Yuma couple charged in the murder of toddler plead not guilty
Jalen Fong
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – The couple charged with murdering a two-year-old toddler were formally charged in court and pleaded not guilty to the murder.
20-year-old Angelina Vasquez and 23-year-old Miguel Garcia pled not guilty before Judge Roger Nelson on Monday.
Both are being charged with three felony counts, which are first-degree murder, child abuse per domestic violence and abandonment or concealment of dead body parts.
They were arrested back on May 30 after Yuma police discovered possible human remains of a toddler in a home near 25th Street and Avenue 9E, just south of Arizona Western College.
Vasquez and Garcia remain in custody on a $2 million cash-only bond.
They will be back in court on July 16 for a case management conference.