FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina woman and her fiance wanted in connection with the death of her 18-month-old daughter are in jail in Colorado.
Twenty-year-year-old Vanessa Ariana Sanchez of Fayetteville and 21-year-old Andrew Tyler Tomczak were arrested in the Colorado Springs area Wednesday night.
An autopsy showed Violet Cortez died in January of a head injury due to multiple blunt force impacts.
El Paso County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Jacqueline Kirby says Sanchez was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder and felony neglect child abuse with serious bodily injury. Tomczak was arrested on suspicion of “probation violation - felony assault by strangulation.”
Fayetteville investigators said they have filed extradition paperwork to bring the couple back to North Carolina.
It’s not clear if they have lawyers yet.
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