Anthony Avalos's mother and her boyfriend sentenced to life in torture-murder case
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Heather Maxine Barron and her boyfriend, Kareem Ernesto Leiva, were sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without parole for torturing and murdering Barron's 10-year-old son Anthony Avalos in 2018.
Barron, now 33, and Leiva, now 37, were found guilty on March 7 of one count each of torture and murder in a non-jury trial.
Barron called 911 at about 12:15 p.m. on June 20, 2018, to report her son was unresponsive. Barron and Leiva told the Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies who arrived at their home in Lancaster that Avalos was injured as a result of an accidental fall.
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