DEPARTMENT’S MISSING PERSONS UNIT. THAT NUMBER RIGHT THERE ON YOUR SCREEN 2, 1, 0, TO 0,
7.76 60.
>> SHE’S BEEN CHARGED
WITH MURDERING HER OWN 4
YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER AND AFTER
YEARS OF COURT DELAYS THE CASE
OF JESSICA BREE ON US IS MOVING
CLOSER
TO TRIAL. BUT WHILE SHE WAS
FREE ON BOND BRIONES GAVE BIRTH
AGAIN AND
>> HENCE LEGAL BATTLE IS
UNDERWAY OVER WHO SHOULD GET
CUSTODY OF
THE BABY. A WARNING WHAT YOU’RE
ABOUT TO SEE MAY BE DISTURBING
TO SOME VIEWERS. OUR
DILLON COLLIER BRINGS US
TONIGHT’S DEFENDERS REPORT.
>> SEPTEMBER
2017 AT THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE
DEPARTMENTS, PRUE SUBSTATION
JESSICA BRIONES WALKED IN
CARRYING HER 4 YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER. LIM AND
NEAR DEATH. ONE DAY LATER
LITTLE LIBYA
PASSED AWAY. INVESTIGATORS
NOTED A LONG LIST OF SIGNS OF
ABUSE. SHE WAS THE WEIGHT OF A
2 YEAR-OLD HAD MULTIPLE SITES
OF BLEEDING ON HER HEAD, SEVERE
SWELLING OF THE BRAIN AND
FRACTURED VERTEBRAE POLICE ALSO
FOUND A BOWL ON OLIVIA’S BED
FILLED WITH VOMIT.
THE MEDICAL EXAMINER SAID THE
CHILD DIED OF COMPLICATIONS
FROM A CLOSED HEAD INJURY AND
RULED HER DEATH A HOMICIDE.
EVENTUALLY PROSECUTORS CHARGED
BRIONES WITH CAPITAL MURDER OF
A CHILD. IF CONVICTED. IT WOULD
MEAN LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT THE
POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE.
>> I WOULD OFFER HER A RIDE
HOME INTERNO EMEKA DANA, A
CO-WORKER BRIONNA SAYS AT A
LOCAL RESTAURANT WHO SAYS FOR A
WHILE SHE DIDN’T EVEN KNOW
BRIONNA SAYS LAST NAME
LET ALONE THAT SHE WAS ON BOND
FOR SUCH A SERIOUS CRIME
SHE’S PETITE.
>> SHE’S VERY SOFT-SPOKEN IT
SEEMS LIKE SHE WOULDN’T DO
SOMETHING
LIKE THAT.
>> SO CABANA SAID SHE WAS
SURPRISED WHEN BRIONES REACHED
OUT TO HER LAST YEAR. SHE WAS
PREGNANT AND NEEDED BECAUSE
THEY HIS HELP.
>> ASKING IF I WOULD TAKE THIS
CHILD BECAUSE HER PENDING CASE
MEANT THAT CHILD PROTECTIVE
SERVICES WOULD TAKE CUSTODY OF
HER BABY WHICH
THEY DID MINUTES AFTER BRIONES
DELIVERED A BOY LAST JULY.
>> I WAS ABLE TO WATCH HIM BE
BORN, NOT ONLY THAT I WAS ABLE
TO HELP WITH
HIS BIRTH.
>> SO COULD JUMP THROUGH THE
NECESSARY WHO’S QUALIFIED AS A
TEXAS FOSTER PARENT, IT WAS
GIVEN TEMPORARY CUSTODY OF
THE CHILD AN EXPERIENCE SHE
DESCRIBES AS ONE OF THE
HIGHLIGHTS OF HER LIFE BECAUSE
MODEL. SOMETHING I DIDN’T
TEACH HIM BECAUSE I
WASN’T SURE WHAT WAS GOING TO
HAPPEN, BUT COULD THEY HIS PUSH
TO BECOME THE BABY’S PERMANENT
PARENT HAS HAD A SERIES OF
ROADBLOCKS RECENTLY STARTING
WITH A PATERNITY TEST IN
DECEMBER THAT CONFIRMED TO THE
BABY’S FATHER IS
WITH FAMILY UNIFICATION BE IN
THE STATE’S PREFERRED PLACEMENT
GOAL. WHENEVER A CHILD IS IN
THEIR CUSTODY. THEN A FIGURE TO
BE THE ODD PERSON OUT
CPS IS OWN RECORDS IN THE CASE,
HOWEVER GAVE THEM HOPE AT LEAST
FOR A
LITTLE WHILE THE BABY’S
CHILDCARE PLAN STATED THAT EVEN
AFTER THE DNA TEST.
