Kristopher Posada was an infant who lived a very short life. Seven weeks to be exact, seven painful abusive weeks that he spent on this earth before he succumbed to death on February 13th at the hands of the one person in the world he should have been able to count on to protect him; his mother, 30-year-old Josela Posada.
A friend of Posada’s called 911 around 5am on February 13th after she had called her friend (Posada cannot speak English) to say that he daughter was cold and not breathing. She claimed to have put the baby to bed the night before and was shocked to what she woke to. Officers were summoned to the house and attempted to question Posada, a suspected illegal alien from El Salvador. All that they got out of Posada was that she tried to pin the brutal beating death on her teenage babysitter, who has been cleared of the crime since.
After a week they determined that Kristopher had died of “non-accidental, violent trauma” that was inflicted on him. The thing is, most of the deaths of babies that are through abuse seem to be the result of a one-time deal. Someone loses their temper and in a rage they baby is hurt, or worse. To actively beat a baby to death over seven weeks would take a monster.
Law enforcement has declined to really talk about his injuries much but they are saying that he died of multiple injuries. It has been released that the coroner has ruled that the cause of death is most likely shaken baby syndrome. Police have said that child also had burns over his body.
Josela Posada was arrested earlier in the week and charged with Murder and Child Abuse Causing Substantial Bodily Harm. She is currently lodged in the Washoe County Jail with no bond. He other child, a 15-month-old girl by a different father, has been removed and put in a foster home. ICE has also put a hold on Posada due to the fact that she is an illegal.
