Couple sentenced for child’s murder

A man and a woman were sentenced to 35 and 25 years in prison, respectively, for the murder of a 5-year-old boy whose body was found more than two years ago.

The state Attorney General’s office said Jaime Gaytán Medina, aka “Fashions,” and his fiancée, Blanca Zarahí Martínez Vázquez, were sentenced for homicide and aggravated sexual assault.

The agency said prosecutors and defense attorneys reached a plea agreement through which the suspects admitted being guilty.

According to the agency, the victim, Abraham, was found dead on March 19, 2020, in a residence located in the Fraccionamiento Parajes de Oriente area.

The man was the boy’s stepfather while the woman was the mother.

Authorities had activated an Amber Alert for the boy before his body was found. The boy’s relatives reported the victim missing the day before.

The body was found in an abandoned home near the corner of Tepexcanal Avenue and Xolutla Street, close to the family’s residence.

Detectives determined the boy had been assaulted and killed in the family’s home before Gaytán Medina moved the corpse and reported the boy as missing.