Baby Brianna Lopez- Most Brutal Case of Child Abuse

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS STORY IS VERY GRAPHIC. IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO READ ON CHILD ABUSE CASES... KEEP IN MIND THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST BRUTAL CASES AND YOU SHOULD NOT READ ANY FURTHER. THIS WAS WRITTEN IN THE HOPES OF AWARENESS.






A beautiful baby girl, Brianna Lopez, born on valentine's day of 2002 died a very horrible death at the hands of her own flesh and blood just 5 months after birth. The most horrific child abuse case that I have EVER seen. I've watched videos and read numerous articles on Baby Brianna and it brought me to tears. The 5 month old baby girl was abused and raped by her own father Andy Walters, 21 and Uncle Steven Lopez, 19.  There was also evidence that the mother, Stephanie Lopez had also abused Baby Brianna as well. On July 18th of 2002, Andy Walters, Stephanie Lopez and her brother Steven Lopez, were 'partying' together and drinking. Stephanie states after a few beers she was drunk and fell asleep. Supposedly, while she was asleep in the other room the two men, Andy and Steven began to play a "game" with Baby Brianna by throwing her up so her head would hit the ceiling and then letting her fall straight down to the ground hard! Keep in mind this is a baby!!! It has also been stated that while Andy Walters(the FATHER) was changing the baby's diaper he had placed his finger in the baby's anus.
The mother, Stephanie Lopez was said to have bitten, punched and pinched her daughter.
These two so-called men had both admitted to having sex with Baby Brianna. How could anyone do this? We are talking about a baby here....
Brianna Lopez died at the Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces on July 19, 2002. -Stephanie Lopez noticed that morning Brianna was not breathing and had called 9-1-1. Wow.... She finally decided to call the authorities after all the things they had done to her but by that time ...it was too late. The autopsy had shown Brianna Lopez had suffered bleeding of the optic nerve, brain swelling, numerous broken ribs,shaken baby syndrome, multiple skull fractures, fractures in both legs, a total of 11 bite marks ..... And bruising all over her body from head to toe.


How can 3 adults... People that were suppose to be the most protective of this little angel... Be the cause of her death? How could anyone look into a child's innocent eyes and still could rape them, abuse them, and take advantage of such a pure defenseless baby? I just don't get it. I'm not naïve to the fact that there are so many sick and heartless people out there... What amazes me is how did they get so many psychos under the same roof who thought this was just ok? It may have been just the 3 of them who were doing the actual physical abuse to this beautiful baby, but there were other adults that resided in this household as well. Seriously? They cannot deny that they knew this was going on. Brianna had been abused all of her short life.
The grandmother and another uncle of Brianna's (who were the other adults residing at this residence) were sentenced to 60 days in jail for failing to report child abuse. Mother, Stephanie Lopez was sentenced 27 years. Father,
Andy Walters, was sentenced 57 years. Uncle, Steven Lopez was sentenced 51 years in prison.
No one had claimed the baby's body, not even her own family. The residents of Brianna's home town, Las Cruces, came together as a unit to claim Brianna's remains and they also attended the baby's funeral to honor her life. Sometime after the burial of Baby Brianna, the family put a "cage" around her grave in order to keep everyone who wasn't family from continuing to bring flowers and visiting the young child's burial site.


Baby Brianna Lopez' story should never be forgotten and it is up to us to make sure this does not happen. If you even suspect abuse whether it is a child, a mother, a grandparent, a friend.... Anyone..... Please report it. You can save a life! Too many people 'look the other way' and if they would have just cared enough.... They could have spared the pain of another human being.

There are so many people that have tried so hard to conceive a child without any luck.... And then you see stories like this where a child was born into a psychotic family and never stood a chance. You just can't help to think "that could have been my child... She could have had a better life, parents that would love her unconditionally, a family that would smile at every little thing she did, watch her grow up and educate her, and watch her blossom into something great."


This baby girl didn't have not one photo taken of her the entire 5 months she was alive. The only photos that were taken of her is from her autopsy. They photo shopped the pictures to get rid of the bruising and bite marks on her face. She was such a beautiful baby girl.


Please do not forget Baby Brianna's story.....


RIP Brianna Lopez
Feb. 14th, 2002- July 19th, 2002   


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