Lillian Entwistle

Lillian Rose "Lilly" Entwistle

April 9, 2005 - January 20, 2006

Lillian "Lilly", was born on April 9, 2005 to Neil and Rachel Entwistle. They lived in a rented house for ten days before tragedy struck. The bodies of Rachel and Lilly were found in their home. Rachel was twenty seven years old, and Lilly was nine months old.

The autopsies showed that Rachel died from a bullet wound to her head, and Lilly died from a bullet wound to her stomach. Just hours after he killed his wife and daughter, Neil had purchased a one way ticket to London and left at 8:15 a.m. When the bodies were found, Neil claimed that when he left his home three days earlier to run an errand, Rachel and Lilly were alive and healthy, and that when he came home and found their bodies, he was so distraught that he fled.

The police were suspicious of his leaving right after he found the bodies, and of the fact that his DNA was found on the gun that killed Rachel and Lilly. It was also revealed that a few days before, someone had searched "how to kill people" on the computer. Eventually, Neil was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Sofia Rojas

Sofia Alondra Rojas

September 11, 2009 - July 3, 2010

Sofia Alondra Rojas was born on September 11, 2009.When she was just eight months old, she passed away after being stabbed to death by her father, Pedro Rojas-Martinez. He also stabbed his wife, and his other child, but they survived. He had done this because he walked in on his wife and another man. After the man his wife was with left, he argued and eventually stabbed her, then went into his childrens' room. He stabbed his 22-month old son, and then his eight month old daughter, Sofia. Sofia didn't survive. 

Sarah Chavez

Sarah Angelina Chavez

December 5, 2002 - October 11, 2005

Sarah Angelina Chavez was born on December 5, 2005 to Sophia Chavez. As a newborn, Vicodin was detected in her system, and at only two days old, a case worker had opened a file for her, though her case wasn't ever followed up. Life with Sarah's mother was hectic. About a month after Sarah turned two years old, her mother took narcotics while pregnant with another child. She called 911 and informed them that she had had a miscarriage in her home. Paramedics discovered a stillborn baby in the toilet when they arrived at her home.

Sarah was nowhere to be found. Social workers feared that something happened to her, and they finally located her in the care of her great-aunt, Frances Abundis. Unfortunately, when they arrived at Frances' home, they found Sarah with a cut on her nose and two bruised eyes. Sophia was determined to be an unfit parent, so social workers placed Sarah in protective custody. 

Sarah was placed with two women named Dianne Hardy-Garcia and Corri Planck. The women had been checked and went through many procedures to be sure that they could properly care for Sarah. Dianne and Corri loved Sarah from the moment they saw her. Dianne recalled that Sarah had chocolate on her face and a candy cane in her mouth. She remembered that she brought Sarah a little teddy bear, and Sarah had jumped into her arms when they met.

Dianne and Corri provided Sarah with her own room, own toys, and own books. She even had a schnauzer dog who would sleep outside her door at night. Corri and Dianne would hang up the artwork that Sarah made at her day care. They were proud and happy parents, but they could tell that Sarah had been exposed to violence. 

Corri and Dianne were alarmed when they discovered that Sarah had horrible nightmares and the fact that she knew how to choke with both of her hands. At two years old, Sarah also cursed. They also noticed signs that Sarah had also been sexually abused. They continuously addressed this issue to the social workers and asked that a medical examination be performed to see if Sarah had been sexually abused, but this was never followed through by the social workers. Dianne and Corri worried that the social workers were not taking the concerns seriously.

Sarah was required to have weekly visitations with her mother and her great-aunt, who was also her godmother. While her mother was often late, and at times, didn't show up at all, her great-aunt was always present. What Corri and Dianne weren't aware of was the fact that Sophia was angry about the fact that Sarah was being raised by a same-gender couple, and that she was fighting to get Sarah back. While Sophia was deemed unfit to parent, her great-aunt, Frances, was not. Frances continued fighting for the custody of Sarah.

In April of 2005, Corri and Dianne were given one hour to pack Sarah's things and say goodbye to her before she was returned to Frances. The judge sent Sarah back to her great-aunt with no proper check to be sure that it was a safe and stable environment. When Corri and Dianne were packing Sarah's things, she continuously took the items back out of her bag and into her drawers and told them "No!". Corri was convinced that they would read in the newspaper someday that Sarah had been abused to death. Dianne refused to accept this awful thought in her mind.

In the home of Frances, Sarah was reunited with her five year old cousin who went by "AJ". Sophia continued to rarely visit her daughter. The social worker who noticed Sarah doing well in the home of Corri and Dianne now noticed Sarah doing poorly. AJ witnessed Frances' husband, Armando Abundis, take Sarah into a room and close the door. He claimed that he could hear her screaming when they were inside.

On October 10, 2005, Sarah was taken to the hospital because her arm was severely fractured above her elbow. A piece of jagged bone kept Sarah's arm disconnected and hanging at her side. This can be seen on the hospital's surveillance video. Frances waited four hours before she left without Sarah ever seeing a doctor or getting her injuries treated. It was later known that her arm wasn't only fractured, but that she had multiple internal injuries too.

Just seven hours after her hospital visit, Sarah was dead. She died of blunt force trauma to the abdomen. Armando was found guilty of assaulting a child under eight years of age. He was found not guilty on his murder count, and guilty for child abuse. Frances was released from jail after pleading no contest to acting as an accessory after the fact and to felony marijuana possession.

Brooklyn Saechao

Brooklyn Koy Saechao

July 26, 2010 - August 4, 2011

 Brooklyn Koy Saechao was born on July 26, 2010 to Sarn and Jamie Saechao. Her mother began dating a man named Jeffrey E. Locker. On August 2, 2010, her mother left Brooklyn in the care of Jeffrey who, on this day, called 911 to report that little Brooklyn had fallen and hit her head on something.

