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Sam Penrod Reporting There is new information today in the investigation into the death of a nine-month old baby. The girl was found buried in an orchard and her parents have disappeared and are believed to be in Mexico.
It has been nearly two weeks since the baby's body was discovered, but now we are finally getting an idea about how she died and why her parents buried her the way they did and disappeared.
An orchard is where the body of nine-month old Perla Reyes Lopez was discovered. Investigators began searching after receiving a tip that the baby had disappeared and her parents may have fled to Mexico.
Court documents in this case now show that police served a search warrant in a basement apartment in Provo. There they found blood stains on the carpet and a baby's blanket.
Witnesses have told authorities that Baldemar Espiono and Yudeth Lopez told family members that the baby had died, but those witnesses have different stories about how the baby died. One said she drowned, another report is that the baby died from falling down the stairs.
In both cases, the parents told relatives they were scared they would get in trouble and that's why the buried the baby and fled to Mexico.
While authorities wait for more conclusive evidence from the baby's autopsy about what really happened to the baby, they have filed an arrest warrant for both parents on charges of desecration of human body.
It is hard to say from the information released on whether the baby could have been saved if the parents had called for medical help or if it was already too late.
The warrants for her parents are on the nationwide criminal index, so they can be arrested anywhere in the United States if they are located.