THE DEPARTMENT WAS UNSURE ABOUT
VISITATION BECAUSE THE FATHER
WAS STILL IN A RELATIONSHIP
WITH BRIONES IN LATE JANUARY
THE CPS CASEWORKER ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT BRIONES NEW THE FATHER’S
APPOINTMENT IN CLASS SCHEDULE,
WRITING TO CONTAIN A VIA TEXT
MESSAGE. THAT’S DEFINITELY A
CONCERN FOR ME, ONE OTHER
GLARING ISSUE ACCORDING TO SOME
OF THE PARTIES INVOLVED IN THE
CUSTODY CASE, THE FATHER’S ADMISSION DURING A COURT HEARING LAST MONTH THAT HE
DOESN’T THINK THE ONUS IS
GUILTY OF MURDERING HER OWN
CHILD. THE DEFENDERS VIEWED A
RECORDING OF THE VIRTUAL
HEARING AND VERIFIED HIS
RESPONSE THIS MAN.
>> THERE’S NOT BELIEVE THAT SHE
DID WHAT SHE DID DESPITE
THIS THE CASEWORKER TOLD THE
JUDGE SHE IS NOW IN FAVOR OF
UNIFYING THE CHILD WITH HIS
DEATH BUT DURING A VIRTUAL
COURT HEARING THE APPOINTED
ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILD FORMER
COUNTY COURT JUDGE
MONICA GHETTO.
>> AFTER LEARNING THE FATHER
HAD CONTINUE TO SHARE PICTURES
OF THE BABY WITH BRIONES AS
RECENTLY AS 2 WEEKS BEFORE THE
HEARING. TOLD THE JUDGE QUOTE
HE DOESN’T BELIEVE THAT MOMS
CAPITAL MURDER CHARGE IS A
VALID CHARGE. IT IS THE HIGHEST
CHARGE THAT ANYONE CAN GET IN
THE STATE
OF TEXAS. STILL SUNNY
PHOTOGRAPHS AND I’M CONCERNED
THAT THERE’S COMMUNICATION THAT
ONCE THE DEPARTMENT’S NOT
LOOKING HE’S GOING TO HAVE
ACCESS WITH JESSICA.
ONE DEAD CHILD I THINK IS
ENOUGH THAT CHILDREN FOR
THIS FAMILY AND I JUST HAVE
SOME CONCERNS CONCLUDED HER
COMMENTS DURING THE HEARING BY
REQUESTING THAT THE TRIAL DATE
BE EXTENDED THAT THEY NO WORRIES THIS CASE COULD HAVE A NIGHTMARE INDY THEY’RE WHAT
THEY’RE DOING TO THIS LITTLE
BOYS ARE FATTENING THEM UP.
>> SENDING THEM TO THE
SLAUGHTERHOUSE THAT’S WHAT IT
FEELS LIKE.
>> FOR THE DEFENDERS DILLON
COLLIER KSAT 12 NEWS.
THE CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
OFFICIALS SAID CONFIDENTIALITY
LAWS PREVENT THEM FROM
DISCUSSING
THIS CASE, NEITHER BRIONES OR
HER CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY
RICK TURNED REQUESTS FOR
COMMENTS FOR THE STORY. SHE’S
SCHEDULED TO BE BACK IN HER
CAPITAL MURDER CASE IN JUNE AND
THE 24TH OF THIS MONTH.
HER PARENTAL RIGHTS FOR HER
BABY COULD BE TERMINATED AS
SOON AS MID JULY
WHEN A CHILDREN’S COURT JUDGE