Mother, Boyfriend Convicted in Torture-Killing of Anthony Avalos

A Lancaster woman and her boyfriend were convicted Tuesday of murdering the woman’s 10-year-old son, Anthony Avalos, who died in 2018. Wrapping up a non-jury trial, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Sam Ohta found Heather Maxine Barron, 33, and Kareem Ernesto Leiva, 37, guilty of first-degree murder for the boy’s June 21, 2018, death. The […]