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THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH is a true story of the short and tragic life of Brianna Lopez.
The story of 5 month old Baby Brianna is a hard one, but it is the ugly reality of child abuse. Violent family members caused her death while others hid what they knew was going on. Brianna Lopez
She was beaten and raped by her own family.
Her father and uncle threw her to the ceiling and watched as she hit the ground, over and over again. “They raped her; they beat her,” said District Attorney Susana Martinez who prosecuted the case. “Literally bruised from head to toe, from the top of her head all throughout her body all the way to the big toe on her right foot. She had bite marks on her face, cheek, head, arms, legs, chest, torso, everywhere.” After her arrest, her mother admitted to biting her baby repeatedly.
“She sustained massive injuries, both internal as well as external. She had bruising all over her head and face, and her little fingers and toes were lacerated,” said Detective Lindell Wright who was the first officer on the scene.
Brianna died on July 19, 2002.
02/14/2002 – 7/19/2002
This Picture was doctored to depict a healthy, burse free baby Brianna which is how the community of Las Cruses choose to remember her.
Both of her parents Stephanie Lopez and Andy Walters, and her uncle Steven Lopez were found guilty.
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Baby Briannas autopsy reveals signs of long-term abuse
The autopsy of 5-month-old Brianna Lopez revealed she had suffered abuse most of her short life in what deputies say is one of the worst cases of child abuse they have ever seen.
Brianna was pronounced dead Friday morning at Memorial Medical Center after she was rushed there when attempts to revive her failed, Doa Ana County Sheriffs Sgt. Ed Miranda said.
Police arrested Briannas parents, Stephanie Lopez, 19, and Andy Walters, 21, and uncle, Steven Lopez, 19. They each are charged with child abuse resulting in death. Walters also was charged with criminal sexual penetration of the baby.
Deputies have now interviewed the six adults and two children who lived in the home with Brianna. Miranda said the family is being cooperative.
The autopsy revealed a long list of injuries that appeared to have been inflicted over an extended period of time upon the little girl who was born on Valentines Day.
Miranda detailed the multiple injuries found on the babys body. He said Brianna had 11 human bite marks in varied stages of healing, multiple bruises, fractures to two right ribs, three skull fractures, swelling of the brain and signs of shaken baby syndrome. Brianna also had fractures to both legs, an injury experts say is commonly caused by picking up the child with a quick, jerking motion by the legs.
Investigators have obtained dental impressions to determine who made each of the bite marks.
In court records, Walters admitted to biting Brianna, but said he “did not take a chunk out of her.” Walters said his 18-month-old son also bit the baby. He said that Stephanie Lopez also bit and pinched her when she became frustrated with Brianna.
According to Miranda, Walters and Steven Lopez were drinking beer the night before when they began to toss Brianna into the air, hitting her head on the ceiling and at least twice failing to catch her before she hit the floor.
Stephen Lopez told investigators that he had drunk 10 beers from a case that Walters admitted buying.
Stephanie Lopez said she had about three beers, then fell asleep. The next morning, she told investigators, she found Brianna on the floor and was unable to wake her.
Walters said when Stephanie Lopez asked what happened to Brianna, he told her “we played a little rough with her last night.”
Miranda said it is the worst case of child abuse he has seen in his law enforcement career. “There were definite signs of neglect and failure to protect.”
“Brianna has been the most severe,” Miranda said. “This is a difficult case that is complex to work.”
The investigation and what it has revealed has been emotional for the officers working on the case. Miranda said counselors were brought in to help them deal with the case.
“When you have parents hurting children, you have a lot of emotions,” Miranda said.
Sheriffs records show no child abuse reports made at the home. Miranda said there have been domestic disturbance calls, but none involving children.
The two other children, Brianna’s 18-month-old brother and 8-year-old uncle, are in protective custody. Miranda said the children have no visible signs of neglect or abuse.
Miranda said while law enforcement, medical personnel and teachers are required to report suspected child abuse, it is the community’s duty to do the same.
The following is a timeline of events according to police documents:
*Thursday night, July 18th, at 6 p.m., Andy Walters stopped to buy a case of beer, and headed home to 5243 Comanche Trail in Las Cruces.
Three people– Walters, 21, Stephanie Lopez, 19, and her twin brother Steven Lopez, 19, drink through the evening.
