Parents sentenced to 9 years for child abuse that left infant blind, quadriplegic

Parents Get 9 Years for Abusing Baby Son

Two parents were sentenced Friday to nine years in prison for abusing their baby son to such a degree he sustained brain damage and is unable to walk. Johnny Andres Gonzalez, 38, and Jacqueline Navarro, 45, both of Lindsay, in Tulare County, were convicted June 30 of felony child abuse and endangerment with a sentencing enhancement for great bodily injury on a child younger than 5. Their son, Journey, was brought to Hoag Hospital in Newport Beac…

Parents sentenced to 9 years for child abuse that left infant blind, quadriplegic

Two parents who were convicted of child abuse after their infant son was left blind and quadriplegic due to malnutrition and exposure to extreme temperatures were sentenced to nine years in state prison on Friday, Oct. 24. Jaqueline Navarro, 45, and John Andres Gonzalez, 38, were found guilty in Orange County Superior Court in June of a felony count of child abuse with an enhancement for causing great bodily injury to a child under the age of 5.…