Jose Gonzalez-Dominguez and Crystal Carimbocas
Death Penalty Sought in Girl's Murder
PHOENIX - The Maricopa County Attorney is seeking the death penalty against a Mesa couple in the murder of a 4-year-old girl.
Jose Gonzalez-Dominguez and Crystal Carimbocas each face counts of first-degree murder and child abuse.
Police say the woman called 9-1-1 three months ago to report her daughter having trouble breathing.
Officers and paramedics found Anays "Annie" Carimbocas unresponsive, lying on a bathroom sink in her apartment.
She died at the hospital.
The medical examiner determined her death was caused by blunt force trauma.
"The decision to seek the death penalty is the most serious decision any County Attorney can make," Bill Montgomery said in a statement.
"In any given case, I weigh the appropriateness of the death penalty and then determine whether the death penalty is a just punishment for the crime committed. In this case, if the State successfully proves beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty as charged, the jury will then have the duty to consider imposition of the death penalty.”
The couple is awaiting trial.
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