*Stephanie went to bed after about three beers. According to court documents, Andy Walters and Steven Lopez admitted to playing with Stephanie and Walters’s 5-month old daughter, Brianna.
Police records show that Walters and Lopez threw the child into the air, causing her to hit her head on the ceiling 3 times, then dropped her twice on the floor.
*Andy Walters told investigators that Brianna was conscious and crying.
*At around 12:30 a.m., Friday morning, Andy Walters fell asleep not knowing where Brianna was.
*At three in the morning, Walters says he awoke to find Brianna on the floor near the bed. He said he wrapped her in a blanket and put her in a bouncer.
*By 7 a.m., Brianna needed a diaper change. Stephanie Lopez asked about the bruises on Brianna, and according to court documents, Walters admitted that he and Steven Lopez “played a little rough with her”.
*Walters changed the diaper and took a baby wipe, wrapped it around his index finger and inserted it into Brianna’s anus.
The complaint also states Andy Walters admitted he bit Brianna on several occasions, but he told Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Deputies he is not the only family member to bite Brianna.
*Walters also told authorities that Stephanie Lopez pinched and threw Brianna out of frustration.
*The uncle, Steven Lopez, admits to throwing Brianna in the air and not catching her. Steven Lopez claims to have drunk ten beers the previous night.
During his interview with Sheriff’s Deputies, Steven Lopez admitted to having sex with Brianna Lopez. (she was 5 months old!!!) Adding that he, as well as Andy Walters, had penetrated Brianna on several different occasions.
*By 10 a.m., July 19th, Stephanie Lopez checks on her daughter, notices Brianna is not breathing, and she calls 9-1-1.
*11:10 am, Friday July 19th, five month old Brianna Lopez dies at Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces.
Autopsy results show Brianna Lopez had 11 bite marks on her body, broken ribs, skull fractures, bleeding of the optic nerves and brain swelling.
Story Written By: Rene Ruelas, Sun-News
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June 2, 2018 at 6:39 PM
Yawana
They need the death penalty
February 15, 2019 at 6:05 PM
Brooke
The mother is out of jail …. you do know that correct? GOOD BEHAVIOR!!!
June 27, 2018 at 12:19 AM
Malea
This is without a doubt the most disgusting thing I have ever read in my life. That poor poor baby. These people need to be on death row with no appeal. Its people like this that makes me wish that we actually had a purge put into affect. I would break them out just to torture them. There is no justice in them living and an innocent baby losing her life. Her father and uncle are pedophiles and her mother is a child abuser. I hope they all die a slow death. This is being nice about it.
July 8, 2019 at 10:12 PM
Betty
EYE for an EYE! The EXACT SAME punishment they gave that innocent baby girl should be inflicted on ALL THREE!
AND, the ‘silent’ adult family members that KNEW what was being done, but NEVER attempted to save that baby girl SHOULD be charged & on DEATH ROW!
June 27, 2018 at 2:42 PM
Maxine
All three of you deserve to be neutered and spayed like the animals you are!!! You’re disgusting and fucken sick, they should have sent you to prison where the same sick shit would have happened to you. We are suppose to protect and love our children for they are our future. Anybody that does this sort of sick disgusting Shit to any child deserves to die! You sick bastards deserve the same fucken thing and what goes around comes around because karma is coming for you and I pray and hope that it finds you on it’s worst day!!!!
June 28, 2018 at 9:24 PM
Kathy J Sampsell
I pray they rot burn suffer in hell for eternity
July 1, 2018 at 7:47 AM
Christena
What fucken disgusting horrible evil people. They all deserve the death penalty!! I hope you’re all tortured and abused in prison!
July 20, 2018 at 7:44 PM
Tom Abram
They deserve to die a horrible death for what they did to that poor little baby girl.I HOPE THEY ROTE IN PRISON. You guys are some sick twisted mother fuckers and I hope someone kills you in jail all of y’all are a piece of shit that was a poor defensive baby that couldn’t fight back I hope you are around of yourselves for what you have done. Rote in hell you low life mother fuckers and I hope and pray you die a horrific death.
