Waco Police Department
Father has been arrested
Good! It's unusual to see a second caregiver charged. In this case IMO LE has a solid case against the mother and doesn't need the father to testify against her. Hopefully this means he'll actually be punished for his reckless actions.
If he isn't immediately deported then he's facing prison for a minimum of 2 years.
https://www.texasattorneygeneral.go...iminal-justice/PenalCode-Offenses-byRange.pdf
In an April 24 CPS hearing, state officials ordered that Villalon could be with her children only with supervision, leaving Gonzalez with primary custody of the three
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While the search for Frankie was ongoing, Gonzalez told a CPS investigator he and Villalon recently had reconciled because he thought she was doing better and had shaken her drug habit.
He said he left the three kids with her but said he thought the CPS-approved supervisor was supposed to come to the house to make sure Villalon was not alone with the kids, the CPS investigator’s affidavit states.
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While the cause of Frankie’s death has not been reported, a CPS affidavit states the 3-year-old sister talked about it in a forensic interview on June 1.
She “stated that her brother Frankie fell in a pool and hurt his arm and closed his eyes and didn’t open them back up,” the affidavit states.
In an interview in Spanish with the Tribune-Herald early Wednesday before his arrest, Gonzalez, the father, said he still does not know how Frankie died.
He said he and Villalon were living together, but he left the children with her while he was working because he trusted her.
Police: Frankie Gonzalez's father broke CPS order by leaving child with mother before his death
Interesting comment from Frankie's 3 year old sister.