READING, Pa. (WPVI) — An arrest has been made in a decades-old cold case murder of a 2-year-old boy in Reading, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n
The girlfriend of the child’s father is now facing murder charges.<\/p>\n
Police responded to the 1000 block of Frankling Street on January 8, 1993.<\/p>\n
A 2-year-old boy was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n
The initial investigation determined that the boy suffered from multiple blunt impact injuries to the head. He also had multiple bruises at various stages of healing.<\/p>\n
His death was ruled a homicide.<\/p>\n
At the time of his death, the child was living with his father and his father’s girlfriend, Sandra Guadalupe-Castro, according to police.<\/p>\n
Despite numerous interviews, police said they were not able to make an arrest in the case at the time.<\/p>\n
Then, in 2005, the case was reopened under Berks County District Attorney John Adams’ Cold Case Initiative.<\/p>\n
Investigators reinterviewed numerous people, as well as “methodically” re-examined medical records and forensic findings.<\/p>\n
Through this, they were able to determine that the boy’s fatal injuries were inflicted shortly before his death, narrowing the timeline in their case.<\/p>\n
Investigators said they were able to establish that the child was in the sole care and supervision of Guadalupe-Castro on the day of this death.<\/p>\n
Guadalupe-Castro was arrested and charged on Tuesday. She is facing first and third degree murder.
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