GALVESTON COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) The mother of a 4-year-old boy whose body was found on a beach in Galveston a little over three years ago has been sentenced to life in prison, authorities announced on Thursday.
According to a news release issued by the Galveston County Criminal District Attorney s Office, 37-year-old Rebecca Suzanne Rivera, the mother of Jayden Alexander Lopez, who was nicknamed Little Jacob , was convicted of injury to a child by omission causing serious bodily injury after a 7-day trial that ended on Thursday.
The boy s body was discovered on East Beach in Galveston in October 2017. Trial evidence showed that Rivera and her girlfriend brought Jayden s body to Galveston after he died in Houston.