ne1 hear bout that man killing that 6 year old in Sj
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San Jose man held in death of his girlfriend's 6-year-old son
This is a photo of Oscar who was murdered.
This is Kathryn Jimenez. San Jose Police held a press conference today regarding the February murder of Oscar Jimenez, Jr., age 6. His body was recently recovered in Phoenix. The two suspects in the case are Samuel Corona, 34, and his girlfriend and Oscar's mother, Kathyryn Jimenez, 38. Today is Mon. Sept. 10, 2007
This is suspect Samuel Corona, 34
The terrible secret of where 6-year-old Oscar Jimenez Jr. had been for the last seven months came spilling out of his sobbing mother in a nearly empty San Jose courtroom late last month.
On Saturday, Kathryn Jimenez showed police the exact spot: a slab of cement in the courtyard of a vacant apartment 700 miles away, in Phoenix.
Within moments, they were unearthing Oscar Jr.'s decomposing body and along with it, the story of how the first-grader ended up there.
Police on Monday revealed the details - along with the arrest of Jimenez's boyfriend, Samuel Corona, who allegedly beat the boy after Oscar Jr. apparently threatened to hurt Corona's 1-year-old son.
"Say goodbye to your son," Corona told Jimenez, according to police, then punched and kicked the boy to death in front of her.
Corona and Jimenez, 38, drove Oscar's battered body from their San Jose home to Phoenix, police said, and buried it under a mound of dirt and fertilizer. Two weeks later, Corona covered the secret grave with quick-dry cement.
Six months later, Corona, 34, is in an Arizona jail accused of killing the boy. And Jimenez is in jail in Santa Clara County facing a charge that she prevented her estranged husband from visiting their son. Jimenez is not charged with the homicide, authorities said, and is not expected to be. Police Chief Rob Davis, her lawyer and other officials said she was scared for her life after the killing.
Davis struggled to remain composed at Monday's news conference as he held up a grinning photo of Oscar Jr.
"You can't help but look at this picture and ask yourself why we live in a world where a little 6-year-old boy gets beaten to death," he said.
After the news conference, lawyer Ken Mandel told the Mercury News that Jimenez was "an attentive parent who loved Oscar Jr. She was a very good mother."
"She didn't beat her son," Mandel said. "This guy is the killer. He is a brutal man."
The case, as described
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by police and prosecutors, began in March of this year as a possible child abduction. Oscar Jimenez Sr. was unable to contact his son. He and the child's mother had been separated for six years.
Mark Stevenson, an investigator with the Santa Clara County Child Abduction Unit, said Oscar was nowhere to be found. His mother gave long, rambling excuses. None checked out. Oscar was not in Carson Elementary, where he was enrolled in first grade.
On May 17, the district attorney issued a warrant for his mother's arrest. At some point Jimenez and Corona left town.
U.S. Marshals caught up with Jimenez in Southern California on Aug. 23 and brought her back to Santa Clara County to face the charges. Corona was briefly detained - and then let go.
Back in Santa Clara County, members of the district attorney's child abduction unit hoped Jimenez's arrest would get Oscar back home.
On Aug. 31, Julianne Sylva - head of the child abduction unit - and Lindy Hayes, Jimenez's public defender, were in court for a plea when they cleared the courtroom to ask Jimenez some questions.
They just wanted Oscar back safe.
"Is Oscar safe?" Hayes asked.
Jimenez went white, started crying.
"No," she said.
"Is Oscar not safe?"
Jimenez nodded yes.
Is Oscar alive?
Jimenez shook her head no.
Then, sobbing, she insisted on telling the whole horrible story, authorities said.
She repeated the story for police after receiving immunity that her statements would not be used against her.
She said that on Feb. 18 Corona killed the boy at the home they were renting in the 100 block of Hayes Avenue, a modest one-story house across the street from Oak Grove High School's practice football field.
They wrapped Oscar in a sleeping bag and drove in Corona's 1997 Mazda to Arizona, police said, where the homicide suspect had lived and has relatives.
Corona, who has been convicted of several crimes in Arizona, was arrested in Phoenix early Sunday. An extradition hearing is scheduled for Thursday in Maricopa County.
"She got involved with this person who was brutally violent, he beat her and choked her," Mandel said. "She is not a strong personality. She was a person under his dominion."
The two met in November at Oakridge Mall. She worked at Christopher & Banks, a woman's clothing store. He worked at a nearby kiosk, at one point working the sunglasses stand.
She is a religious woman, Mandel said, who enjoyed going to church with Oscar Jr. and singing in the choir.
Corona was complimentary to her, Mandel said, sweeping her off her feet. But soon his love seemed overly controlling, troubling her friends and relatives.
"She was a lonely person," Mandel said. And she overlooked the tattoos and the bad aura that had her family concerned, Mandel said.
What did Jimenez do during the attack? Did she try to stop it? Neither police nor Mandel would say.
But he said Jimenez was "traumatized in a state of shock."
The case has had a similar effect on police. Chief Davis issued a plea to parents.
"When you suspect a child is being abused, please don't hesitate," he said. "Contact the authorities, allow us the attempt to intervene. Perhaps we can do that and save the life of a child."
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_6859657
Poor kid! Didnt even get to start his life and get's killed by people who are suppossed to be the one's protecting him from harm!
May they burn in hell for this!!!!
RIP Oscar Jimenez Jr.
