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Learn about the case of Melissa Lucio, who has been on death row for 13 years.
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Melissa Lucio is the only Hispanic woman to ever be sentenced to death in the state of Texas. She is currently facing her last appeal, having spent 13 years on death row.
Her case, as well as the problems with the American justice system and the death penalty, are captured in the documentary The State of Texas vs. Melissa (2020).
Having made its festival debut, the film has received great reviews and won multiple audience choice awards. Joining us is French-American journalist and filmmaker Sabrina Van Tassel, who directed, wrote and produced the film.
This is also a joint episode with Factual America's sister podcast, The Lone Star Plate, hosted by Patrick Scott Armstrong, who interviews famous Texans and explores compelling Texas stories.
“I believe Melissa would already have been executed if I hadn’t made this film.” - Sabrina Van Tassel
Time Stamps:
00:00 - Introducing the guest, and the trailer for The State of Texas vs. Melissa.
04:04 - Where you can watch this documentary.
05:16 - What the film is about and who Melissa is.
07:37 - How Sabrina got involved with this case.
12:00 - What it was like meeting Melissa for the first time.
15:13 - The biases people have towards certain ethnic groups.
22:36 - The trust in God there is within the Roman Catholic community.
24:40 - Melissa’s first lawyer and the chances of winning a case against the DA office.
28:27 - The appeal Melissa won and then overturned a short time later.
32:19 - Why Sabrina believes Maria died from falling down the stairs.
37:48 - How Sabrina got access to Melissa and her defence attorney.
44:14 - How Melissa’s family responded to the film.
45:56 - The chances of Melissa being released and Sabrina doing a follow-up film.
50:26 - How quickly an execution is carried out after an inmate’s appeals run out.
51:55 - Why Sabrina wants to bring awareness to the justice system's failures.
55:55 - The problems with the death penalty and death row.
59:48 - The positive effects making this film has had.
1:01:58 - What people can do to help put an end to the death penalty.
1:06:48 - The next projects Sabrina is working on.
1:07:59 - How being French gives Sabrina a different perspective on American culture.
1:10:58 - Advice for other filmmakers who want to make documentaries.
1:14:56 - Sabrina’s director of photography and the film's unique soundtrack.
Resources:
The State of Texas vs. Melissa (2020) www.imdb.com/title/tt11905848/
The Lone Star Plate thelonestarplate.com/
The Innocence Project innocenceproject.org/
Connect with Sabrina Van Tassel:
Twitter / sabvantassel
Instagram / sabrinavantassel
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#StateofTexasvsMelissa #DeathPenalty #DeathRow
In 2007, Lucio had fourteen children, and nine of them lived with Lucio and her boyfriend, Robert Alvarez. On February 17, 2007, paramedics were called to the Lucio residence because the youngest child, two-year-old Mariah Alvarez, was unresponsive and not breathing. According to the Cameron County District Attorney's Office, Mariah was found at the home with signs of abuse on her body. She reportedly had scattered bruising, bite marks on her back, patches of hair that had been pulled out, and a broken arm. According to Lucio, two days earlier Mariah had fallen down a set of stairs, leading to her injuries.[2] Mariah was pronounced dead upon arrival at a local hospital. It was later determined that Mariah's arm had been broken two to seven weeks before her death, and an autopsy also showed a head injury and bruising of the kidneys, lungs and spinal cord.[3] You people are fucking brain dead to even question her guilt！
All u stated was the abuse found on Mariah, no proof or evidence to conclude that the mom did it / is guilty. Especially after a false confession. 🤷🏽♀️
@@Oneof.01 You don’t need an eye witness to know it’s the primary care givers responsibility to get help for an abused injured baby especially when the primary care giver is the MOTHER. But then some people are idiots
@Xiaomin L. Feador 💯
@@Occams_Razor489 People like that, they need a video to show the murder.
@@TheXmeimei people like you think everyone is guilty until proven innocent & that everyone in jail is a bad person. People like that are people like you. I can be direct. U should try it next time
@7:48 "Usually you don't end up on death row for child abuse". People should get the death penalty for child abuse or at least life in prison. Her child is dead because of the horrendous abuse she suffered by the person who was supposed to protect her the most.
Her own teenage sister admitted to the lawyer that she abused her little sister.
"People should get the death penalty" Bro c'mon. It seems like you're talking outta emotion. That punishment far outweighs the crime.
@@pythondrink The death penalty for someone who killed her 2 year old daughter after abusing her viciously for a long period of time? On which planet?
@@cockoffgewgle4993 seems like you're so emotionally charged that you didn't read the full thing: "People should get the death penalty for child abuse..." Nothing clarifies that the child would have to die of said abuse. Chill out bro lol.
@@cockoffgewgle4993 also I've not seen any evidence she did that. There's sm doubt that I think executing her would be wrong.
That child was murdered. Not only were there a ton of bruises in different stages of healing, hair had been ripped out, bite marks were visible on the back and one arm had been broken 2-7 weeks prior to her death.
Shocking what that poor baby went through
Where did you see this??
@@mercuree5932 yes... Where! !!
It is impossible that the mother did not see the babys arm broken if she was lot more than a week before she died there is something wrong mabe the big daughter did it while the mother was using drugs, cause she used to use drugs
Fhe fucked up part about it was she had only been bavk in her care 3 months before she died
I’m here after watching a clip on TikTok
Is in hulu the whole thing
@@antonio16992 yeah, I watched it-pobrecita 😔😔
im here cause she is a distant relative and also fuck the death penalty
@@omgm4teo why she murdered a baby ? She doesn’t deserve to live
Same
People need to stop making excuses for these kind of sick people . Its obvious she has some very messed up psychological issues going on with her . She's responsible for that baby's death whether it was an accident or not she's responsible.. She needs to be held accountable !! People need to stop having pity and making excuses for these very sick individuals !!! People make bad choices in life and everyone needs to be held accountable for those bad life choices especially if you live in the State of Texas of all states this is one of the worst states to be a screw up in Texas they will make you accountable for breaking the law ... Best advice read the Bible and change be a good human being it doesn't cost anything to read the Bible and be a good human being
So, you say read the Bible..I do...which is why I am against the death penalty. I read a little something that says we should not kill..just cause the state is doing the killing does not make right. They can spend life in prison. Especially when innocent people have been put to death, no death penalty.
@ Hector Salas, I totally agree with you . So sad, so horrible, and yet, the accused gets more attention, and a second chance, what about the child? She did not get a second chance. I do not support the death penalty but I believe that child abusers and child murderers do not belong outside prison walls.
