Man sought in boy's killing is impaled, dies

DELANO, Calif. -- A man wanted in the beating death of a 2-year-old Kern County boy has been killed in a gruesome accident, authorities said Monday. Delano police made the revelation after the mother of Juan Felix, Noemi Mendoza, 23, was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading no contest to willful cruelty to a child, The Bakersfield Californian reported. Juan died after being taken to a hospital in January 2011 by the mother's live-in boyfriend, Cesar Osuna. An autopsy performed on the boy showed that he died from blunt force trauma. He suffered multiple rib fractures, tearing of abdominal membranes and a skull fracture, according to Delano police reports filed in court. Mendoza was charged for leaving her child in the custody of someone considered dangerous, said Kern County prosecutor Arthur Norris. There were indications the boy had been abused on other occasions, Norris said. After Juan's death, Osuna fled to Mexico, where he worked in construction. While on the job, he touched a live wire, fell and was impaled on a fence, said Delano police Cmdr. Lynn Venables.

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