July 21, 2018 at 8:25 AM
Sarah
Why the fuck is that disgusting most despicable “mother” out of prison?!?!?!!! She deserves the death penalty! She deserves to be ass raped til the day she dies! I Gag at this piece of Shit! I understand what its like to be frustrated as a new young mom! But never ever ever ever!!! Have I ever thought once to pinch or bite my babygirl!!! This little angel was only 5 months old. And since the day she was born it was nothing but abuse! I don’t understand why she couldn’t have just given her to a loving family who’s longing for a baby they can’t have on their own! Because she’s clearly fucking sick! Whores like this need help! Or they need to be locked up throw away the fucking key! This is bullshit that she got out! It’s bullshit she didn’t get the death penalty! I swear on my babygirl’s life! If I ever come across this horse shit scum on the bottom of shoe. I will make her regret ever laying a hand on this sweet babygirl!
March 23, 2019 at 4:14 PM
Dana. Davison
The public has tried to send stuffed animals and flowers and a beautiful angel headstone for her where she’s buried. The family has encased her grave with barbed wire fencing to make sure that even in death she recieves no love or comfort of any kind.
March 23, 2019 at 4:14 PM
Dana. Davison
The public has tried to send stuffed animals and flowers and a beautiful angel headstone for her where she’s buried. The family has encased her grave with barbed wire fencing to make sure that even in death she recieves no love or comfort of any kind.
July 4, 2019 at 7:23 AM
Alyssa
I can’t even imagine the hell Brianna went through; how does any person do that to a baby? Not just any baby, their FLESH AND BLOOD? I had to vomit reading what they did to her; I can’t believe these sick parasites are still breathing!
August 11, 2019 at 3:32 AM
Tara Caulfield
Should have done to them what they did to that poor baby
February 15, 2019 at 6:08 PM
Brooke
Valentines day baby Girl Brianna’s Birthday. 02/14/2002
Happy 17th Birthday in heaven sweet baby girl!
February 27, 2019 at 10:20 PM
Nikki
And to think this STUPID BITCH is out!!!! I hope someone beats, rapes and stabs her 150 times inch by inch until she dies. I hope those two so called “men” are buttraped to death and shanked in the asshole daily. I could kill all 3 and smile doing it.
March 1, 2019 at 6:19 PM
kfarrey
I didn’t know about the 8 year old uncle living there. Schools should be teaching kids how to call 911. Kids will report it faster than an adult.
March 12, 2019 at 9:54 PM
Jennifer
I’m just now hearing and reading. DISGUSTING… Why would anyone even think about harming an innocent baby, child. These people need to be tortured and slaughtered and I hope that is what is happening to those despicable pedophiles that are still sitting in prison. I hope that her mother ( who is free??) NEVER finds any peace, success in this life. MAY THEY ALL BURN IN HELL
March 23, 2019 at 2:44 AM
Rebecca johnston
I hope they all burn in hell
April 26, 2019 at 3:53 PM
Anna Vessa
F’ing animals I hope they rot…scumbags
May 29, 2019 at 9:50 PM
Yesenia
If i ever see her i would do what she did to that baby. Bitch should got 8 months in prison and execution bitch never should got out who ever gave her time is out of there minds 12 years hell no she does not deserve to live
June 29, 2019 at 4:19 AM
Shannon White
I’m in utter shock and disbalief!! You seriously are thinking they deserve prison?????? She DIED! 5 months old….not SIDS…not an illness…TORTURE! How DARE our society allow this. A wife has a husband cheat she leaves and never speaks to him ever again…why? He’s wrong and he wronged her she’s done…..easy decision here also. Torture and kill a 5 month old???? BYE! Hell awaits you. And Lethal injection…to easy!
July 26, 2019 at 10:15 PM
Cali
Sick son of bitches
August 5, 2019 at 4:49 PM
Paula Guerrero
This evil disgusting family should all be tortured to death, including the family members that knew that this was happening to poor innocent baby Brianna. What I don’t understand is why was Brianna the only child they abused & the other children were not (I’m glad the others were not abused btw)? Did they not want a baby girl, were they on drugs??? Why didn’t they put her up for adoption if they didn’t want her & that way a loving family could have adopted her. I couldn’t stop crying when I heard about this. The only good thing now is that Brianna is in Heaven & no longer being tortured. I hope those pieces of sh*t “parents”, piece of sh*t uncle & other neglectful family members all rot in hell. Brianna you are loved by many babygirl, rip angel ❤
August 7, 2019 at 11:46 AM
brieannal33
Why are you publishing fake news stories? I’m contacting the authorities.
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