Jun 30, 2011 – Madison, WI
3-year-old Luis Vasquez died of a head injury at UW Hospital.
Maria Castillo-Dominguez told Madison police that her son fell and hit his head on a wall, she was taken into custody the same day that the
medical examiner performed an autopsy on the boy.
Charge of first degree reckless homicide.
"He grabbed some Chicklets and I told him not to eat them. I grabbed the Chicklets and I pushed him against the wall ... it was hard and LAV
was crying." Later that night, Castillo-Dominguez said she noticed her son sweating, and that he "looked different," The child also started
vomiting and wanted to go to sleep, but Castillo-Dominguez said she kept him awake and saw him turning purple. Later that night, she took him
to the emergency room. He died three days later.
Doctors also indicated they noticed bruising on the boy's left arm, left leg, under his chin and on his left hip, more three dozen hemorrhages in
each of the boy's eyes, which was indicative of abuse.
Two young boys killed by their mothers boyfriend Lake Point Drive (Formerly Simpson St) neighborhood is especially
devastated because while the two incidents aren't related, the victims lived across the street from each other
Luis Vasquez (3)
Maria Castillo-Dominguez (22)
