JUNE 14, 2019, 4:00 PM
“Yovanny Jadiel Lopez lived for seven weeks after he was cut from the womb of his mother, who had been lured to a Southwest Side home and strangled.
In all that time, he remained on life support. But the little boy seemed able to breathe on his own at times and, to some, even reacted to his father, Yovani Lopez, according to the family’s attorney, Frank Avila. But late Thursday, Lopez and other relatives were told to rush to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. Just after 5 a.m. Friday, Yovanny was pronounced dead.
‘Today is not a good day for him,’ Avila said about the father. ‘It’s a day of sorrow, it’s a day of suffering.
But he is very happy in a sense that the baby’s suffering has ended and that the baby — his baby, baby Yovanny, is in heaven with his mother, Marlen, and the suffering has ended — there is no more pain.’
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The state attorney’s office had not yet announced Friday if additional charges would be sought, although prosecutors commonly upgrade charges when a victim dies as a result of injuries from a crime.
‘The state attorney’s office will make a determination on additional charges in this case after the medical examiner’s office and police department have completed their investigations,’ prosecutors said in a statement.
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The family plans to have a private funeral for Yovanny.” (BBM)
Baby cut from womb of teenage mother dies: 'Baby Yovanny is in heaven with his mother, Marlen'
Reading the part I bolded, I couldn’t help but to cry. The family has shown so much class and dignity despite everything they have been put through, and they deserved none of it. The dad, especially, seems wise beyond his years.
Rest in Peace, Marlen and Little Yovanny Jadiel.