Sarvia Velasquez

Sarvia Elizabeth Velasquez 

February 10, 2009 - May 2, 2010

Age: 15 months old

In March 2010, people could tell that something was not right with Sarvia who was usually a very happy child. She didn't like to be touched any more and was edgy all the time, she also had bad diaper rashes that showed she was not being changed enough.

Then Sarvia suffered a broken leg and sadly, while she was just learning to stand up and talk, Sarvia suffered a second broken leg, less than a week later. In fact, Sarvia had suffered at least four broken bones while living with her mother and her mother's boyfriend.

On May 2, 2010, paramedics were called the home of Sarvia's mother. She was taken to the hospital where an autopsy was at first inconclusive though a later autopsy, done in December, showed that she had died of asphyxia and her death was not accidental. Sarvia's mother and her boyfriend were questioned and neither could be ruled out as a suspect in her death. Nobody has ever been charged for the murder of Sarvia. RIP Sarvia.