Charges filed in boy’s death
Alyssa Garcia
Bail has been set at $2 million for the mother of a 4-year-old boy whose burned remains were found in the basement of a vacant house by Chicago Fire Department personnel.
Alyssa Garcia, 27, was charged Thursday with felony counts of concealed death and attempted residential arson in the death of Manuel Aguilar.
Also charged were 19-year-old Christian Camarena, who is being held on $1 million bail, and a 17-year-old boy.
Firefighters found the 4-year-old’s body late Tuesday.
Cook County prosecutors said Garcia admitted that her severely malnourished son stopped breathing last Friday. She said she took his body to the home with Camarena and the teen, where it was set on fire, authorities alleged.