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SANDY — A 7-year-old Sandy boy who was critically injured in an alleged abuse case died from his injuries Thursday, police said.
The boy had been in critical condition at Primary Children's Hospital since Monday night. His name has not yet been released because police have had difficulty reaching next of kin, Sandy Police Sgt. Jason Nielsen said.
The boy's mother, 31-year-old Reyna Elizabeth Flores-Rosales, was arrested and booked on suspicion of child abuse and endangerment early Tuesday morning. Official charges have not yet been filed as police continue to investigate, but Nielsen added that police plan to push the Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office to file a charge of child abuse homicide, as well.
Emergency responders said the boy wasn't breathing and didn't have a pulse when they arrived at the house at 7890 S. Manzano Drive in Sandy on Monday, and told police they found "multiple injuries and scars” on the boy that were “in various stages of healing,” according to a police affidavit filed Tuesday in 3rd District Court.
He was flown to Alta View Hospital before being flown to Primary Children's Hospital in critical condition. Doctors there told police the boy had serious head trauma that didn't result from an accident, according to the affidavit.
The affidavit added Flores-Rosales lived with the 7-year-old boy and a 10-month-old child. It stated that she was planning to leave her current residence, that her husband lives in California and that she had no other family in Utah.
Neighbors had reported abuse prior to Monday's incident, Nielsen said. A witness told police Flores-Rosales had been reported to the Department of Child and Family Services in the past, Nielsen said.
Contributing: Jason Tulin, KSL Newsradio
