Mayra Rosales May Be Too Obese To Have Murdered Her Nephew…Or To Be Treated Like A Human Being

Twenty-seven year-old Mayra Rosales in Edingburgh, Texas (that’s in the Rio Grande Valley where all the crazy shit happens) was indicted last week on capital murder charges, stemming from the March 18 death of her 2-year-old nephew, Eliseo Gonzalez Jr. The story is that her sister, 20 year-old Jamie Rosales, left her in charge of Eliseo and his two younger siblings on the morning of March 18 and less than two hours later, Mayra called Jamie to say Eliseo was “stuck under her bed and his head was swollen,” according to the charging documents.

Eliseo was removed from life support and declared dead that afternoon. Mayra Rosales later told investigators that she slipped, landing with her right hand on Eliseo’s head while trying to pick him off the floor, and that he fell off a chair, according to documents.

But the cops are not buying it.

[A]n autopsy revealed that Eliseo’s injuries were “consistent with blunt force trauma” and that Mayra Rosales’ explanations were inconsistent with the injuries.

The autopsy found multiple skull fractures on the forehead and upper and lower rear parts of Eliseo’s skull. The autopsy also found fractures that were estimated to be about a month old.

Mayra’s lawyers plan to use the defense of her weight–which is nearly 1000 pounds–to prove that she physically couldn’t have beat Eliseo to death. Jamie, who signed a safety plan in April with Child Protective Services that advised her not to leave her children with her sister because of the woman’s disability, was also charged as a co-defendent in the case and could face life in prison. She remains in jail while the press is having a field day with the fact that Mayra can’t fit in a jail cell and will be allowed to remain at home as long as she wears a tracking device. McAllen, Texas newspaper The Moniter does add that much of her weight gain was caused by a rare thyroid condition.

Half-ton woman too big to jail in tot’s death [KVUE]
Half-ton Texas woman too big to kill boy, attorney says [Dallas Morning News]
Half-ton woman to remain home pending trial [The Monitor]