JURY SELECTION IS UNDERWAY IN ALBUQUERQUE IN THE TRIAL OF STEPHEN CASAUS … ACCUSED OF HELPING MURDER HIS NINE-YEAR OLD STEPSON OMAREE VARELA IN DECEMBER OF 2013. CASAUS FACES CHARGES OF CHILD ABUSE RESULTING IN DEATH, TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE AND BRIBERY OR INTIMIDATION OF A WITNESS.
THE BOY’S MOTHER, SYNTHIA VARELA-CASAUS, IS ACCUSED OF KICKING OMAREE TO DEATH. SHE’LL BE TRIED SEPARATELY.
