A one-year-old boy, Angel Guadalupe Rosales Alvarado, died after being brought to Eskenazi Hospital on the morning of Monday, November 17. Detectives arrived just after 10:30 a.m.; hospital and coroner findings described Angel as severely underweight and malnourished, with pronounced ribs and other bones. Examiners also documented multiple injuries: bruising to the head, chest, lower back and buttocks; scratches and scars on the neck, chin, ear, chest and right arm and hand; and a bald spot on the back of his head consistent with limited mobility.

Court documents say Angel’s mother alerted his father that morning, and Dunio Rosales-Duarte told police he found the child cold and not breathing normally after having seen him about five minutes earlier. Rosales-Duarte later admitted smoking methamphetamine before taking the child and mother to the hospital and again after returning home, where two other children had been left unsupervised. Both parents were arrested; Dunio Rosales-Duarte faces neglect of a dependent resulting in death plus two additional neglect counts, and Wendy Alvarado-Alvarado faces neglect of a dependent resulting in death. Both are being held without bond.

Does anyone have information about Angel’s care or the conditions in the home that morning?