A San José teen is behind bars after prosecutors charged with murder in the death of his two-year-old foster brother, alleging the toddler was repeatedly sexually and physically assaulted after being placed in a foster home earlier this year.
The suspect, whose name was not revealed, was 17 at the time of the alleged abuse of Jaxon Juarez. The toddler died on April 9, just days after police found his “small, bruised and battered body” on Easter Sunday at the home where the suspect lived. An official cause of death has not been released.
