El Paso man pleads guilty to murder, gets 40 years in toddler’s death in 2018

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El Paso man pleads guilty to *******, gets 40 years in toddler’s death in 2018

An El Paso man was sentenced to 40 years in prison for killing a toddler and injuring a baby that he was supposed to be caring for at an East Side home seven years ago, authorities said.

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, now 31, was initially arrested on a charge of capital ******* in the death of 3-year-old Remmy Ezequiel Piria as well as being accused of injuring Piria’s then 1-year-old baby brother in the summer of 2018, the El Paso District Attorney’s Office said.

In Texas, capital ******* is punishable by the death penalty or life in prison without parole.

Remmy was “an innocent, happy, wonderful little boy. He left (too) early to God’s hands,” stated a

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page dedicated to the boy’s memory and stopping child abuse.

Adrian Amaya

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As part of a plea deal, Amaya on Wednesday, March 5, was sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of ******* and two counts of injury to a child before Judge Sam Medrano of the 409th District Court, the DA’s Office said in a news release.

Toddler, baby found injured in East El Paso home

Amaya, then 24, was not related to the boys and was watching them for their mother while she was at work, the DA’s Office said.

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on the evening of June 26, 2018, when El Paso police were dispatched to check on the wellbeing of the children who were being watched by Amaya at a home in the 11500 block of Spencer Drive, police officials had said.

Remmy, who was having trouble breathing, was found with serious injuries and was transported to Del Sol Medical Center, where he died, police and prosecutors said. The toddler had injuries to his chest, back, face and forehead. The 1-year-old baby also had injuries to his face.

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The toddler’s death was investigated by police detectives with the Crimes Against Persons Unit. An arrest warrant was later issued for Amaya.

On Sep. 6, 2018, detectives, with help of the U.S. Marshal’s Lone Star Fugitive Task Force, arrested Amaya at his home at the Sand Pebble apartments at 11280 Pebble Hills Blvd., El Paso Times archives stated.

As part of the plea agreement that sentenced Amaya to prison, he also waived any appeals related to his conviction, the DA’s office added.

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