Brooklyn was brought to the hospital with severe head injuries and by the time she reached the hospital, she was unconscious. Though Jeffrey claimed that Brooklyn had fallen in the bathtub on her own, though medical officials knew that her injuries couldn't have been a result of Brooklyn falling on her own. 

Two days after being brought to the hospital, Brooklyn died. Her injuries were consistent with child abuse. Jeffrey Locker was sentenced to 18 years in prison for manslaughter.

Brianna Walker

Brianna Lynn Walker

May 31, 2001 - June 7, 2005

 Brianna Lynn Walker was born on May 31, 2001. She was her parents' first child and she was their life. She was riding on horses since she was just a baby, and it soon became something that she enjoyed very, very much. One day, Brianna was riding her horse, Slug, and he started acting up. Brianna had ridden him many times, but his acting oddly did worry Brianna's parents a bit.

Brianna had been practicing riding her horse, and her mother took Brianna off of Slug and put her on the horse that she had been riding. It was decided that they would put the horses back in their stables and practice later, but Brianna begged and begged to practice now until her mother gave in and let her.

They were on the way to the arena, and Brianna was riding Slug again because he had started to act normal. On their way to the arena, they turned around to go back to the house because Brianna's mother said that she had to go to the bathroom. 

They were nearing their home when their cat began following them. Their cat often followed them when they rode horses, so this wasn't unusual, but for some reason, on this day, the cat spooked Slug. Brianna's mother noticed this and she began to get off her horse to go and get Brianna off of Slug, but she didn't move fast enough.

Slug reared up and fell over backwards, landing right on Brianna. He quickly rolled off of her. Brianna's mother felt relieved when she saw that Brianna looked fine. She thought she was just knocked out, but when she picked up her little daughter, blood began flowing out of her mouth and nose.

Brianna's mother picked her up and ran to the house. When she reached the house, she called 911. After an ambulance was on its way, she called her family members for help. She knew they could get their quicker than the ambulance. Brianna had a pulse, but she wasn't breathing. Brianna's mother attempted to breathe for her by breathing into her mouth, but her pulse slowly got weaker and weaker before it stopped completely. 

Brianna's mother began performing CPR on her, and finally, the ambulances arrived. The doctors began working on Brianna and Brianna's mother went to get Brianna's father who had been outside, not knowing that any of this had occurred. A helicopter landed in the field near Brianna's house and loaded her into it.

Brianna's family drove to the emergency room. They took her family into the counseling room and said that a surgeon would come in to talk to them soon. They were also told that by the time Brianna reached the hospital, she was attempting to breathe on her own, which was better than how her mother had last seen her, with only a weak pulse. This was followed by "...but her injuries were so severe that her heart couldn't keep up. She died a few minutes ago. I'm sorry."

Brianna's family held her, and sang to her. Her parents got her handprint, and her foot print. They also got to keep a lock of her light blonde hair. 

Tristan Allegra

Tristan Michael Allegra

February 10, 2000 - December 25, 2008

Tristan Michael Allegra was born on February 10, 2000. His mother was Eryn Allegra. His mother was unemployed and she had little money. She had been contemplating suicide for months before Tristan's death, but it seemed like she didn't want to leave her son behind, so she began planning his death as well. 

Eryn took her son to a Holiday Inn hotel on Christmas Eve. She fed him dinner and eight advil tablets, hoping that this would kill him. She became doubtful that the medication would kill her eight year old son, however, so she made a backup plan. 

About two hours after Tristan fell asleep, his mother also smothered him with a pillow. She did this for about fifteen minutes, and at one point, Tristan woke up, his survival instincts kicking in, and he started to try and escape. His mother was stronger than him however, and she continued to smother him. She later told investigators that she "wanted to make sure that Tristan wasn't going to wake up and have some type of disability" due to the amount of medication she had given him.

After Tristan was dead, Eryn attempted to slit her wrists, but the blades were too dull, so she called 911. She was taken to the hospital where she was treated for her injuries, and then she was taken to jail and charged with first degree murder. 

Kyra Aaralynn Zubah

Kyra Aaralynn Zubah

July 9, 2006 - November 10, 2009

Kyra Aaralynn Zubah was born on July 9, 2006. When she was just eleven weeks old, she was placed in a foster home due to her biological father being arrested for child abuse. She lived with Christine Atchinson until just four months before her death. Her little sister, Heaven, also lived with her and their foster mother, Christine.

Four months before her death, Kyra was taken out of Christine Atchinson's custody due to Christine allegedly attempting to fraudulently purchase prescription medication and the fact that it was believed to be in the best interest of children with Native American ancestry to be placed in tribal foster homes where they could learn about their heritage. Kyra was placed in the home of Sharon Whitecloud, along with her little sister, Heaven.

On November 7, 2009, Sharon took Kyra to the hospital after reportedly finding her unresponsive. She had a head injury. Doctors were suspicious when they found that Kyra had been taken to the hospital at least one hour and thirty minutes after she received the head injury, and multiple bruises on Kyra's body in various stages of healing. They suspected abuse.

Kyra had bleeding in her brain, and she was put on life support. She was soon declared brain dead, and taken off life support on November 10, 2009. Her death was investigated as a homicide and all four of the other children that lived with Sharon Whitecloud were removed from her custody. 

Sharon Whitecloud was found guilty of second degree manslaughter. Sharon admitted to taking a sleeping pill which, according to her, caused her to drop Kyra on her head twice. It was also known that she had shaken little Kyra.