STEPHEN CASAUS OF ALBUQUERQUE HAS NOW BEEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF HIS STEPSON, 9-YEAR OLD OMAREE VARELA. A BERNALILLO COUNTY GRAND JURY ON WEDNESDAY INDICTED CASAUS ON SIX COUNTS OF CHILD ABUSE, ONE COUNT OF EVIDENCE TAMPERING AND TWO COUNTS OF BRIBING A WITNESS.
A SEPARATE INDICTMENT CHARGES CASAUS WITH DRUG TRAFFICKING.
THE BOY'S MOTHER, SYNTHIA VARELA-CASAUS, WAS CHARGED EARLIER, FOR ALLEGEDLY KICKING OMAREE TO DEATH AT THE FAMILY'S HOME IN LATE DECEMBER.
