Noah Four LAPD Investigates

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

The dramatic death of 4-year-old boy Noah Four continues to give much to talk about. The boy died in "suspicious" circumstances after nearly drowning in a pool in Los Angeles earlier this month while in the care of his biological parents, from whom he lived apart for years.

This Tuesday Eva Hernández, the boy's grandmother and who was in charge of him for a time, requested through his lawyer that Michael Moore, the local police chief, reopen the case of abuse of the child by his mother who dates from 2014.

"At age 2, Noah told the doctor that he is starving and malnourished. I couldn't even walk,” Brian Claypool, Eva Hernández's attorney, explained to KCAL9. "Why haven't child neglect and child abuse charges been filed as a result of that?"

"I believe that both the LAPD and the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office should reopen the 2014 investigation against Noah Cuatro's mother," Claypool said.

That year Úrsula Juarez, the boy's mother, was accused of fracturing the skull of one of her nieces, but the case was closed for lack of evidence, sources with the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office told NBC-4LA. Back then the woman was waiting for Noah who was practically placed from birth under the protection of the Department of Children and Family Services (DFCS).

Eva Hernández, grandmother of the missing Noah Cuatro, in Los Angeles:

Mrs.'s request Hernández joins the call of the county supervisors that this July 16 demanded a complete review to determine how the case of the boy was handled, who was under the care of her parents on and off during her short life.

El Niño passed away on July 6 under unclear circumstances after he nearly drowned in a pool at the apartment complex where his biological parents live. The minor later died in a hospital but his body had injuries that were not consistent with drowning, the autopsy revealed. These results prompted the Los Angeles police to decide to investigate the death as "suspicious."

Back then the boy's grandmother related that before little Noah was returned to live with his parents, he “begged” them not to take him.

Bobby Cagle, director of the Department of Children and Family Services (DFCS), said the system failed the child and is now demanding that his case be reopened. "Our reforms are not moving fast enough that we can combat something like this," the official told NBC-4LA. Kathryn Barger, county supervisor, was in charge of issuing the formal request.