On February 17, 2007 paramedics found Mariah Alvarez unattended and lying on her back in the middle of the floor unresponsive, not breathing and with no pulse. Her father Robert Alvarez told police and paramedics at the scene that Mariah had fallen down some stairs. Mariah was transported to the emergency room at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen, Texas where she was pronounced dead. The condition of Mariah's body indicated that she had been severely abused. Her body was covered with new and old bruises, contusions and bite marks on her back. One of her arms had been broken probably about two to seven weeks before her death, and she was missing portions of her hair where it had been pulled out by the roots. She was dehydrated and small for her age. Mariah indicated no apparent signs of a head injury. An autopsy showed two year old Mariah died of blunt force head trauma, which would have occurred within 24 hours prior to her death, and it would have been immediately apparent that Mariah was in distress and in need of medical attention. She also had cocaine in her system at the time of her death. Mariah suffered "multiple contusions" to her head area and that "blunt force head trauma . . . basically means, beat about the head with something-an object, a hand, a fist, or slammed." Farley testified that these injuries would not have been caused by falling down some stairs and that this was the most severe case of child abuse she had ever seen. Lucio was arrested the next day for the capital murder of her daughter, Mariah Alvarez. Lucio was sentenced to death by lethal injection. Lucio's husband, Robert Alvarez, was only charged with injury to a child. I wish more child abuses were sentenced to death by lethal injection like Lucio or at least sentenced to life in prison for their crime. It's not fair that they can take an innocent life and still have theirs even if it is behind bars. The previous documentary was about her getting released. The whole family is guilty! 14 kids none of them reported this. Come on! Jesus Christ Lady you know the system well. More Children more money! RIP SWEET ANGEL Mariah justice will be served. 👼💜🕊✝️ (Edited for grammar)
The baby had only been in the home for 4 months. She had been with cps before that so she could have been abused then
Exactly they are so poor but keep popping them babies out for cash!
@@NEWLILLYHOT sure just ignore the crack addiction, filthy living situation and reports or prior issues.
Was the child or family ever tested for Ehlers Danlos Syndrome? The sister admitted to the lawyer that she would punch her little sister and she was her main care giver not the mother. Another child abuse case where the same woman doctor lied about when the injuries of the child occurred was already dismissed. The man was out of state at work when the injuries actually happened. The pathologist is a lying witch. CPS experts are caught lying all the time. They get paid to lie. Do you think they would still receive their check if their testimony was to clear the accused? Their hospitals make lots of money off of CPS. You can see how much CPS pays these hospitals by looking at their budget on their website. If this pathologist lied in another case what was to stop her from lying on the stand in the case of Mrs.Lucio? Absolutely nothing. Was the little girl ever tested for genetic illnesses, metabolic bone diseases, vitamin or mineral deficiencies? New out of state experts with more experience concluded that the daughter died from injuries she incurred by falling down the stairs. These new experts have not ever been caught lying in court. These out of state experts concluded that the little girls arm was not broken weeks prior to her death. The little girl was very prone to falls and had an in turned foot. This can be common with may genetic illnesses. Some people with EDS have an in turned foot.
On my birthday that’s terrible
It’s hard to feel bad for someone who severely beat a 2 year old child…
READ, INVESTIGATE
@@irefusetobeanotherdvsfatal3243 just read the Innocence Project website.... every other lying source (including the statements of her other child, that were corrupted by racism) will make you falsely believe she is guilty
@@rkaye2009 Aaahahahaa only the biased documentary makers lie. Melissa abused Mariah for three months until it killed her
@@irefusetobeanotherdvsfatal3243 Melissa Lucio is guilty
@@Occams_Razor489 😯
I'm here from the texas innocence project. I'm completely disgusted that the innocence project portrayed her to be innocent!
As a cps worker the child was being abused by another child the child should have been convicted and tried as an adult.
@@daniellemitchell7977 and where was the mom then?????
@@daniellemitchell7977 Then you suck at your job
Are you connected to the Innocence Project and in what capacity?
@@bathsheba9581 Don’t get so excited. She’s probably a lying liberal with an agenda like you and isn’t even a CPS worker
This whole family is messed up. You’d think her oldest daughter would learn a lesson on how not to live by watching her mother, instead she has 9 kids of her own. No money very poor no business having so many babies. Living on welfare I imagine. That little girl died at the hands of her mother I have no sympathy for Melissa and her children are covering for her.
It's that manipulative grandmother putting them up to it, she's a hag.
Obviously no one covered for her if she's on death row. I think Melissa is covering for her daughter angeli or whatever her name is.
Well you're right about the whole family being messed up. Something is definitely off about this whole case and I would think if it were my sister and I believed in her innocence then aside from being sad about her being there ...why would it be so difficult to write her letters ; why would you want to block it out instead of standing up for her, supporting her, encouraging her to stay strong with a "were going to fight this " ✊🏼💪🏼 type of mentality. Idk they're all so weird and the Mom is something else to speak of. She didn't believe Melissa when she wen to her as a child about the boyfriend molesting her, the Mom just acted like it was nothing....no wonder she's so messed up now. All of them are strange
Question for the lady who made this…. WHY did you not include the siblings who were interviewed for YOUR documentary and talked about Melissa ABUSING the poor baby? WHY did you pick and choose what YOU wanted to air from Alex interview??? How can anyone take you seriously when leave important information out even if it goes against the mom. This isn’t a documentary it’s you making your own agenda.
One of the sisters admitted to someone that she had been punching her sister.
Did you ever think that the teen may lie to try to save herself? The lawyer also knew that the teen daughter had been abusing her sister because sge admitted it to him.
THANK YOU
The children contradict one another. The one on tiktok brings up the testimony of Farley. Farley presented false evidence in 2007 and lied about when the injuries of the child actually happened.
Right on!
I've seen other commenters mention the bite marks, old bruises, and previously broken arm. But it can't be repeated enough. The physical evidence contradicts Melissa's story. You don't need eye witnesses to confirm she had abused the child. It's possible to conclude that she either inflicted those wounds herself, or lied to cover them up. Either way, she's not innocent. I don't support the death penalty. But she should never, ever leave prison. She's poses a special danger to other people.
@PhysicsPolice, I totally agree with you.
I support the death penalty for child abusers and killers who have nothing to offer society but evil.
I am kind of half and half on the issue of death penalty, one half of me is against, I grew up knowing and believing that is wrong to kill another human being. My other half is that, why do we have to keep feeding and clothing a child murderer, plus paying for all the medical expenses until she dies of old age. She didn't want to live following the rules of law, no illegal drugs, working, maybe up to two jobs at a time to support 14 kids. Life is hard, but to many of us, even working as mules, double shifts we do not break the law.
@@UPDT8243 it’s empirically cheaper to keep a person alive in prison until they die of old age than it is to go through with capital punishment.
@@PhysicsPolice Really? I didn't know that. Thank you for the info.
Melissa Lucio abused her child until she died. There were even bite marks on the child. Melissa deserves what she gets
I'm sure her daughter was abusive to the child as well; her psychopathic smirk when she is denying being rough says it all. But, at the end of the day, Melissa has no genuine remorse for what happened. She deliberately chose to have children she could not begin to care for nor support, and neglected them while she used drugs; conceiving/delivering more babies that are drug affected. (That alone should be worthy of the death penalty). Child Services also failed all of the children; they knew there was no way there was proper supervision, nor enough food, etc., for the children much earlier and they all should have been taken from her. They have no skills for a profitable career and yet they have 10 or more kids??? The lack of concern/sense of entitlement is insidious. Melissa sees nothing wrong with her actions. You would think being abused herself she would want to avoid having children of her own entirely as long as she was living in poverty, and want to ensure if she gave birth, she was able to give that child all the attention he/she would need. The minimization of her actions, the idiocy in not recognizing the death occurred b/c of her direct actions or direct complicity makes it difficult to watch. Liberals go too far trying to push for criminals to escape the penalties they rightly deserve. If they don't kill her by lethal injection in April, she should at least remain in prison without parole.
