A 2-year-old New Jersey toddler died after being burned and suffocated by her mother's boyfriend last Thursday afternoon, Trenton police announced.
The horrifying crime took place at a home located on the 1500 block of Chestnut Avenue at around 4:20 p.m. Upon officers' arrival, they found Lia Victoria Merino-Rodriguez, unconscious after she has fallen down the stairs. She was transported to the hospital and died later in the night.
Police arrested all the house's residents after they suspected that the girl's injuries resulted only from her fall.
Her mother's boyfriend, Maison Andres Torres, 25, who has intentionally burned her with scalding water, beat her with his fists and suffocated her with both hands was charged with murder, the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office confirmed.
