Court documents show a witness told
investigators he heard Alvarez disciplining the child for wetting himself or
the bed, and that he could hear the child being spanked. The witness described
the discipline as “excessive.” The child was found with multiple bruises on
his legs, arms, buttocks, back and face, the document shows. Blake told police she and Alvarez argued
earlier in the day and after the child woke they saw he had wet the bed
overnight, according to the document. Alvarez allegedly struck the child with a
leather belt, and Blake didn’t intervene for fear of upsetting Alvarez more,
according to the documents. She said she went to work and when she
returned, her son was lethargic and had multiple bruises and stopped breathing
while she and Alvarez argued over taking their son to the hospital, according
to the documents. Alvarez later told police he disciplined the
child with a woven belt during the day after he soiled himself and the
bathroom.
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