@@SK-xn1pv pool
@@SK-xn1pv interesting on your views about her.. don’t judge someone without actually meeting or knowing her. But like every America in this world you’re opinion that you think or know what happened as if you lived with her and seen her struggles , who cares if she had 10 -20 kids that’s her life . If you can only handle 2 kids.. that’s your problem..now Take a good look in the mirror and ask yourself are you perfect?
@MarcJacob1328 No its not her life. It's the life of the hungry kids. The ones that survived anyway. Simple math, it takes so much money for each kid for food and clothes. She didn't have it and kept pumping them out, hoping someone else would pay.
@@MarcJacob1328 Have YOU ever met her? Do YOU know her? If YOU have never met her, or even know her or anything else about her, then how can YOU judge that she is innocent? It works both ways, you know.
Im a the Daugther of a Latin mother who was so abusive!!! Left me with her sisters who were the same, my grandmother wasn’t as bad as they were but the abuse was nasty! I see a lot of latinos hitting their kids, calling them names, rapping them etc! And thus woman is telling a story about a woman who couldn’t even be responsible for her own! She fail her kids terribly and I’m not saying she deserves to be put dawn but I hope this teaches latinos to educate themselves about child abuse! A lot of people are defending this woman for the fact that she is a woman but most of this people forget that her little one had no one defending her when she was been violated but the very same person who was supposed to protect her!
You’ve witnessed children being abused and raped? The fuck 🧐
Well put - thank you for sharing, and thanks for watching the video!
Bite marks, missing hair, old broken arm and covered in old and new bruises. She murdered her baby. Your documentary is edited to suit you. Band the movie.
Have ever been poor and have lived in small room .,,you have to fit in one room. .. sleep and eat and live. Oh brother you missing out ..
@@RodrigoRodriguez-ff8by yes I was very poor, the only family who did not have a car or a vacuum. Our house was 25x25 it was built to be a garage. But what does that have to do with a child murder.
I agree. A good mother does not choose drugs over her kids. A good mother gives her kids s good home environment, they were homeless. A good mother pays extra attention to the one that needs her the most. This woman doesn't deserve the death penalty but should spend the rest of her life in prison do she can think about what she did to her kids. I don't believe the movie.
She’s. Free. Going. Home. Not. Guilty. She. Get. Executed 🤗
@@jakiegoicolea8734 She’ll never get out, even if she gets a new trial. Let her riot behind bars. She’s not very popular there either..
This lady only documented the good things About this lady but im from here in the rio grande valley and one of her own daughters and cps court records say she was a abusive unfit mother. She also has a record of her getting into it with other inmates and guards every chance she gets
CPS kept an eye on the family because of the extreme poverty they lived in. Hundreds of pages if cps files document the fact that there was no evidence she ever abused any of her kids. SHE HAS NO CONTACT WITH OTHER INMATES. Very little contact the guards either. And your not biased, right?
@@bathsheba9581 how do you know she has no contact 😆 she would lock herself in the restroom smoking and wouldn't answer her kids begging her to open the door. She deserves to be where she is for allowing what happend to her child. You are the biased 😆
@@l.c.7955 this lady that created the doc left ONE of this monsters daughter out of the film. The daughter even says on tiktok they left her interview out of the film cause she stated the truth.
@@elvergudo6098 What's that daughter's name?
@@guerrokingpep “Selina” my wife was showing me the tik tok videos of this girl (cause i dont have a acct) and come to find out she even worked with me a few years back. I dont know her tik tok name tho
So if she’s innocent who bruised the little girl like that ? Why did she have a broken arm ? Because her death was not from the fall , she was beaten, who beat her ? And the biting marks she had who did them. ? This little girl needs justice , RIP to that little girl
She had siblings. You’d be surprised what siblings would do to each other. And the father? It could’ve been a lot of things. She definitely guilty for not doing all she can to protect the child but I doubt she deliberately killed her child.
@@youtubeuser8849 so the mom allowed it. Ok then yes, death penalty just as guilty
@@youtubeuser8849 the sole responsibility of a parent is to protect and keep their children from harm.
You left out a lot of stuff from the abuse and neglect reports filed with CPS and the autopsy reports in the documentary to the point of it being a flagrant piece of trash propaganda. You should be ashamed of yourself for directing that filth, and exploiting one of her victims, her daughter Alexis. Who obviously suffered from neglect too, shame on you!
Well said
The lady who performed the autopsy lied. Matter of fact another case of child abuse was already dismissed because she lied about when the injuries of the child occurred. New out of state experts with more experience concluded that the injuries occurred when the man was out of state at work. Doctors who work for CPS are caught lying all the time.
The teenage sister is not a victim. She admitted to the lawyer that she would punch her little sister. So because she was neglected that made it okay to abuse her little sister? I don't think so.
@@juanricks7763 She's a child. The Mother is responsible. Don't have 14 fucking children if you can't take care of them.
@@juanricks7763 more like the mother threw her under the bus. Your comment is untrue.
14 children? She must have a great job.
No job, addicted to drugs and forced innocent children to live in a park for 6 weeks. She’s an outstanding citizen! 🙄 No accountability for this trash of a woman!
14 children. Drugs. A dead child. All I will say is that although I enjoyed the documentary. Well done. It seems that in most of these cases in today’s movements they seem to focus on the details that can get the defendant off. Found not guilty. But yet in this documentary there was no focus on a dead child. Barely mentioned her name. Barely showed the photos. Somebody in that home neglected that child enough that it “fell” down the stairs. I’m sorry for the child who passed away. Not Melissa. I’m sure the legal system made some mistakes but with that amount of bruises from one fall down the stairs is very suspicious. And now that so many criminals are being set free and the law abiding citizens are now carrying guns too , we might as well say goodbye to civilization and the earth. Maybe you should change the title to “Who speaks for Mariah and why is there no one to blame”. Why in God’s name can no-one accept responsibility for anything any longer. Every case seems to be overturned by some form of social justice or appeal on a technicality. Maybe if that hour spent in the bathroom getting high could have been the 14 minutes that could have saved the child’s life. Because it’s just odd that no one knows or saw who did it. Drug use, 14 children , no supervision and sexual abuse of a mother and a dead child. Justice for who ??? Not Mariah.
The teenage sister admitted to the lawyer that she would punch her little sister.
The daughter had an in turned foot and she was prone to falls. Did you know that? Did you know that some people who have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome have an in turned foot? Ehlers Danlos Syndrome can cause bruises. The family and the little girl were not tested for EDS. Matter of fact the little girl wasn't tested for metabolic bone diseases, vitamin and mineral deficiencies, or genetic disorders. Read about Farley she's a lying witch. CPS experts are caught lying all the time. Manuel Velez is only free because 10 different out of state experts with more experience disagree with Farley. The injuries actually happened when Mr. Velez was out of the state at work. Farley straight lied in the case of Mr. Velez and she could have just as easily lied in the case of Mrs.Lucio. Out of State experts with more experience concluded that the daughter died from injuries she incurred by falling down the stairs. You can't charge and arrest a staircase for murder. Is she and other people involved guilty of neglect absolutely. Murder beyond a reasonable doubt, I don't think so.
