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A Wylie, Texas, girl will spend the following 75 years behind bars after she was discovered responsible of the sadistic torture of a younger girl, which included issues like having boiling water poured on her, meals restriction, no communication with the skin world and never having the ability to get medical remedy.
Collin County District Lawyer Greg Willis introduced the sentencing Tuesday of 37-year-old Alicia Calderon, after she was sentenced to 75 years for first-degree aggravated assault with a lethal weapon inflicting critical bodily harm to a family member.
“Calderon tricked the sufferer into dwelling together with her, after which managed her with unthinkable torture,” Willis stated. “She severely burned the sufferer’s arms, chest, and again by pouring a pot of boiling water on her. She additionally disadvantaged her of meals, locked her in a canine crate, and reduce off her communication to the skin world.”
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Alicia Calderon reserving picture (Collin County District Lawyer’s Workplace)
Calderon made an settlement with the 24-year-old sufferer in 2019, permitting her to maneuver into her household’s trailer in Wylie, freed from cost, in trade for conserving the home clear, caring for Calderon’s youngsters and caring for a disabled aged girl.
At first, the settlement labored effectively, however after a number of months, the DA’s workplace stated, the scenario deteriorated.
Calderon began by taking away the sufferer’s cellphone, which was adopted by limiting her meals and actions out and in of the dwelling.
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Alicia Calderon was sentenced to 75 years in jail, Collin County DA Greg Ellis introduced. (Google Maps)
Calderon additionally started locking the younger girl within the room with the aged individual, whose well being was declining severely. The sufferer quickly misplaced half of her physique weight and will now not care for the aged girl.
When Calderon caught the sufferer sneaking meals from the home in July 2021, the DA’s workplace stated, she was locked inside a canine crate and had boiling water poured on her, burning her legs.
Calderon additionally poured a pot of boiling water on the sufferer later that yr throughout an argument, severely burning her arms, chest and again. She additionally wouldn’t enable the sufferer to get medical remedy for the burns.
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A jury discovered Alicia Calderon responsible of first-degree aggravated assault with a lethal weapon inflicting critical bodily harm to a family member. (iStock)
An individual dwelling within the residence allowed the sufferer to make use of his cellphone on Feb. 1, 2022, and the sufferer despatched a Fb message to her stepfather pleading for assist as a result of she was locked in a room.
The stepfather referred to as 911 and went to the trailer. This was the primary time in a number of years the sufferer spoke to both of her dad and mom, the DA’s workplace stated.
When deputies arrived, they needed to take away stones that had been stacked in entrance of the door so the sufferer may escape. When she emerged, she was right down to 68 kilos, her head was shaved, and her physique was lined in second- and third-degree burns.
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When deputies arrived, they needed to take away stones that had been stacked in entrance of the door, so the sufferer may escape. (iStock)
The aged girl within the room was in such dangerous situation that authorities thought she could have been useless.
Throughout Calderon’s trial, the sufferer’s burn physician stated the sufferer had a number of surgical procedures, together with pores and skin grafts to get well from the extreme burns. She spent six weeks within the hospital to get well from the accidents and malnourishment.
The sufferer testified throughout the trial as effectively, saying she nonetheless suffers from the trauma and nerve harm that by no means healed.
A jury discovered Calderon responsible of first-degree aggravated assault with a lethal weapon inflicting critical bodily harm to a family member.
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When it was time for the choose to find out the punishment, prosecutors revealed that Calderon spent $78,000 of the aged girl’s just lately obtained inheritance inside three months. She had additionally been cashing the aged girl’s social safety checks for years.
The cash was spent on issues like a celebration rental place, automobile rims and tattoos.
“We hope and pray this jury’s sentence will enable the sufferer to additional heal from all of the deep bodily and emotional wounds inflicted by this defendant,” Willis stated.
Greg Wehner is a breaking information reporter for Fox Information Digital.
