GUILTY TX - Jose Ruiz sentenced to life in prison for torturing and killing girlfriend's 5-year old daughter - March 19, 2024

[Clearsky]

Man Who Tortured His Girlfriend's 5-Year-Old Daughter with Thumbtacks Sentenced to Life for Her Murder

Jose Ruiz was sentenced to life in prison in the death of Mercedes Losoya in 2022, per reports.

people.com

Mercedes Losoya died in February 2022 in San Antonio, Texas, after being taken to a local hospital by her mother and the woman's then-boyfriend, KSAT and KENS 5 reported.

 

[LauraAnne]

This is SO SAD. Usually it's male children of the girlfriend who suffer at the hands of her boyfriend; it seems a little unusual that a pretty little girl would be tortured and beaten to death by the mother's boyfriend.

It's so sad that even his own family raised the alarm that he was abusing her, and somehow those reports went nowhere.

Such a lovely girl, gone way too soon. So awful that her mother didn't bother to protect her.