There is physical evidence of abuse lol her autopsy. Check out one of the sisters tik toks for the truth 5thof14. Check out Kimberly flower video on her she got a ton of evidence not shown in the documentary. So much stuff was not even in the documentary. The documentary makes her out to be innocent but the real information makes her guilty. She doesn’t deserve to die but definitely deserves to serve her time in prison. No matter what she abused that child which resulted in her death. I thought she was sooooo innocent after watching the documentary but then I started researching and listened to people who got police reports dcfs reports and then hearing one of the kids Selina speak the truth and her screen shots from the journalist that wanted to do the documentary. Just review everything.
I completely agree with you, but there’s something completely wrong about American Law. Anytime a white young American starts a shooting at any school and they kill some of the students “all of a sudden” they are set free just because they said that… everything was a physicological condition.
@@anthonya9387 Many of those children are put on psychiatric medications that have black box warnings and should not be given to teenagers. The doctors who gave them the medicine should be held responsible. Some people who have bad reactions to those drugs cannot control themselves and become very homicidal. The wife of Phil Hartman was on that kind of medication when she murdered him.
The body after pathologist said worse case they didn't mention the pinch bite marks on child's private parts there's loads still coming to light of what mellisa suffering was pure evil dam right death row ten times over
@Kerry Peters, 👍👍👍👍
That's why another case of child abuse was already dismissed where the same woman lied about when the injuries of the child occurred. She's a lying witch. The man was out of state at work when the injuries actually happened. Out of state experts with more experience concluded that the daughter died from injuries she incurred by falling down the stairs. Her teenage sister also admitted to the lawyer that she would punch her little sister. She was abusive to her and she was her main care giver not the mother.
This so called pathologist was already caught lying on the stand in another case. What was to stop her from lying when she testified against Mrs. Lucio? Nothing
I just finished watching her documentary on Hulu.... what a mess .... How come she didn't know how Mariah got all those bruises????????? How??????? I don't understand..... i will NEVER take the blame for anyone .... if one of my kids committed a crime she will have to pay for it..!!!! It was sad that she knew Alex was hurting the little girl... and she didn't do anything about it.. she made the wrong the decision and didn't want take 30 years ... I will take anything!! And be grateful that I am not going to die... and i will see my children unless one more time.. Mellisa moms was so ignorant and still is cause she didn't believed her daughter when she told her some abuse her... the whole family is a mess.. 14 kids and she still have 2 babies in prison how ???????? The brother making things so small like mellisa will get high in the bathroom ..
I totally agree !! I was so confused, her family kept saying we’re so close, we’re a close family. But where was HER CLOSE FAMILY when she was doing drugs? Your right when they mentioned her drug use it was almost like they were saying Where do you want to have lunch ? I was like WTH?.. Her daughter has made a TIKTOK the one that actually lived in the home when this happened, the daughter born after Daniella. Her daughter gave a ton of information, helps you fill in a lot of the blanks ..
Yes totally I was like oh thats normal just getting high in the bathroom while all your kids are out side okay. Sigh this lady is guilty and the fact they made a documentary to free her is stupid.
That documentary was about her getting released. It was all about her! What about Mariah?
The twins were born in jail totalling 14 less 1 Mariah
Mexicans will be the first to cover up wrong doing. My cousin was murdered and her killer left to Mexico and his family has helped him. There are so many other stories I can’t even count when this happens. Never accountable for sh$!
when is gonna be available on Netflix or here on KZhead?
14 kids!!??? She abused these kids PERIOD
yes, but that is not MURDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they want to kill her for murder not for abuse!
She neglected them not murder! 2 different things
I watched the Gabriel Fernandez documentary. Those people were monsters. The lady let and encouraged her boyfriend to abuse her son. It is infuriating that only the man ended on death row and not the woman. I don't understand how she got the death penalty and Pearl Fernandez didn't. This poor woman had an incompetent defense team, a crooked D.A. and a poor famial support system.
Lol absolutely nothing good about that woman. She’s where she deserves to be!
What are you talking about?
@@bathsheba9581 Lol ok. 🤡 Interesting name too!
Texas, California. Very different statewise
@gudalpeanz Pearl Fernandez is in California. California isn’t ever going to execute anyone ever again. Texas is another story
A veces uno de niño lo maltratan pero cuando nos preguntan decimos que NO , que no nos pegan por que tenemos miedo de quedarnos solos . A pesar del maltrato nos quedamos callados y mentimos 😞
Así les paso alos 12 niños bueno La Niña de 2 años era una bebe no hablaba mucho, pero algo le miraron los trabajadores sociales que se los quitaron en esa época del 2006
Estoy harta de escuchar tanta gente defendiendo a esta señora, es culpable hay una niña muerta y esa niña estaba bajo su cuidado, no hay mucho o nada que defender, incluso si es verdad que la nena se callo por las escaleras, por que no la llevo al hospital? Me da gusto ver gente que dice cosas lógicas como es que aveces los niños mienten por miedo más cuando viven en un ambiente de violencia.
Yo pienso que los hijos estan mintiendo porque la abuela les dijo.
@@dinaochoa4920 si de seguro, pero 3 hijos de Melisa lucio, piden justicia para la bebe, lo dicen en tiktok
Ok if she didn’t kill the baby who did it??? And why the baby was full of bruises???
Her older daughter. Did you even watch the documentary
@@nikkination74 Her older daughter didn’t do shit. Melissa did it and her husband or whatever you want to call him was tried and convicted for not protecting the baby from the abuse Melissa caused
@@nikkination74 she’s a child as well. Shouldn’t the mother be responsible? I didn’t know minors were the ones who had to be parents.
The documentary leaves out all PERTINENT info that would portray her as guilty which she is Ctfu PLEASE DO MORE RESEARCH THEN JUS THIS BIASED ASS DOCUMENTARY.
14 kids collecting money terrible mom terrible person…
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This women admitted to biting the child. I mean is that not child abuse?
As much as I feel outraged at this woman for how her children are mistreated, there is admittedly a difference between being the mother of abused kids and murdering your child.
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@@minecraftmaster335 is there any evidence? Let's see what happens next.
That’s true but keep in mind there is abused kids that die weekly because the abuse was a little worse that last time.. These so called parents probably never meant to kill their child but they step out of reality and have no clue what they are doing until they snap out of it a little and by then it’s too late
The result of her abuse and mistreatment against her daughter resulted in death so she’s a murderer.
Este no es el caso de nuestro trailero!!! Aquí si hubo maltrato !! Pruebas y existen esas fotos todavía !!!👏🏻👏🏻
Otro caso de abuso infantil en el que mintió la misma doctora ya fue desestimado. El hombre estaba fuera del estado en el trabajo cuando ocurrieron las lesiones. Los expertos que trabajan para el estado son sorprendidos mintiendo todo el tiempo. Nuevos expertos fuera del estado con más experiencia concluyeron que la hija murió a causa de las heridas que sufrió al caerse por las escaleras. Google puede traducir cualquier sitio web que encuentre con información.
La hermana adolescente admitió ante el abogado que golpearía a su hermana pequeña y que ella era su principal cuidadora, no la madre.
@@juanricks7763 pronto se va ver que enrealidad paso por que vienen nuevas evidencias y este caso se va poner bueno y interesante. Vamos aprender que paso en realidad si paso o no y donde estuvo la falla.
@@rachelmruizmsw3346 Me alegro de que la señora Lucio no haya sido ejecutada. Sus derechos civiles fueron violados y no se le permitió un juicio justo. Manuel Vélez también fue exonerado después del testimonio de 10 expertos diferentes fuera del estado que no estuvieron de acuerdo con Farley sobre cuándo ocurrieron realmente las lesiones del niño.
