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In her final days, abused 10-year-old said, ‘I feel like I’m dying,’ mother told police

by Kevin Miller December 12, 2019December 12, 2019

Those are just the latest gut-wrenching details to be presented to jurors in the murder trial of Marissa Kennedy’s mother, Sharon Carrillo.

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Girl’s heart ‘gave out’ after months of abuse, doctor tells jurors

by Kevin Miller December 11, 2019December 12, 2019

The state medical examiner, Dr. Mark Flomenbaum, details 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy’s many injuries in testimony in the murder trial of her mother, Sharon Carrillo.

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Punishments ‘got out of hand’ before 10-year-old girl died, prosecutor tells jurors

by Kevin Miller December 6, 2019December 7, 2019

Sharon Carrillo, who is being tried on a murder charge in the death of Marissa Kennedy, participated in the killing to which her husband, Julio Carrillo, has pleaded guilty, prosecutors said in opening statements.

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Jury selection set to begin for mother charged with fatally abusing daughter

by Kevin Miller December 2, 2019December 3, 2019

Sharon Carrillo’s murder trial could start as early as Friday, as the judge hears motions on the display of graphic photos and the abuse Carrillo allegedly suffered at her husband’s hands.

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Stepfather gets 55 years for murdering girl, in abuse case that exposed flaws in child protection system

by Megan Gray August 28, 2019August 29, 2019

Julio Carrillo had pleaded guilty to what the judge called the ‘formalized and repeatedly ritual torture’ of 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy. His family members asked the judge for mercy during an emotional sentencing hearing.