IN VALENCIA COUNTY, A WOMAN ON TRIAL FOR CHILD ABUSE RESULTING IN DEATH AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELINQUENCY OF A MINOR HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY. LORETTA VILLALOBOS COULD GET MORE THAN 20 YEARS IN PRISON.
SHE WAS ACCUSED OF NOT KEEPING AN EYE ON HER SPECIAL NEEDS SON, BRANDON, WHO ALLEGEDLY KILLED HIS FRIEND ALEX MADRID IN 2014. BRANDON, WHO WAS 15 AT THE TIME OF THE MURDER, HAS BEEN FOUND INCOMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL.