Multiple defendants appeared in District Court on Thursday, ranging from allegations of burglary and kidnapping to drug distribution and tragic child endangerment. Janvier Pinkard Janvier Pinkard faced the court on Thursday regarding his December 2020.
"Hopefully [we'll] be able to save someone's life whether it's a child or adult maybe it will open someone's eyes to the reality of what this drug does" Larson told KREX he's helping a production team make a documentary about Sophia's story. "Hopefully [we'll] be able to save someone's life whether it's a child or adult maybe it will open someone's eyes to the reality of what this drug does," Larson said. In our interview Larson called the opioid crisis a "pandemic" and statistics from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment agree. CDPHE statistics show deaths due to synthetic drugs doubled from 2019 to 2020, and for 2021 alone all drug-related deaths in the state totaled nearly 2,000.
A request made by a Rifle man accused of felony child abuse in the 2019 drug death of Sophia Larson for a personal recognizance bond, which would allow him to be released from jail before…
Stephanie Alvarado.
Sobbing as she took the stand before Garfield County District Judge Denise Lynch Friday morning, Stephanie Alvarado took full responsibility for her young daughter’s death.
“The day I laid my child to rest, I wanted to go into the ground next to her,” she said in a prepared statement. “I didn’t want to leave her alone in the dirt.”
Alvarado, accused in 2019 of not seeking medical attention for her 5-year-old daughter, Sophia Larson, after she fatally ingested bong water contaminated with methamphetamine, was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 32 years in prison. With additional felony charges, Alvarado was originally facing up to 48 years behind bars.