A Rifle man involved in a 2019 incident that led to the accidental overdose death of a child was a no show for a sentencing hearing in Garfield County District Court on Thursday.
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Stephanie Alvarado is now convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 32 years in prison for the 2019 death of her 5-year-old daughter, the result of her accidentally ingesting methamphetamine while her mother and two others were using.
But the cases against the co-defendants in the case, Stephanie’s cousin Daniel Alvarado and friend Bertha Karina Ceballos-Romo, continue to drag on.
Ceballos-Romo, 29, hasn’t appeared in court for months and was deported last fall, but the case against her remains active.
Daniel Alvarado, 28, appeared virtually before 9th District Judge Denise Lynch on Thursday, who, along with Alvarado’s defense counsel, expressed frustration that the case hasn’t moved to the preliminary hearing stage.
About a year ago three people were arrested for the death of a 5-year-old girl in Rifle. The little girl passed away after accidentally ingesting a mix of meth and alcohol from a water bottle.
On December 12, 2020, Rifle Police were notified that a child in need of immediate medical assistance was being taken to the hospital in a private vehicle. 5-year-old Sophia Larson was taken to the hospital four hours after she ingested the drugs/alcohol.
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The girl s mom, Stephanie Alvarado, and her cousins were mixing meth with alcohol in a water bottle then smoking it. Sophia came out of her room for a drink and drank some of the drug/alcohol mix before anyone noticed.