ELIZABETH MARTINEZ OF ALBUQUERQUE IS HEADING TO PRISON FOR 18 YEARS FOLLOWING HER CONVICTION FOR HER ROLE IN THE DEATH OF HER TWO YEAR OLD SON. SHE AND HER BOYFRIEND, DOMINIC HOWE, WERE ARRESTED IN 2011.
HOWE HAD CALLED 9-1-1 STATING THE BOY HAD DROWNED IN THE TUB, BUT IT WAS LATER LEARNED THE TODDLER HAD MULTIPLE BRUISES AND OTHER INJURIES. HOWE LATER ADMITTED TO THROWING THE BOY, BURNING HIM AND HITTING HIM. HOWE PLEAD GUILTY IN 2014 AND IS SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE.
MARTINEZ WAS CONVICTED WEDNESDAY AND WILL BE SENTENCED IN SEPTEMBER.
