Roy Aguilera

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eighteen month old Roy Aguilera was removed from his home by Child Protective Services but was returned to his mother Yesenia Hernandez by a jury. Roy was hospitalized after losing consciousness and suffered broken legs, facial bruises and burns on his back. He died at 11:58 p.m. at Children's Medical Center in Dallas from injuries authorities said were inflicted by the mother and her boyfriend Jose Aguilera.

 

Hernandez made this statement to law enforcement officer Ray De La Cruz: "I live with José Guadalupe Aguilera. I am six months pregnant with his child.  I also have a five year daughter name Yesenia from a prior marriage and a one year old baby boy named Roy Aguilera. After my son was returned to me, I never loved him the same after that.  I didn't love him after they returned him. I was okay with him for a few months, and then I did those things to him․Then after I got pregnant, I started to treat him bad. Investigator De La Cruz showed me pictures of the injuries, and I told him how I did the injuries. He showed me a picture of a fingernail, and I caused the injury on the fingernail by biting him. That's been about a month ago, but then he re-injured it. He showed me a picture of the burn mark on his back, and I did that last Monday with a hot iron.  He has an injury on his right arm that was caused by teeth marks where I bit him two times. The burn on his hand, I did that about a day before I burned him with the iron. I put a hot pan on the table and he touched it, but I let him touch it. He also showed me some injuries on the left side of his neck, and I did those with my hands. Those are scratches. What he has on his ears are where I squeeze them with my fingers. The scratches on his head, I did those with my hands by pulling his hair. The injuries that he has on his forehead is where I hit him with a broomstick a week ago. The injury on his left arm, the one that was swollen, I caused it about two months ago. He was about to fall from the bed and to keep him from falling I grabbed him by the arm and yanked him up and I heard his arm pop. After that, he wouldn't lift up his arm.  A charge of injury to a child against Hernandez was upgraded to capital murder the day after her son died.

 

How could anybody say that they do not love their own child? That I will never understand. If you did not want your child why take him back? Why take him back just to hurt him? I’m sorry this had to happen to you Rest in Peace little Angel.