THE FIRST DAY OF STEPHEN CASAUS’S TRIAL IN THE DEATH OF 9 YEAR OLD OMAREE VARELA IS DONE. PROSECUTORS ON WEDNESDAY TOLD THE COURT IN OPENING ARGUMENTS THEY THINK BOTH CASAUS AND OMAREE’S MOTHER, SYNTHIA VARELA-CASAUS, BEAT HER SON TO DEATH. THE DEFENSE POINTS TO THE MOTHER, WHO TOLD REPORTERS SHE “KICKED HIM THE WRONG WAY.”
CASAUS ACTUALLY CRIED IN COURT WEDNESDAY. OFFICERS RESPONDING TO THE BOY’S HOME THE DAY HE DIED OF INTERNAL BLEEDING SAY NEITHER CASAUS NOR VARELA-CASAUS ASKED ABOUT OMAREE’S CONDITION.
THE TRIAL CONTINUES THURSDAY.
