"Officers initially responded to a hospital on Nov. 7 where the toddler was unresponsive with signs of severe trauma, police said. She was put on life support and died three days later. Her identity is being withheld. Over the course of a two-week investigation, homicide detectives determined that the toddler had been a victim of ongoing abuse and that her death was a direct result of abuse from her father and stepmother, police said."
"Alfredo Munoz was previously sentenced to four-years in state prison in December 2021 after he pleaded no contest to one count of willful cruelty to a child causing possible injury or death, according to court records. A law enforcement source confirmed the man charged in the prior Long Beach abuse case was the same man arrested Tuesday. The source spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the case with the media."
Police arrested Alfredo Munoz, 40, and stepmother Kelly Munoz, 34, at an East Louise Street residence on suspicion of torturing and murdering their 14-month-old daughter. Officers responded to a hospital on Nov. 7 where the toddler arrived unresponsive with signs of severe trauma; she was placed on life support and died three days later. A two-week homicide investigation concluded the child suffered ongoing abuse and died as a direct result of abuse by her father and stepmother. Both suspects are held without bail while detectives prepare to present the case to the Los Angeles County district attorney. Munoz previously served a four-year prison sentence after pleading no contest to willful cruelty to a child.
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