo, 34, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that she was an accessory to the murder, prosecutors said. Her husband, Marco Esquivel Barragon, is set to be arraigned today on a charge of murder, child abuse, assault on a child causing death and inflicting corporal injury on a child, said Deputy District Attorney David Mintz. Autopsy autopsy: see post-mortem examination. autopsy or necropsy or postmortem Dissection and examination of a dead body to determine cause of death and learn about disease processes in ways that are not possible with the living. results released Tuesday proved inconclusive, coroner's officials said. More tests are planned on the remains, which authorities believe were buried in September. Ricardo faces more than 10 years in prison if convicted of aiding in the death of the girl and child endangerment, prosecutors said. The girl's remains were found in the Angeles National Forest The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los near Lakeview Terrace on Thursday, not far from where the body of her 5-year-old brother Ernesto Barrera Fr. Ernesto Barrera was a Roman Catholic priest in El Salvador who was assassinated in 1978. He served under Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez. His murder was characterized by Romero as part of a systematic persecution of the Catholic Church and oppression against efforts was found in March. Authorities do not consider Ricardo a suspect in Ernesto's death, but she is now implicated im·pli·cate tr.v. im·pli·cat·ed, im·pli·cat·ing, im·pli·cates 1. To involve or connect intimately or incriminatingly: evidence that implicates others in the plot. 2. in the death of one of her daughters. Ricardo is due back in San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. Municipal Court this morning for a pretrial pre·tri·al n. A proceeding held before an official trial, especially to clarify points of law and facts. adj. 1. Of or relating to a pretrial. 2. hearing. A judge set bail for her at $500,000. Barragon, 34, pleaded not guilty to killing Ernesto. The boy's body was found in the forest after police on patrol in early March spotted Barragon, the boy's aunt Juana Barrera, and three siblings walking from the shallow grave. Barragon faces up to 50 years to life in prison if convicted of killing the two children, Mintz said. He remains in custody in lieu of $1 million bail, prosecutors said. Juana Barrera, 28, was charged with accessory to murder and assault on a child causing death in connection with Ernesto's death. She has pleaded not guilty. Police say Barragon had 14 children with Ricardo and her sister Juana Barrera. Authorities were investigating Ernesto's death when they came across a birth certificate in Tijuana for one of Barragon's children whose whereabouts were unknown. After an extensive search, the body of a girl believed to be Guadalupe Esquivel was found near Lopez Canyon and Kagel Canyon roads Thursday. The 12 other children he has fathered were placed in protective custody An arrangement whereby a person is safeguarded by law enforcement authorities in a location other than the person's home because his or her safety is seriously threatened. . |
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