Laura Sanchez and Frankie Gonzalez.Photo: Waco Police Department
Villalon, now 38, is now set to plead guilty to a charge of injury of a child with a deadly weapon, according to localKWTX. Gonzalez was sentenced earlier this year to two concurrent, 10-year terms in prison for child abandonment and injuring a child, according to the outlet.
After Gonzalez was sentenced last month, McLennan County District Attorney Josh Tetens said he hoped the father’s plea deal “offers some closure to the family and our community for the tragic loss of Frankie Gonzales,” theWaco-Tribune Heraldreported.
On June 1, 2020, Villalon reported her young son went missing during a trip to Cameron Park in Waco, Texas.
However, one day later, authorities found the boy’s body inside a dumpster behind a church and Villalon allegedly confessed to family members. The mother was arrested shortly afterwards.
“She was in custody of the child when Frankie died,” Officer Garen Bynum, a Waco Police Department spokesperson, said during a press conference then. “Frankie did not die of natural causes.”
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The young boy’s two sisters were then brought into local Child Protective Services, according to a spokesperson at the Department of Family and Protective Services at the time.
The outlet also reports that Villalon previously lost custody of six other children due to neglect and drug abuse.
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source: people.com