La solicitud complementaria de Melissa incluye declaraciones adicionales de que la acusación ocultó pruebas a la defensa y presentó testimonios falsos y engañosos para obtener su condena y sentencia de muerte, que incluyen: La declaración de Lucy Arreola, una ex investigadora de CPS que fue asignada para investigar la muerte de Mariah. La Sra. Arreola entrevistó a los hijos de Melissa y confirmó que no alegaron abuso físico por parte de Melissa y corroboró su versión de los eventos que rodearon la muerte de Mariah. Los informes y grabaciones de la Sra. Arreola no fueron revelados al abogado litigante de Melissa. (Aplicación complementaria en las páginas 13 y 14. Anexo 8 complementario). La periodista Chandra Bozelko proporcionó una declaración que revela que la fiscalía tergiversó los antecedentes penales de Melissa durante sus argumentos finales en la fase de sanción. Más tarde, la Corte de Apelaciones en lo Penal de Texas se basó en la caracterización errónea de los antecedentes penales de Melissa para respaldar la conclusión del jurado de que Melissa probablemente cometería actos de violencia en el futuro si fuera sentenciada a cadena perpetua. Como detalla la Sra. Bozelko, Melissa no tenía antecedentes de violencia en la cárcel. (Aplicación Suplementaria en la página 15. Anexo Suplementario 17.) Un terapeuta que se reunió con Melissa antes de su juicio en 2008 declaró que el uso que hizo la fiscalía de sus informes fue “engañoso”. La acusación usó los informes del terapeuta para afirmar que Melissa había negado haber sido abusada sexualmente cuando era niña cuando, de hecho, Melissa le informó al terapeuta que lo había sido. (Aplicación complementaria en las páginas 15 y 16. Anexo 11 complementario).
It has nothing to do with race, RGV population is almost 90% Hispanic. After 15 years and more time of litigation you can't prove Justice is not served. Prosecutors are hispanic as the defendant. So there you have nothing about racism here.
Everything has to do with race. And class. And gender. Everything.
@@abbieferguson5168 a latinos being racist to other latinos?
Don't be an idiot. Or do. But don't @ me.
@@abbieferguson5168 not here in the valley all lawyers, prosecutors and judges are MAINLY hispanic
@@elvergudo6098 Hispanic isn't a race. Leave me out of your discourse. Literally just do a quick Google search ..
She is right where she belongs. I have no sympathy for anyone who systematically abuses a child to death.
Maybe you haven't done enough research to make an informed decision about the case. The teenage daughter admitted to the lawyer that she would punch her little sister and she was her main care giver not the mother. Another child abuse case where the same woman doctor lied about when the injuries of the child occurred was already dismissed. The man was out of state at work when the injuries actually happened. CPS experts are caught lying all the time. New out of state experts with more experience concluded that the daughter died from injuries she incurred by falling down the stairs. The daughter had a turned in foot and was prone to falls. It's very possible that she had a genetic condition such as Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and that could explain bruises. She was not ever tested for any metabolic bone diseases, vitamin deficiency, or genetic diseases.
@@juanricks7763 . I have worked on the front line for 40 years and counting, so please save your speech for someone else.
@@jeanettehinds4253 Then you know that the State of Texas gets money from the federal government for every child that they take via Title I-VE funding. So you are just helping them make money and at times convict innocent people. Great job👏👏
So then you know that in the case of Manual Velez that 10 different experts disagreed with Farley?
God forbid someone in your family ever has a baby with infantil rickets and has to walk a mile in the shoes of a wrongfully accused parent.
I definitely feel as though the daughter was abusing her sister. Melissa said she resented her because they had different fathers. When they interviewed the daughter she appeared very off almost like she thought it was all funny. Could the daughter possibly have had issues with Mariahs father( mother’s boyfriend) and that’s why she took it out on her little sister. Either way Melissa was not a great parent or a victim, as they tried to paint things . If she was covering for her daughter that was completely idiotic and she has no one to blame but herself.
I respect your comment, but I am going to say that most of her kids if not all, are from different fathers. And she was using drugs, drinking alcohol, living of welfare aid. Now that her time is getting closer, why is that her family and all these church groups and free legal defense groups are raising the issue, that it might have been the older sister? Why did they all waited until the last minute?
@@UPDT8243 The teenage sister admitted to the lawyer that she would punch her little sister and she was her main care giver not the mother. The lawyer said that he did not want to ruin the teenage girls life that admitted that she was abusive to her sister. A teenager should know better than to punch a two-year-old child and at the least she should be charged with injury to a child. Another child abuse case where the same woman lied about when the injuries of the child occurred was already dismissed. CPS experts are caught lying all the time. New out of state experts with more experience concluded that the daughter died from injuries she incurred by falling down the stairs.
Absolutely horrid that anyone would blame the teenage daughter. It was proven it was a lie and Melissa was responsible.
@@Bombo505 And now they even had a mass in her honor, to try to stop the execution, and the Catholic church clergy supporting that, when we know what kind of problems has been going on in the Catholic churches around the world. But, aside from that, Who is also doing a mass in honor of the decease daughter ? or even mentioning her name in the news ? doesn't she deserve something ?
@@Bombo505 no it was not proven
I have a 6-month-old little boy. How is that possible? I'm in pain listening to this.
Just because the child did fall down the stairs doesn’t mean the child wasn’t getting abused plus falling down the stairs is also neglect and the child could have fallen from being weak from the pain and bruises the mom caused. Also just because the kids didn’t see her hit the baby doesn’t mean she didn’t hit her when no one could see y’all need to be smarter and not just defend a murderer.
She didn't even get the child medical treatment after she'd fallen down the stairs, broken her arm and suffered internal injuries.
It is a shame that this lady Sabrina is blaming politics going on at that time to try to justify such horrendous murder case of an innocent child. And she is saying that people from Brownsville didn't even hear about the case, well that is not true. I was living over there and I still remember clearly that murder. Her trial was on the news from beginning to end.
The in State experts lied about when the injuries were received. Another case of child abuse was already dismissed where the same woman lied. Out of State experts with more experience disagree with the in State experts. The new experts with more experience concluded that the daughter died from injuries she incurred by falling down the stairs. In the other case the time of the injuries was dated wrong by the woman who works for CPS. The new doctors dated it right and he was at work when the injuries actually occurred.
@@juanricks7763 And the bite marks and the chunks of hair missing from the scalp were done also by the stairs?? The poor child died at the hands of her drug addicted mother, and now the other daughter is being blamed for the crime. Melissa is pure evil.
@@UPDT8243 Her teenage sister admitted to the lawyer that she would punch her little sister and she was her main care giver not the mother. She admitted to abusing her little sister.
@@UPDT8243 So then why did the teenager say that to the lawyer? Bite marks do not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the mother is a murderer.
@@UPDT8243 I guess that it is impossible to even consider that her 14 siblings could have pulled her hair, punched her, ecterea. Children would never do such a thing. Especially unattended.
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Sabrina Van Tassel @ 7:51 - " This wasent a big case, just another case of child abuse" . Uh WRONG!! This was a Murder and your a vulture feeding off the carcass of that poor dead child. What some people will do for recognition. If you think shes innocent join her in prison a make a REAL statement! lol !!
