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Coverage dated April 24, 2023

Anthony Avalos's mother and her boyfriend sentenced to life in torture-murder case

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Prosecutors said 10-year-old Anthony Avalos was tortured and murdered by his mother, Heather Maxine Barron, and her boyfriend, Kareem Ernesto Leiva, in 2018.

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  1. Los Angeles Times

    Anthony Avalos' mother and her boyfriend sentenced to life for murder of 10-year-old (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Heather Barron and her boyfriend, Kareem Leiva, were sentenced to life in prison without parole for the torture and murder of her son, Anthony Avalos.

  2. CBS News

    Anthony Avalos's mother and her boyfriend sentenced to life in torture-murder case (opens CBS News)

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    Prosecutors said 10-year-old Anthony Avalos was tortured and murdered by his mother, Heather Maxine Barron, and her boyfriend, Kareem Ernesto Leiva, in 2018.

  3. ABC 7 Los Angeles

    Anthony Avalos' mother and her boyfriend to be sentenced in 10-year-old's murder: WATCH LIVE (opens ABC 7 Los Angeles)

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    ABC 7 Los Angeles's feed description

    Sentencing is set for a Lancaster woman and her boyfriend who were convicted of torturing and murdering the woman's 10-year- old son, who died in 2018.

  4. Foxla

    Anthony Avalos: Mom, boyfriend set to be sentenced in 10-year-old boy's torture-killing (opens Foxla)

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    Heather Maxine Barron, 33, and Kareem Ernesto Leiva, 37, are facing life in prison without the possibility of parole for Anthony Avalos' June 21, 2018, death.

  5. NBC Los Angeles

    Mother of Anthony Avalos, Boyfriend Face Sentencing in 10-Year-Old Boy's Torture-Murder (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    The mother of Anthony Avalos and her boyfriend face sentencing Tuesday in the torture and murder of the 10-year-old Lancaster boy.

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