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“We have made an arrest in connection with the Frankie Gonzáles case. We arrested his mother, Laura Sánchez. She is incarcerated in the McLennan County Jail on charges of hurting a child, “ Garen Bynum, a Waco police spokesman, said at a news conference around noon on Tuesday.
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The officer clarified that the boy’s death was not due to natural causes, but said that they have only accused the mother of causing injuries “because it is the only thing they have been able to verify so far.”
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“We have to wait until we have the autopsy results to proceed with other possible charges,” he added.
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Investigators in the case believe Sánchez is the only person involved in the death of his son and, although the investigation is ongoing, they do not expect any other suspects.
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“What we know is that Laura Sánchez, 34, had the child in her care at the time he died and that no one else was involved in the incident”Bynum said.
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Sánchez was the one who helped locate Frankie’s body, and that happened Tuesday around 8 a.m., according to the officer’s account. “She is the only one who will be charged,” he insisted.
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“The boy was never in Cameron Park. Frankie never went there; that was a complete cover-up on her part to avoid the real situation ”, Bynum added.
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Sánchez was the one who called the 911 line and made the report of the disappearance. When the police officers arrived at the scene they interrogated her and She told them that she had last seen him at the children’s waterjet attraction, near the restrooms at Cameron Park.
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From then on, around 2 pm, the entire park area was closed and Frankie’s massive search for land and water began, as there is a river very close by. Efforts to locate the minor were suspended at 9 pm, but investigations at the scene and interrogations of the mother continued until midnight.
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“There was a time during the interrogation that she gave hints of what had really happened, but it was this morning that investigators located the body,” the police spokesman detailed.
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When questioned about whether the mother had confessed to Frankie’s death, the officer gave the floor to the sergeant who was in charge of the case.
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“The mother confessed the truth to members of her family and they called us. At that point we talked to her and she did not indicate that Frankie was not alive and took us to her body “Sgt Jason Lundquist related.
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The Waco Police said in a statement that it thanks the entire community for the overwhelming support they offered in the last 24 hours in the search for the child.
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“We want them to know that our department shares their pain … We are afflicted, like the community, by this horrible tragedy and we will continue to investigate the case to the fullest, ”the message reads.
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Frankie’s case was assisted by various agencies, including the Waco Fire Department, the McLennan County Sheriff’s Office, the Texas Rangers, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Waco City Cameron Park Zoo, Waco City Rangers and the Department of Family Protective Services.
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