She's a lefty french woman with a different view of the world. Europeans think their criminal justice should be installed here in the US. That's a bunch of BS.
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I cant find it on amazon.? ?
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what is it called
The victim was the baby , all the reports from CPS not only from the baby who passed away but the abuse on the other children, explain to us how that baby had a broken arm and the mother didn’t know . She had to be in severe pain , and was never taken to the hospital for her injuries , you can go talk to a drug addict when they have been sober for a while in jail and yes they appear to be great people , but you’ve never seen her while see was using , they are like Jeckke and hide, yes the other two children probably did abuse the baby , that’s because they were treated that way by the mother and they we’re taught to abuse by their mother and all were victims , you feel sorry for the wrong person , the children were the victims and the baby paid the price , speak out for her she was the greater injustice at the hands of her mother !
I am a retired Michigan lawyer who tried many many criminal cases. Let me tell you when the Texas Ranger said he knew she was guilty the first time he saw her, that is a classic example of prejudice. His judgment was before he got the facts, i.e. pre judgment. If that came in at trial it completely invalidated due process. Also a statement without a lawyer is always suspect. Was a lawyer available and did they tell her she had a right to a lawyer. Obviously if this woman had 14 children, those were children she did not abort. Also no witnesses were called on her behalf and the prosecutor is so corrupt that he ends up long term in prison and none of his cases were reviewed? As far as the prosecutor always winning, that was not the case with me. I tried cases for ten years before I ever lost a case. I had a murder case with a prosecutor that had never lost a case, the jury was out 14 minutes and declared not guilty. I had two more capital cases with this same prosecutor and won both of them as well. But I saw a lot of lawyers that were just incompetent and couldn't really try a case if the defendant's life depended on it. By the way I must admit my prejudice for this woman who had 14 children because my mother had 15 children and in my experience a woman with that many children has to have a deep love for children or she would have aborted them.
Lmao you aren't that bright. She is latina, abortion is frowned upon because most are catholic or Christian. She had so many children because she seems to not know what birth control is. Not out of love of children 🙄🙄🙄🙄
Plz help her
Cameron County District Attorney Armando Villalobos presented her conciliatory statement to the jury as a “confession” to homicide and sought the death penalty, a “win” he thought would help him get re-elected. Today, the former district attorney is serving a 13-year federal prison sentence for bribery and extortion.
The latina women I know who had that many children acted like they despised most or all of them at one time or another. They were all in because they didn't believe in abortion and because they got welfare, food stamps, housing subsidies, free schooling, free breakfasts, free lunches, etc., etc.,
From the opinion to the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, a quote from the trial (probably closing remarks): “[DEFENSE]: Now, in the opening remarks that we made in the beginning of the trial after you were all seated here, I told you my client is not up for "Mother Of The Year." I told you that my client is guilty of injury to a child. She is and she has admitted that. The question here before you is whether or not on February 17, 2007, Melissa Lucio intentionally and knowingly killed Mariah Alvarez. That's the issue. That's the issue. Not whether she beat her. Not whether she broke her arm. Not whether she's a lousy mother or didn't provide for her children. That's not an issue. The issue is whether or not she killed Mariah on the 17th of February, 2007.” If you’re asking how she was convicted, her defense was that she caused the abuse she admitted to in the confession, but did not cause the fatal injuries. But if one is already admitting to breaking their child’s arm, then it’s not exactly a big leap to the pattern of abuse indicates they probably hit the child in the head, too.
Why do we have to pay to watch
She is a sick individual. Read the transcripts. Just felt like biting her in the back when fixing her hair. !?? WHAT SHE DID TO THIS BABYS PRIVATE AREA IS UNSPEAKABLE!
Where did you read the transcripts from??
Just read the transcript, has no mention of her private parts-don’t be so exaggerated
@@notfromhere6839 don’t know what you’re reading but it’s in the court transcripts where she admitted to pinching the child’s vagina numerous times, biting the baby in the back more than once, signs of a broken arm weeks previous to death, patches of hair pulled out by the roots on her head. This documentary is very one sided and edits the extreme cruelty this woman inflicted on the poor child. Also the 9 children still living at home along with Mariah were all removed from Melissa’s home by CPS because of neglect and Mariah’s father who was living with them was smoking crack plus Melissa had tested positive for cocaine so many times CPS was afraid they were going to get indicted for returning the children to such terrible circumstances. I don’t understand why this woman wanted to create a whole documentary on such an extreme case and leaving so much crucial information out.
@@tammyslaughter9587 Must have missed it 😒
@@notfromhere6839 It's true she pinched that babies privates, sick bish.
She killed her kid, there are no sides to killing a innocent and defenceless baby.
Bruises can be caused after death if touch or grab the body?
I'm so nosy as a mom...almost nothing passes me.
God blessed this lady for showing and dedicated so much lifeless time consuming., in a case like so many others .. I thank u . God bless u lady ,,
What lady ?
Great interview! She is fascinating!
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You are directing the general public to watch the film and speak out about the injustice of Melissa's pending execution. Why don't you now offer the film free on You Tube? You've probably made the bulk of the money you will make from the film and it doesn't look right, pleading with people who may not be all that interested, to plunk down $4.00 to watch. Just a thought.
Indeed! The director of the film is no better than an ambulance chasing lawyer. She is just making a quick buck from a film that will please the bleeding heart SJW's who frequently choose feelings over facts. Facts that Sabrina's film probably conveniently left out, like the incriminating forensic evidence from the testimony of the ER doc and the pathologist.
I am not willing to fund that monstrosity. She will be executed. Because she is guilty and no one should pay for a 1 sided documentary. I may consuder if her children were interviewed along with witnesses.
John Allen Rubio and Angela Camacho look them up
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Evrrybody says they're poor , she was abused. Thats just an excuse. There's foodstamps and housing. If she was poor how did she buy drugs? She blames everyone else, the judge, the lawyer the daughter. Its everyone else's fault except hers. The movie is trying to make her into a good mom. Supposedly the family were very close but they didn't know that they were homeless. Jow does that happen? When you're poor you make the best out of it , don't make it worse by using drugs.
I’m here also after watching a clip on TikTok
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And kim K is defending this woman
this woman killed her child, so let's do this. give her a new trial put Mellissa on the stand and have her explain those bite marks, bruises and that child hairs being pulled out. she's guilty.
I feel sad for her daughter that EVERYONE is “BLAMING” one could only imagine what she hs gone thru and currently going thru mentally with all her family and own mother “ACUSING” her. 🤦🏻♂️ Just to free her mother who is guilty!!
@@guerrokingpep the baby's fault, must have done something to piss Melissa off so she had no choice but murder the child, she's the real victim, 14 kids, c'mon, who has 14 kids?
@@guerrokingpep She had bite marks and a broken arm from several weeks prior. Who do you think is to blame?? She was TWO!!
@@tanyarobinson2098 you saw for yourself who did the bites? and broke the arm? no. So like I said since you and I were not there, we will never know the truth. Could of been one of her boyfriends, another child or her, but guessing at it is not going to solve this.
@@guerrokingpep Bite marks can be as identifying as a finger print. She had old & new bruises, a “healing” broken arm, pinch marks on her privates. So as her mother she saw all this and did nothing? Even if that’s the case, she’s just as guilty for doing nothing to stop it. I’m convinced it was all her, myself.
