Avalos

A solemn procession of teens and children all dressed in black strode into a Los Angeles courtroom Tuesday and stepped up to address the judge. They all wanted one thing: a life sentence for Heather Barron, 33, and Kareem Leiva, 37.The…

Anthony Avalos’ siblings say everything changed after their mother’s new boyfriend, Kareem Leiva, moved in.Suddenly there were bizarre punishments, grueling workouts and strange rules about eating. One cruelty often flowed into another. The…

The last four years of Anthony Avalos’ life were nearly constant torture.The Antelope Valley boy would spend hours locked in a room with no access to food, water or a bathroom. His body was wracked with welts produced by the lashes of belts…

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a $32-million settlement for the siblings and father of 10-year-old Anthony Avalos, who prosecutors say died of abuse and torture at the hands of his mother and her boyfriend…