Hah! When I first reported on this case, I castigated the press for referring to this obvious assault of the baby's mother as a "fight" between the two parents. Notice that the press is now referring to this clearcut assault as, well, an assault. If it were a mere "fight," than the 9-month-old baby wouldn't have been beaten to death in the middle of it, would she?
And notice that this "fight" involved binding the victim at knife point and sodomizing her. I'd say that is definitely an assault by any definition. It is only the media's weird obsession with false balance that lead them to minimize this as just a "fight." And their (sometimes) unconscious contempt for the female victims of domestic violence. Had this POS broken into the home of a stranger and committed this heinous crime, nobody would be labeling the incident as a "fight."
And now we hear that dad JOSE TULIO DERAS has been arrested in Mexico and is to be arraigned on murder charges.
http://www.presstelegram.com/breakingnews/ci_17146997
South Gate father to be arraigned in 9-month-old's death
From wire service reports
Posted: 01/20/2011 06:45:08 AM PST Updated: 01/20/2011 11:39:08 AM PST
DOWNEY - A South Gate man arrested in Mexico, where he fled after allegedly beating his 9-month-old daughter to death and assaulting his wife, was scheduled to be arraigned today on murder and other charges.
Jose Tulio Deras, 20, was set to appear in Downey Superior Court on one count each of murder and assault on a child causing death for the Jan. 15 slaying of his daughter, Valerie.
In connection with his alleged assault on his wife, Deras is charged with one count of sodomy by use of force, with allegations that he used a knife and tied and bound the victim.
The Salvadoran national was detained Monday in Mexico City, said Lt. Dave Coleman of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide Bureau.
On Wednesday, Mexican authorities flew Deras from Mexico City to Los Angeles International Airport, where he was turned over to Customs and Border Protection officers, U.S. Marshals and Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies.
Deras was being held in lieu of $5 million bail, according to inmate records.
If convicted, he could face up to 50 years to life in state prison, according to the District Attorney's Office.