This is a photo of Oscar who was murdered.
This is Kathryn Jimenez. San Jose Police held a press conference today regarding the February murder of Oscar Jimenez, Jr., age 6. His body was recently recovered in Phoenix. The two suspects in the case are Samuel Corona, 34, and his girlfriend and Oscar's mother, Kathyryn Jimenez, 38. Today is Mon. Sept. 10, 2007
This is suspect Samuel Corona, 34
The terrible secret of where 6-year-old Oscar Jimenez Jr. had been for the last seven months came spilling out of his sobbing mother in a nearly empty San Jose courtroom late last month.
On Saturday, Kathryn Jimenez showed police the exact spot: a slab of cement in the courtyard of a vacant apartment 700 miles away, in Phoenix.
Within moments, they were unearthing Oscar Jr.'s decomposing body and along with it, the story of how the first-grader ended up there.
Police on Monday revealed the details - along with the arrest of Jimenez's boyfriend, Samuel Corona, who allegedly beat the boy after Oscar Jr. apparently threatened to hurt Corona's 1-year-old son.
"Say goodbye to your son," Corona told Jimenez, according to police, then punched and kicked the boy to death in front of her.
Corona and Jimenez, 38, drove Oscar's battered body from their San Jose home to Phoenix, police said, and buried it under a mound of dirt and fertilizer. Two weeks later, Corona covered the secret grave with quick-dry cement.
Six months later, Corona, 34, is in an Arizona jail accused of killing the boy. And Jimenez is in jail in Santa Clara County facing a charge that she prevented her estranged husband from visiting their son. Jimenez is not charged with the homicide, authorities said, and is not expected to be. Police Chief Rob Davis, her lawyer and other officials said she was scared for her life after the killing.
Davis struggled to remain composed at Monday's news conference as he held up a grinning photo of Oscar Jr.
"You can't help but look at this picture and ask yourself why we live in a world where a little 6-year-old boy gets beaten to death," he said.
After the news conference, lawyer Ken Mandel told the Mercury News that Jimenez was "an attentive parent who loved Oscar Jr. She was a very good mother."
"She didn't beat her son," Mandel said. "This guy is the killer. He is a brutal man."
The case, as described
Online Extras
Interactive Map
2006 and 2007 San Jose homicides
Blog
Crime blog: Keeping tabs on local incidents
by police and prosecutors, began in March of this year as a possible child abduction. Oscar Jimenez Sr. was unable to contact his son. He and the child's mother had been separated for six years.
Mark Stevenson, an investigator with the Santa Clara County Child Abduction Unit, said Oscar was nowhere to be found. His mother gave long, rambling excuses. None checked out. Oscar was not in Carson Elementary, where he was enrolled in first grade.
On May 17, the district attorney issued a warrant for his mother's arrest. At some point Jimenez and Corona left town.
U.S. Marshals caught up with Jimenez in Southern California on Aug. 23 and brought her back to Santa Clara County to face the charges. Corona was briefly detained - and then let go.
Back in Santa Clara County, members of the district attorney's child abduction unit hoped Jimenez's arrest would get Oscar back home.
On Aug. 31, Julianne Sylva - head of the child abduction unit - and Lindy Hayes, Jimenez's public defender, were in court for a plea when they cleared the courtroom to ask Jimenez some questions.
They just wanted Oscar back safe.
"Is Oscar safe?" Hayes asked.
Jimenez went white, started crying.
"No," she said.
"Is Oscar not safe?"
Jimenez nodded yes.
Is Oscar alive?
Jimenez shook her head no.
Then, sobbing, she insisted on telling the whole horrible story, authorities said.
She repeated the story for police after receiving immunity that her statements would not be used against her.
She said that on Feb. 18 Corona killed the boy at the home they were renting in the 100 block of Hayes Avenue, a modest one-story house across the street from Oak Grove High School's practice football field.
They wrapped Oscar in a sleeping bag and drove in Corona's 1997 Mazda to Arizona, police said, where the homicide suspect had lived and has relatives.
Corona, who has been convicted of several crimes in Arizona, was arrested in Phoenix early Sunday. An extradition hearing is scheduled for Thursday in Maricopa County.
"She got involved with this person who was brutally violent, he beat her and choked her," Mandel said. "She is not a strong personality. She was a person under his dominion."
The two met in November at Oakridge Mall. She worked at Christopher & Banks, a woman's clothing store. He worked at a nearby kiosk, at one point working the sunglasses stand.
She is a religious woman, Mandel said, who enjoyed going to church with Oscar Jr. and singing in the choir.
Corona was complimentary to her, Mandel said, sweeping her off her feet. But soon his love seemed overly controlling, troubling her friends and relatives.
"She was a lonely person," Mandel said. And she overlooked the tattoos and the bad aura that had her family concerned, Mandel said.
What did Jimenez do during the attack? Did she try to stop it? Neither police nor Mandel would say.
But he said Jimenez was "traumatized in a state of shock."
The case has had a similar effect on police. Chief Davis issued a plea to parents.
"When you suspect a child is being abused, please don't hesitate," he said. "Contact the authorities, allow us the attempt to intervene. Perhaps we can do that and save the life of a child."
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_6859657
Poor kid! Didnt even get to start his life and get's killed by people who are suppossed to be the one's protecting him from harm!
May they burn in hell for this!!!!
RIP Oscar Jimenez Jr.