@@tanyarobinson2098 You being convinced doesn't mean you're right. I'm neither for her or against her. I simply stated that since none of us were there, WE .........don't know exactly what happened.
I have been in Texas since 2012 and never heard of her Case until tonight and I am usually pretty active on News > All I can say is that Mercy will always win and two wrongs will never make a right. Praying from Waco , Texas. What a tragedy and another example about where the road leads from addiction with drugs, so much need , so much. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 in Jesus Name from my end , for her , the family and our Governor and a message to always "Choose Life" in all and for all ~. Jesus is Lord~. Either way , prayers for her Eternal Salvation~.
Melissa innocent its her other child who pushed the baby downstairs she taking the blame for her other child honestly sad dawg😪
Bruises that were weeks old. Where was Melissa, why didn't she take care of the child so her oldest wouldn't be near it??? She is as responsible (if this is true) for allowing it to happen.
starting off with "of you aren't white this is scary to you".. im just done watching things with racial bias. peace
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Basically someone had to pay the price, that was the mother. The truth will come out to the light. When your innocent your innocent. Only God knows why.
I enjoy the documentary however I feel it was very focussed on the Family TODAY but not as much as the FACTS and trial and evidence of when it happened. I would have liked more in-depth info. However I feel something not right with this case. Look at her lawyer and the team around this...very fishy for sure. Also interesting that ONE of the dr said ALL the bruises occurred AFTER death with handling of the body because the body cannot clog itself and baby.Makes sense but never heard that b4 and if that is the case wouldn't that be the first thing they would have understood? At same time no one ever said they saw mother hitting her kids including her children. Interviews back then showed SOME of her kids saying they were JUST put in the corner. With some saying it was alex( sister) that abused and ALEX admit it to PUSHING the baby (2 1/2 year old) downstairs. Alex DID say she did hit and didnt like her sister but " forgets" if she pushed her?!! This was also said when it first happened as well in the lawyer's files and ca. But at the time was kept quiet. This mother wasn't the best mother but from my understanding and all of the discrepancy and Fishy Stuff in and around this case...I strongly feel they NEED to look into this again BEFORE they put this lady, who COULD be innocent of murdering her child. She MIGHT ONLY be guilty of being a poor mother who didn't have the support that she needed and neglect but physical abuse is completely different. There is so much more that i could say about the weird shit about the team involved( D.A her lawyer then) in putting this lady behind bars but not enough room. At first i really thought she killed her child until now knowing all of the other important information that was in this doc. I hope that people watch this doc with an open mind. I hope that they reopen this case and look at the justice system. It needs fixings. I wish everyone so much love and respect
You are very right I feel the same way, look at what the D.A lawyers did to Clayton young case,he's was very wrongfully convicted, he ended up getting another appeal weeks before his execution, I recommend you watch his documentary.
Gracias por la información porque en español no pude encontrar tanta información sobre el caso de Melissa. Si tenemos fe en Dios que se van aclarar los errores que hicieron en su juicio 👍
kzhead.info/sun/nr6NesuDpoCMmKc/bejne.html AQUÍ ESTÁ EL ENLACE DEL VÍDEO DONDE SALEN LAS FOTOS DE COMO ESA MUJER TORTURÓ A SU HIJA HASTA MORIR SOLO VÉANLO PARA QUE SE QUITEN LAS VENDAS DE LOS OJOS.
@Sara Urquizo, En akgo tienes razon. Los errires que hicieron fue de que no la sentenciaron 2 veces a la pena de muerte. Asi, si de una sale libre, de la segunda no se escapa. Yo jamas! En mi sano juicio mataria a otra persona. Pero Melissa se merece lo que ella sola se busco. Esa mujer es el vivo diablo, y como nunca trabajo, ya es hora que vaya a trabajar para el cuernudo, o sea, su amo y señor.
La hermana adolescente admitió ante el abogado que golpearía a su hermana pequeña y que ella era su principal cuidadora, no la madre.
Otro caso de abuso infantil en el que mintió la misma doctora ya fue desestimado. El hombre estaba fuera del estado en el trabajo cuando ocurrieron las lesiones. Los expertos que trabajan para el estado son sorprendidos mintiendo todo el tiempo. Nuevos expertos fuera del estado con más experiencia concluyeron que la hija murió a causa de las heridas que sufrió al caerse por las escaleras. Google puede traducir cualquier sitio web que encuentre con información.
Exacto eso es lo que estamos todos esperando vienen nuevas evidencias lo que no se tomo en cuenta al principio. Dios tiene la última palabra normalmente no interfiere el poder de Dios cuando algo haci pasa pero aquí se está viendo algo que no se a visto antes. Un día antes de ejecutar la si estoy correcta y mira lo que sucede, se para todo sin explicación. Algo vieron saben que nosotros no sabemos para que detengan una ejecución más en este estado. Hasta lo hacen con suspenso para que todos nos quedemos con la boca abierta y queramos indagar más sobre este caso.
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1. Petitioner’s two-year-old daughter Mariah was taken to the ER on Saturday, February 17, 2007, and pronounced dead shortly thereafter. R.14812-13. 1 Paramedics found Mariah unattended on the living-room floor of the home petitioner shared with her husband Robert Alvarez. R.14922-23, 14936-37, 14981-82. Petitioner said Mariah had fallen down some stairs. R.14924. Mariah’s body showed severe abuse. She was dehydrated, her body covered with bruises in various stages of healing on her torso, arms, buttocks, and face. R.14813-16. There was a bite on her back. R.14815-16. Mariah’s arm was broken a week or two earlier. R.15067. Mariah had missing hair from being pulled out. R.15051. This was the “absolute worst” child-abuse case Mariah’s ER doctor had seen in 30 years. R.14821. Mariah died from “blunt force head trauma.” R.15059. Petitioner waived Miranda rights and was questioned by investigators in a videotaped interview. R.14773; R.8101.2 Petitioner claimed that Mariah fell down stairs on Thursday night. R.8102-03. Initially, petitioner denied knowing how Mariah became so badly bruised, suggesting her older children might be responsible. R.8101-176. Texas Ranger Victor Escalon began interviewing petitioner. R.8177.3 Escalon eventually asked, “Who did it?” Petitioner responded, “I did.” R.8183. Petitioner admitted spanking Mariah, R.8187, biting her, R.8209, and pinching her vagina, R.8205. “[N]obody else would hit her.” R.8189. She denied hitting Mariah’s head. R.8187; R.8227. As for the bite, two weeks before Mariah’s death, petitioner grew frustrated and “placed [her] mouth over [Mariah’s] back and bit her.” R.8222-23. Petitioner demonstrated on a doll how she bit and spanked Mariah. R.8221-28 The jury also heard about Mariah’s injuries. The State presented Dr. Norma Jean Farley, who performed Mariah’s autopsy. R.15047. Mariah died from “blunt force head trauma,” not falling down stairs. R.15059, 15070-71, 15091-94. The ER doctor who treated Mariah relayed that this was the “absolute worst” case of child abuse he had seen. R.14821.
Thanks for your addition!
