‘You’re a monster:’ Mom beats 4-year-old son to death on his birthday
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Murder
An Illinois mother convicted of fatally beating her son on his fourth birthday learned her fate this week inside a Cook County courtroom. A jury found mother-of-four Crystal Valdez, 35, guilty of the first-degree murder of her youngest son, Christopher. As of Wednesday, Valez and her live-in boyfriend, Cesar Ruiz, have both been sentenced in connection with …