Episode 50 The Smallest Voice We Never Heard | The Baby Brianna Story - video Dailymotion

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Brianna Mariah Lopez was born on Valentine's day 2002 and brought home to endure the worst torture that no child should ever have to go through.  RIP Brianna Mariah Lopez, your family didn't deserve you. You deserve so much better.   #babybrianna #newmexico #childabuse

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00:00Hello and welcome to the Dark Mystery Lounge. Today we are going to take a trip to New Mexico

00:06to talk about the Baby Brianna case, one of the worst cases of child abuse in New Mexico history.

00:12Now I'm going to go ahead and give you a warning right now. There will be graphic descriptions

00:16of abuse in a few pictures so if you can't handle that then go ahead and exit this video now.

00:23You can check out other videos like Anubis made a video about the Georgia Guidestones that I

00:28thought was pretty cool. So if you're still here then let's go ahead and get started.

00:35When a baby is born it's a time of celebration and happiness, taking newborn photos at the hospital

00:42and birth announcements to friends and family. There are a lot of firsts, getting used to nursing,

00:48first diaper changes, first bath, and dressing them up in their go-home outfit as they leave the

00:54hospital healthy and safe. Sadly, that's not the case for every infant. Brianna Mariah Lopez,

01:02or simply known as Baby Brianna, was born on Valentine's Day 2002 to Stephanie Lopez and Andy

01:09Walters. They left the hospital and went back home to Las Cruces, New Mexico to a trailer that was already

01:16pretty cramped. Along with Baby Brianna's parents, her uncle Steven Lopez, grandmother Patricia Walters,

01:24uncle Robert Walters Jr., and two other children lived in the trailer. The moment that Baby Brianna

01:30came home, she was abused every single day of her life. Her mother would scream, slap, punch, bite,

01:38and pinch her daughter's tiny body whenever she cried. But majority of the abuse came from her father,

01:45Andy, and her uncle Steven, while Stephanie sat back and watched. They kicked, punched, threw, pinched,

01:52awed, and sodomized the baby when she was just weeks old. When Brianna would cry out in agony,

01:59the three of them would just laugh and abuse her more. They even stuffed clothing into her mouth

02:04to muffle the screams. Baby Brianna suffered for 153 days when her hell on earth came to an end,

02:12at the hands of those that were supposed to love and protect her. On July 18th, 2002,

02:19Andy got off work and purchased some beers. That evening, Stephanie, Andy, and Steven

02:25drank some beers, then Stephanie went to bed. Andy and Steven decided to play a sick game with Brianna.

02:32They tossed Brianna up into the air with enough force that she hit the moving ceiling fan and just

02:38let her fall to the floor. Brianna screamed in agony. This was all taking place in the same room

02:44where Stephanie was sleeping. She claimed she didn't hear anything, but again, the men thought it was

02:50funny. According to later police interrogations, Steven admitted to sodomizing Brianna but stopped

02:57because, quote, he realized what he was doing was wrong, unquote. The next morning, on July 19th,

03:04around 7 15 a.m., Stephanie woke up to Brianna crying and noticed fresh bruises and cuts on her body.

03:12She asked the men what happened. They told her that they played a little too rough with her last night.

03:18Stephanie seemed to accept that answer and just carried on with her day like normal,

03:23while ignoring Brianna's cries for help. Andy offered to change the baby's diaper. During this

03:28diaper change, he wrapped the baby wipe around his finger and sodomized his own daughter. Sadly,

03:35this is not the first time this has happened. He would often do this to her with random objects.

03:41Around mid-morning, Brianna was close to death when Stephanie noticed that she wasn't breathing.

03:47She apparently called Brianna's grandmother before calling 911, while Steven and Andy attempted CPR.

03:54Stephanie told the operator that Brianna had fallen from her high chair. Brianna was rushed to Memorial

04:00Medical Center, where they tried to resuscitate her, but sadly, it was too late. Brianna Maria Lopez

04:08was pronounced dead at 11 10 a.m. She was just five months and five days old. Stephanie's story changed

04:15again when she told hospital staff that Brianna fell out of bed, but her autopsy would tell a different

04:22story. The cause of death was cranial cerebral injuries due to the fact that she was battered.

04:27Due to blunt force injury to Brianna's head in the last three days or less resulted in a large subdural

04:35hematoma on her brain. X-rays revealed her skull was fractured in two places on two different bones,

04:42and that the fractures were five to seven days old. Old blood was found during her brain tissue

04:47examination, which meant that she had received separate brain injuries in the past. Her optical

04:53nerves were filled with both fresh and old blood, which meant that Brianna had been violently shaken

04:59on at least two occasions. She also had a long list of other injuries, both old and new, including

05:07broken ribs, both broken legs, a broken left arm, lacerations on her fingers, 13 bite marks,

05:14lacerations to her vagina, including three tears to her hymen, and several injuries to her anus.

05:21Her anus had no muscle tone and was gaped open. During the autopsy, it was observed that her anal

05:27opening was dilated a full inch. The medical examiner listed her death as a homicide. Upon searching the

05:34home, investigators noticed that there were no toys and no photos of Brianna while she was alive.

05:41Before Stephanie was taken into police custody, she was allowed to see Brianna's body. She cradled

05:48her deceased child, saying over and over, I'm so sorry. Stephanie asked if she could cover Brianna's

05:55bruises, which she covered up everything except her eyes. All three of these monsters were arrested.

