âLikely Innocentâ: Judge Frees Woman Jailed 15 Years in Childâs Death
Rosa Jimenez was imprisoned after being convicted of murder in the death of a toddler who choked on paper towels while she was babysitting him in 2003. Experts now say the death was accidental.
Rosa Jimenez, right, hugs her daughter Brenda Jimenez in Austin, Texas shortly after being released from prison.Credit.Vanessa Potkin
Jan. 29, 2021
A Texas woman who had served 15 years in prison for the death of a young boy she was babysitting was released on bond this week after a judge found that she was âlikely innocent.â
The woman, Rosa Jimenez, was convicted of murder in 2005 and sentenced to 99 years in prison for the death of Bryan Gutierrez, a 21-month-old who choked on a wad of paper towels while in her care at her home in Austin, Texas. At her trial in 2005, experts testified that an accidental death would have been impossible.