THE AUTOPSY REPORT IS IN ON THE DEATH OF THE NINE YEAR OLD ALBUQUERQUE BOY ALLEGEDLY KICKED TO DEATH BY HIS MOTHER IN DECEMBER. THE OMI'S REPORT SAYS OMAREE VARELA DIED OF BLUNT TRAUMA. IT SAYS OMAREE SUFFERED SWELLING OF THE BRAIN … BRUISES, SCRAPES, SEVERE INTERNAL BLEEDING … AND THAT HE HAD BURN MARKS ON HIS CHEST, AS WELL AS OTHER INJURIES CONSISTENT WITH A HISTORY OF ABUSE.
HIS MOTHER, SYNTHIA VARELA-CASAUS, HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO MORE THAN 20 CHARGES RELATED TO HER SON'S DEATH.
