Mother Arrested for Second-Degree Murder of Her 20-Month-Old Child

Mother arrested for second-degree murder of her 20-month-old child

MOORHEAD, MINN. — The Moorhead Police Department says the mother of a 20-month-old child that died nearly two weeks ago has been arrested for second degree murder. The Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the child as 20-month-old Jose Lazarus Zamora, of Moorhead, and that their preliminary autopsy ruled the child’s death as a homicide. The child’s mother, 32-year-old Valerie Connie Zamora of Moorhead, was arrested in Fargo and tak…

Moorhead woman arrested in 20-month-old son's death

MOORHEAD — A Moorhead woman has been arrested after police said she killed her 20-month-old child. Valerie Connie Zamora, 32, was arrested Friday, May 23, in Fargo in connection to the death of her toddler son, Jose Lazarus Zamora, according to a release from the Moorhead Police Department. She is being held at the Cass County Jail and is expected to be extradited to Moorhead, where she will face a second-degree felony charge of murder, the rele…

Moorhead mother arrested in connection with her 20-month-old’s death

UPDATE – Moorhead Police say the mother of a 20-month-old child who died last week has been arrested on suspicion of second degree murder. The Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office says Jose Zamora died from a homicide. His mother, 32-year-old Valerie Zamora, was arrested in Fargo and will be extradited to Moorhead. Police say the investigation is ongoing. A Korsmo Funeral Service obituary says Zamora always looked up to his big sister and big…

The Court of the Judicial Office of Permanent Care of the Judicial District of La Romana imposed three months of preventive detention on a woman accused of killing her two-year-old son, in the Villa Verde sector of that city. This is Sobeida María, who must comply with the measure of coercion in the public prison of Higüey, province of La Altagracia. About the fact The terrible event occurred on May 19, 2025. According to the preliminary report …