Mother Charged with Capital Murder of Infant Daughter
Posted By San Antonio Criminal Defense Attorney on Jul 9, 2010 2:40pm PDT
A local Bexar woman is being held for the murder of her 11 month old daughter. The suspect, 25 year old Silver Starr Hernandez, is charged with capital murder and, if convicted, could face the death penalty.
The infant, Faith Escamilla, showed signs of suffocation as well as injuries that indicated abuse.
Faith was Hernandez's third child; the other two had previously been removed from her home by child protective services. Hernandez ceased to visit her elder children and lost her parental rights over them.
At the time of Faith's death, she was being monitered by child protective services again because she had missed multiple doctors appointments for Faith, who had a seizure disorder and was at risk for cerebral palsy. The child protective service agent, however, has stated that during her visits, Hernandez seemed fit to care for her child and her behavior was improving. The caseworker claims that the event was impossible to predict and that she had not observed any previous signs of abuse.
Hernandez has been on probation since 2008, when she was involved in an organized theft crime that ended in the homocide of Allan Kowalski.
If you have been charged with child abuse or murder, it is imperative that you contact a San Antonio Criminal Defense Attorney as soon as possible.