Back in April 22-year-old Nichole Turner of Austin, Texas called 911 to report her boyfriend’s five-year-old son was missing. Julian Salazar Soliz’s body was found later that day in a grassy area in Wells Branch, about a mile from his home, beaten to death.
According to the medical examiner Julian had at least 59 bruises covering his body and bleeding on his brain. He died from blunt force trauma to the abdomen.
When questioned Turner admitted to beating Julian with a belt and said she may have hit him in the stomach and head. She also told detectives she had lost control. Turner had been taking care of Julian and his siblings while their father Julian Soliz was in jail for violating his probation.
Turner was finally arrested and charged last Friday. She was arrested for Injury to a Child and lodged in the Travis County Jail on $100,000 bond. She was released later that same night. Two other children in the home have been removed since the murder and placed with CPS.
I just came across this story earlier today and am not familiar with the circumstances but just on the face of things I’m still not clear why they didn’t at least charge her with manslaughter at the very least.
