This story is heartbreaking… a little innocent girl died because of her mother.
5-year-old Sophia Larson died on December 11 while she was staying with her mother, Stephanie Alvarado.
According to reports, Sophia drank “meth bong water” from a plastic water bottle that had been left out on a table. After she said “yucky” and spat out some water, the mom and her two cousins allegedly realized it was a bottle they had used as a water pipe when smoking methamphetamine earlier.
Witnesses told police that Sophia began seeing “monsters and demons” after ingesting the water, but Alvarado allegedly did not take Sophia to the hospital right away.
What makes it even worst, according to the witnesses, Alvarado allegedly did not seek treatment because she did not want to “lose [Sophia] in the system.”
Ceballos-Roma and Alvarado’s cousin were at the scene. They told investigators that they thought the girl was possessed. Ceballos-Roma was deported to Mexico this year in October.
The three adults began praying and reading from a bible, instead of seeking medical attention.
Sophia then lost consciousness and was moved to another apartment and given oxygen through a tube. The victim was eventually driven to Gran River Hospital, but she was pronounced dead early on Dec. 11.
A coroner’s report discovered that Larson had very high levels of methamphetamine in her blood.
Police also discovered small plastic bags filled with white powder as well as pipes and bongs in the apartment. In addition, the police also found drug residue on a dollar bill.
Larson’s death was concluded to have been caused by methamphetamine intoxication.
Watch the video report below for more details:
Alec Larson, the five-year-old’s father, had shared physical custody of the child ever since separating from Alvarado more than a year ago due to her mother’s drug abuse.
“If they would have taken her when they saw my daughter drank that, she may have been a little slow and not right in the head – but my daughter would still be here with me today,” Alec Larson was quoted on a Fox 31 news report.
The father speaks out, watch the video below:
Alvarado, 27, will face 16 to 48 years of prison sentence after she pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree and as many as six additional years for pleading guilty to criminal trespass, which included domestic violence.
Aside from the Colorado mom, her cousin, Daniel Alvarado, along with a friend, Bertha Ceballos-Romo, were arrested on charges of child abuse resulting in death.
The charges were class 2 felony punishable by 8 to 24 years in prison. Alvarado’s five-year-old daughter, Sophia Larson.
Sources: Taphaps, Newsweek, Mercury News
