GUILTY OK - Adrian Avalos, 7, home alone, dies in arson fire, OKC, 28 April 2013

11:25 a.m. Police have ruled a 7-year-old boy's Sunday death a homicide. Master Sgt. Gary Knight said investigators have determined there was a burglary at the home overnight, and the burglary and fire are related. No arrests have been made and there are no suspects, Knight said.
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The boy has been identified as Adrian Roberto Avalos, police said.
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Police Master Sgt. Gary Knight said the medical examiner would determine the cause of Adrian's death, but investigators think he died as a result of the fire.
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Police also are looking into why the boy was home alone, Knight said.

Adrian lived at the home with his mother and her boyfriend, who were at a bar until 2 a.m., neighbors said.
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Lerese Paulina Cruz, 26, and Julio Cesar Nevarez, 19, both of Oklahoma City, were booked into the Oklahoma County jail on complaints of murder, arson and burglary, police Master Sgt. Gary Knight said.

Investigators identified the two as suspects in the fatal fire and arrested them Friday following a traffic stop, Knight said.
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Police said the fire was caused by burglars, which made the death a homicide.
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Oklahoma City police arrested Claudia Cadena, 25, and Albert Barboza, 20, on Friday on complaints of murder, arson and burglary in connection with the boy’s death.

In May 2013, Lorese Paulina Cruz, 26, and Julio Cesar Nevarez, 19, both of Oklahoma City, were charged with murder, arson and burglary in the case.

A witness told police Cruz said she was responsible for the child's death, adding that she was angry at her ex-husband, Tony Guillen, according to a probable cause affidavit. Adrian lived at the house with his mother, Noemi Lopez, and Guillen.

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According to police, Cruz admitted that she and Nevarez set up the burglary. She said her ex-husband lived at that house, and she wanted to burglarize the home in retaliation for her ex-husband's lack of support for their child.

All four suspects then went to the home that night. But it was Nevarez and Barboza who broke into the home and stole jewelry, purses, televisions and computer equipment. Cruz and Cadena sat down outside, watching out for any vehicle that might return to the home, police said.

After the burglary, police said Naverez used some light fluid and a light to set the house on fire... The suspects told police they did not know that the child was inside the home.

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According to court records, it was cell phone records that police just obtained that led them to arrest both of these two new suspects...

The new court papers filed Thursday state the two women acted as lookouts, while the men broke into the house.

And they state Cruz was actually angered by the fact that the house was at first not set on fire, and that Nevarez then returned to the house and used a lighter and some lighter fluid to set the living room on fire inside the home.

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Prosecutors have dismissed a felony child neglect case against an Oklahoma mother whose 7-year-old son was home alone when a burglar set the house on fire. Prosecutors also dismissed the charge against the mother’s live-in boyfriend...

Lorese Paulina Cruz, 28, and her former boyfriend Julio Cesar Nevarez, 22, both of Oklahoma City, pleaded guilty in August to first-degree murder, burglary and arson. Cruz was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Nevarez got 35 years.

Albert Barboza, 21, and Claudia Cadena, 26, also of Oklahoma City, pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree murder and burglary. Barboza was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Cadena got five years.

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