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Anthony Avalos Death

Report highlights child-abuse cases plaguing Antelope Valley

  • Jan 26, 2024

Anthony Avalos death: Family honors boy's life 5 years later

  • Jun 22, 2023

Anthony Avalos' family and friends celebrate his 15th birthday

  • May 7, 2023

Anthony Avalos' mother, her boyfriend sentenced to life without parole

  • Apr 26, 2023

Anthony Avalos case: Mother, boyfriend found guilty in boy's death

  • Mar 8, 2023

Anthony Avalos: Prosecutor calls defendants 'evil' as judge gets case

  • Feb 24, 2023

Remembering Gabriel Fernandez: 2 families now linked by tragedies

  • Feb 19, 2023

Anthony Avalos was repeatedly dropped by mom's boyfriend, witness says

  • Feb 10, 2023

Latest Videos

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Gabriel Fernandez's mom again seeking resentencing in boy's murder

  • Feb 8
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Report highlights Antelope Valley as trouble spot for child-abuse cases

  • Jan 26, 2024
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Anthony Avalos death: 5 years later, family talks grief and why they believe system failed him

  • Jun 22, 2023
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Anthony Avalos' family and friends celebrate what would have been his 15th birthday

  • May 7, 2023
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Anthony Avalos' mother and her boyfriend sentenced to life in prison for Lancaster boy's murder

  • Apr 26, 2023
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Anthony Avalos' mother and her boyfriend sentenced to life without parole in 10-year-old's murder

  • Apr 25, 2023
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Mother of Anthony Avalos and her boyfriend found guilty in Lancaster boy's murder

  • Mar 8, 2023
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Mother of Anthony Avalos and her boyfriend found guilty in Lancaster boy's murder

  • Mar 8, 2023

Latest Stories

Anthony Avalos' teacher shares letter boy wrote before he died: 'I want to stay with you forever'

Anthony Avalos' teacher described the boy as "everyone's best friend." She noted that he penned a letter to her in which he wrote, "I just want to stay with you forever, but I can't."

  • Feb 9, 2023

Anthony Avalos death: Coroner testifies that 10-year-old's brain showed sustained abuse

A coroner testified Tuesday that a Lancaster boy who died of alleged abuse by his mother and her ex-boyfriend had severe blunt force injuries to his brain.

  • Feb 7, 2023

Anthony Avalos death: Pediatrician testifies boy was 'skin and bones' when he arrived at hospital

A UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital pediatrician testified Monday that a Lancaster boy who died of alleged physical abuse by his mother and her boyfriend was extremely malnourished when he got to the hospital, describing him as "skin and bones."

  • Feb 7, 2023

Anthony Avalos death: Mother's boyfriend admits to disciplining 10-year-old boy

A man who's charged along with his live-in girlfriend in her son's death acknowledged to investigators that he had disciplined the boy by hitting him with a belt, slapping him and pushing him to the floor in their Lancaster apartment.

  • Feb 5, 2023

Anthony Avalos death: 2 half-siblings testify about alleged abuse before boy's death

The half-siblings of Anthony Avalos, who died in 2018, testified that they had been forced to undergo punishment, including kneeling on uncooked rice, wrestling each other and watching each other be disciplined in their Lancaster home.

  • Feb 2, 2023