The fact that the actual documentary is only for rent or buying or on renting apps shows how much they try to capitalize on such tragedy is mind blowing. I wouldn’t watch it If I was paid to watch it. I would never contribute to these P.O.S. scumbags and neither should anyone else. There’s plenty of ways to gather real information on this case on Google or KZhead
Ya talk about innocence, the innocence has died in the form of her child, I believe more than most mothers fight to death for their children and most mothers will fight for other mothers children! Meaning if a mom hurt their little child in my presence, I would beat their ass then call the cops. Im Stunned at the defense for that woman on death row, I live in south texas and most know you commit a capital crime your going down!! Come on, moms, we need to fight for the innocent, innocent CHILD! not the sick mother. Plus have you heard of birth control? I have so much to say forgive me.
Its so unfortunate damn
Agreed.
Why not give her a lie detector test
Good point
Thee kid had a tremendous fall and she does not take her to the hospital. I take my dog to the vet for anything and this woman did not take her daughter to the hospital to check her up. Her arm was broken seven weeks before her death. It is obvious that she was abused. She admitted to detectives that she beat the girl. She has 14 kids...really? Comen people !
It’s amazing a monster like this wants sympathy for killing an innocent child
Can. You. Please. Shut down. The. Video. Of. Melissa She’s. Going. Home.
It is very sad that people do not do extensive research before making assumptions. The sister admitted to the lawyer that she would punch her little sister and she was her main care giver not the mother. She was abusive to her and old enough to know better than to punch a two-year-old child. She should at the least be charged with injury to a child and held responsible.
Check your facts before believing she abused Mariah
They planned to put this poor mother away? So she didn't abuse her child? Gtfo here. Stop making excuses for ppl like this
Where are the right to life people when you could really use them?
Sorry to correct you Kenneth Foster got his sentence commuted to serve a minimum of 40 years .He is black and yes the other one was a white male who killed his family but his dad survived .
This documentary was so bad! It made her look like the victim!!!🤨 She ( in my opinion) is one of the worst abuser I’ve EVER SEEN!!😡 They never showed how many times CPS was reported to ,with eye whitenesses who called CPS because of the severe abuse her children were subjected to!!😠😰
When there is so much help available ( free) , why are these cases so abundant!! It literally makes my blood boil , and I can only pray for them to get help.
CPS never recorded any abuse. Another child abuse case where the same woman doctor lied about when the injuries of the child occurred was already dismissed. CPS experts are caught lying all the time. If the pathologist was caught lying on the stand in another case then what was to stop her from lying when she testified against Mrs. Lucio? Absolutely nothing. The man was out of state at work when the injuries actually happened. The pathologist is a lying witch. The teenage daughter admitted to the lawyer that she would punch her little sister and she was her main care giver not the mother. At the least she should be charged with injury to a child and a teenager should know better than to punch a two-year-old child. New out of state experts with more experience concluded that the daughter died from injuries she incurred by falling down the stairs. Sometimes experts are full of 💩. Their hospitals make a lot of money from CPS. They have an agenda and they are paid like every other so called expert. Now if their testimony cleared the accused do you think that they would still get paid? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
They were neglected not abused all of her children stated that she never whooped them ! Yelled? Yes but she was not abusive and that’s coming from her kids mouths. Cps was called for neglect not physical abuse do you research
I can't believe a mother doing those things ti her child , I just don't understand having so many kids .
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I’m not saying if she’s guilty or innocent but I do believe their was a lot negligence with her case. She should at least have the chance to go to trial again. There was a lot of evidence that wasn’t shown it’s just unjust.
@Itsgabbybaby, whatever!!! To blame her oldest daughter for her crime, is pure evil. Melissa is right where she belongs !
Exactly!
Another case of child abuse was already dismissed where the same woman lied about when the injuries of the child occurred. The man was out of state at work when the injuries actually happened. CPS experts are caught lying all the time. Out of state experts with more experience concluded that the daughter died from injuries she incurred by falling down the stairs. The teenage daughter admitted to the lawyer that she would punch her little sister and she was her main care giver not the mother. A teenager is old enough to know better than to hit a baby. She should be held responsible and at the least charged with injury to a child.
@@UPDT8243 your on everyone comment with this nonsense . How is it evil to blame the person who is the blame for the crime why should she be in jail for something her daughter did . Her daughter was pure evil to hate her own little baby sister for her own sick selfish reasons !
@@kevyanaeast4059 Melissa is evil, and so are you for supporting her. You must have the same way of thinking.
Lol"if god want her to be free..."
At 3:16, BOB SAGET
Is this lady defending her? Someone has to pay the mom or daughter they knew what was going on wtf!
how difficult it is to judge something so horrifying to believe that a mother can kill a child is very difficult but it is possible I have a mother who hit me very hard one day she hung me by the neck I tightened the rope while she hit me I assumed she would kill me so it is possible and i only ask that if melissa lucio is guilty god forgive her and if she is not god forgive her executioners
Shame on sabrina for acting like selina didn't tell her about abuse in the home.
#FreeMelissaLucio
The idea tha tthis case was used for a man to get a position in government is a stretch. Plus, the media in Spanish call this, not a murderer but "A Mother in Death Row." A "Mother" not a criminal. They are writing another narrative.
What an amazing WOMAN! Wow thank you for all what you do in this existence.
She exploited this monster’s daughter, told a one-sided story & wants to charge you to watch it! What’s so amazing about her??
What is so amazing about her? And why emphasize her being a WOMAN? Who gives a damn what sex she is? What does that have to do with the story?
What’s on her face ?
I believe this is some bull I do not think she did this she had way too many kids to help take care of children for her to even do anything like this I believe she’s an innocent woman Texas laws are too much and they need to be changed they let Texas get away with anything about killing people who makes Texas God they’re not They should free her and let her live the rest of her life out with her children and grandchildren God please be with her I have been praying and hoping they will and I will keep praying for you beautiful
WOW absolutely no accountability for this monster according to this woman,Sabrina. Disgusting!!! Melissa is where she belongs!
How is this a documentary??????? It’s just you two talking........
You know what?? Forget this dude. He talks too much. He tries to sound like a professional radio host but he doesn’t. Just go watch the documentary. Save some time.
I just watched the whole documentary of melissa on hulu. It's unbelievable how our whole system is broken. This woman was protecting her daughter. Big mistake from her part. But i get it. I do believe it will not help her daughter Alexandra. Because she knows she beat up her little sister up. It was a little kids thing. But she was violent towards her little sister, which ended up causing her death. It scares me that Alexandra has a daughter now. She a mother, and that doesn't go away. She will hurt her daughter. That patern doesn't go away.
That is exactly what I was thinking, Poor baby!
@angel if she was protecting her daughter why would she change it now ? Lol her daughter no longer needs protection ? Think about it. Doesn’t even make sense at all …. If it was about protecting her daughter she would still be doing that instead of trying to throw her under the bus along with the rest of the family like really do some more research
Go watch the siblings tictoks. Melissa is guilty & this documentary was false
What is the Tiktok
@@Oneof.01 just search Melissa Lucio & u will find her adult children's Tiktoks
@@Oneof.01 5thof14
Oh please alot women have been in her place and don't murder their kids
My last I promise, curupt DA? Then how do you refer to the child's mother?
Child was def abused, but not by her mother...she was abused by her sister, Alex. Who admitted to abusing her sister on camera. Melissa is innocent and was forced to admit to a crime she didn't commit.
She allowed it. Just as guilty