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Mother, boyfriend sentenced to life for murder of 10-year-old California boy

Heather Barron, defendant in Anthony Avalos murder case, who was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole, is at Dept. 108, Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES — A solemn procession of teens and children all dressed in black strode into a Los Angeles courtroom Tuesday and stepped up to address the judge. They all wanted one thing: a life sentence for Heather Barron, 33, and Kareem Leiva, 37.

The judge granted their wish.

Barron and her boyfriend Leiva, who were

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