06:01Steven Lopez and Andy Walters were charged with abuse resulting in death, conspiracy,

06:07and criminal sexual penetration of a minor. Stephanie was charged with negligent child abuse

06:12resulting in death and negligent child abuse not resulting in great bodily harm. The other

06:18children in the home were taken into protective custody. Brianna's grandmother, Patricia Walters,

06:24and her uncle, Robert Walters Jr., were charged with failure to report child abuse or child neglect.

06:31Steven was sentenced to 51 years in prison. Andy was sentenced to 57 years in prison. Stephanie was

06:38sentenced to 27 years. Both Patricia and Robert were sentenced to just 60 days in jail. Surprisingly enough,

06:46Stephanie didn't even serve her full sentence. Stephanie was released from prison in 2016 due to good

06:53behavior. Detective Lyndall Wright, who served on Brianna's case, just before the autopsy began,

07:00Detective Wright took a picture of Brianna, quote, before they started the autopsy and her little face

07:06was lying on a white sheet, I thought she looks asleep. So I took the picture and airbrushed the photo

07:13to see what Brianna would have looked like when she was alive, unquote. Now some good did come from this case.

07:20In 2005, the Baby Brianna bill passed and became law in New Mexico. The Baby Brianna law requires a

07:28mandatory life sentence for intentional acts of child abuse and neglect that result in death of a child

07:35under the age of 12. Sadly, it's not retroactive, so it won't affect her killer's sentences. When the news

07:42spread about Baby Brianna's death throughout the Las Cruces community, they came together, claimed her body,

07:50paid for a casket, and a burial plot was donated at Doña Ana Cemetery and gave her a funeral full of love.

07:57There is no headstone placed on her grave, just a marker. It was decorated with flowers, stuffed animals,

08:05balloons, and small statues of angels by the community that showed how much they truly loved and cared for

08:11Brianna. When Brianna's family saw this, well, they weren't too happy. As if this poor child hasn't been

08:18through enough in life, her family had one final blow. Even though they didn't claim her body or pay for

08:25any of her funeral expenses, they did pay for one thing. They paid for and installed a metal cage on top of

08:33baby Brianna's grave, where her marker is, and it's under lock and key. Inside that cage, there's a statue

08:40of an angel with a finger to its lips, and that's what her family wanted, was for everyone to remain

08:46quiet in hopes that in time, Brianna will be forgotten. Luckily, or if you're her family, unluckily,

08:54Brianna's story spread far and wide, and people from all over the country came out and put pressure to

09:00remove the cage. But sadly, the family has a legal right to keep it there. There were even people

09:06who petitioned to have the cage removed. Someone even reached out to Stephanie about this, and she

09:12claimed she didn't know anything about the cage, and said that she'll talk to her family about having

09:18it removed. Of course, she did nothing, and didn't care because that cage is still up to this day.

09:24So what of course did the people do? They decided to decorate the cage, and around the cage.

09:30Eventually, the lock came off on occasions to clean her grave that was littered with debris.

09:35Now that door remains open. A memorial bench was built. There is still an outpouring of love to this

09:41day. This is the kind of love that she deserved, that her family never gave her. Had she had lived

09:48and gotten out of that hellhole, she would have celebrated her 21st birthday, just as past Valentine's

09:54Day 2023. Rest in peace, Brianna Maria Lopez.

09:59When I first learned about baby Brianna's story, at the time I didn't have a YouTube channel,

10:15but I knew I wanted to cover it, because my blood just boiled as I read her story. I cried and was

10:21angry at the same time. But I just have one question for Brianna's so-called family. What in your twisted

10:28little pea-brained mind did Brianna do that was so bad in your screwed up eyes that justified beating

10:35her to death? And then put a damn cage on her grave you didn't pay for? You didn't even give her the

10:42respect of claiming her body. To me, if you didn't claim her body, or pay for her funeral expenses,

10:48then you should have no right to put that cage on top of her grave. Period. That poor baby has been

10:55through enough hell, she didn't deserve it. No child does. If you didn't want her for whatever reason,

11:03we have safe haven laws in 45 states and two U.S. territories. And in New Mexico, to be specific,

11:10you have 90 days after the child is born, to take them to one of the safe haven places.

11:17It is a hospital, fire station, or police station with no consequences and no questions asked. Hell,

11:24there are even baby boxes being built at these safe haven places. And in under two minutes after

11:30the door is closed, someone is there to retrieve the child on the other side of that box. It is that

11:37damn simple. And they would have gladly found her a home with a loving, supportive family.

11:43You guys decided to take this poor little girl and torture her to death. And as to Stephanie,

11:49she should have gotten a longer sentence. I think all of them should have gotten life without parole,

11:54at the very least. They don't deserve to breathe the same air as me and you. Honestly, if you abuse a

12:00child, whether or not though they die, I think the death penalty would be better. But that's just me, I guess.

12:07Sorry for the rant. You're probably wondering why I decided to cover this case. And it's because I

12:12want people to be aware of child abuse and the whole phrase, if you see something, say something.

12:19The laws need to change and harsher sentences should be enforced on these monsters. I've heard

12:24of people charged with nonviolent crimes that are longer than child abuse charges. And that's sad.

12:30That needs to change. Anyways, I'm not going to ask you if you've enjoyed this video. I mean,

12:36if you found it interesting in any way, hit that like button, share this story to as many people as

12:43possible. I don't want Brianna to ever be forgotten. Subscribe and tickle that bell because I've got

12:50another case coming out that is just as bad, if not worse, than what happened to Brianna. And strangely,

12:56it didn't get nowhere near the same amount of attention that I believe it deserves. So stay tuned

13:02for that. Thanks for hanging out with me in the Dark Mystery Lounge. This is Phoenix signing out.

13:08Have a good evening and stay safe.

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