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Anthony Ávalos' Mother Requests New Sentence for the Torture and Murder of Her Son

Summary by Telemundo 52
A woman from Lancaster who was convicted along with her boyfriend for torturing and murdering her 10-year-old son has filed court documents requesting a new sentence for her life imprisonment without parole. Heather Maxine Barron, now 36 years old, argues in her petition for a new sentence that she was “also a victim of Kareem Ernesto Leiva” and that there was “substantial evidence and a diagnosis of battered women’s syndrome (BWS) that were not…
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A woman from Lancaster who was convicted along with her boyfriend for torturing and murdering her 10-year-old son has filed court documents requesting a new sentence for her life imprisonment without parole. Heather Maxine Barron, now 36 years old, argues in her petition for a new sentence that she was “also a victim of Kareem Ernesto Leiva” and that there was “substantial evidence and a diagnosis of battered women’s syndrome (BWS) that were not…

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Telemundo 52 broke the news on Wednesday, June 17, 2026.
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